Crooked
Day 83 prompt: Crooked Criminal Racket Off kilter Out of line Kinky Evil Deceit
Category Archives: Poetry
Favorite Body Part
Day 82 prompt: Body Parts A friend asked, What’s your favorite body part? In general? Hands are cool, I guess. No, she shook her head. Your own. The part of you […]
In Praise of Flats
Day 81 prompt: flat My love is six foot six I’m five foot plus a speck Although my feet love flats High heels do help us neck
At Six
My waking time is six o’clock Smack the button to stop the squawk Wake the kids and get them going Start the caffeine river flowing Work and think and keep […]
Talking with God
Day 79 prompt: strong so many times it is weakness that brings me to prayer because talking with God gives me strength but prayers do not come easily when my […]
My Purse
Day 78 prompt: handbag I almost always carry a purse Usually medium-sized Sometimes boxy and wee I avoid those cavernous sacks That overwhelm my frame So deep and dark I […]
Tables
Day 77 prompt: tables you can table a discussion and run the table in pool make a deal under the table and wait tables to pay for school a table […]
The Other Cheek
Day 76 prompt: bold Maybe I am timid When I am wronged I hesitate What’s the side I don’t see? I question What would Jesus do? I wonder Am I […]
Too Trashy
Day 75 prompt: shiny Hair too blonde Teeth too white Heels too high Clothes too tight Skin too tan Hair too shiny Boobs too big Voice too whiny Lips too […]
W
Day 74 prompt: the letter W wise, witty words will wash away my worries whether I wander another writer’s work or wrangle and whip my own
Cookies
Day 73 prompt: homemade (a diamante poem) store-bought ready . consistent crumbling . tempting . addicting dessert . sweetness . guilt . indulgence baking . melting . delighting warm . […]
Daybreak, Again
Day 72 prompt: daybreak When does the day break? Is it when the sun first appears on the horizon, breaking through the darkness? Is it when I hit an intellectual […]
Concert Commandment
Day 71 prompt: movement The orchestra plays a lively piece Then the audible action stops But thou shalt not applaud For conductor and musicians Remain poised to begin again It […]
Airborne
Day 70 prompt: airborne (a haiku) driver’s door opens wind tickles fast food receipts teasing them airborne
Mad Music
Day 69 prompt: the Letter M Mrs. Moriarity Makes her music merrily Mayer, Madonna, Manilow She’s a mandolin maestro When her man has been a meanie She might mimic old […]
Beth Nyland 