Gus’s Garbage Goof (revised)
Day 24 prompt: garbage Gus galloped down Green Street on garbage day Weaving round waste cans that got in his way Tripped on a Tonka truck toting some tweezers […]
Category Archives: Poetry
Beneath it All
Day 23 prompt: beneath beneath the chestnut brown of her blunt, swingy bob dishwater blonde that’s mostly gone gray beneath the head-turning curves of her cashmere sweater engineered cups that stand […]
Blue-Eyed Girl
Day 22 prompt: natural framing (a haiku) curly blonde wisps drop by to glimpse the dancing in her playful blue eyes
Natural Beauty
Day 21 prompt: nature He says I’m a natural beauty blinking eyes sleepy and red sporting really bad bed head ripples and rolls and flaws galore all in view through […]
Vivid Memories
Day 20 prompt: vivid Acrid memory Smell of slaughter as we drove past the meat packing plant Candid memory Sharing secrets at sleepovers when anyone chose truth over dare Flaccid […]
These three …
Day 19 prompt: tri colors I’m really quite wary Of colors primary Red is so burning I find it concerning Yellow is soured By ties to a coward […]
Still life
Day 18 prompt: still life I’m not much for the still life The lazy run of the mill life Give me instead a thrill life So full my cup […]
Playful
Day 17 prompt: playful (an acrostic poem) Pause … Look Around … You’ll Find Unexpected Laughter (Until today, I’ve resisted this poetic form because it felt too easy, like a […]
Liquid via Haikubes
Day 16 prompt: liquid For Christmas this year I received Haikubes — a set of word dice you toss out and then organize into poetry. Such fun. With today’s prompt […]
Can’t take it any more
Day 15 prompt: renewal Take off Take flight Take a trip Take a drive Take a jog Take a hike Take a stroll Take a dive Take […]
Marketing 101
Day 14 prompt: oddity (a haiku) When your specialty Becomes a commodity Foster oddity
Newborn
Day 13 prompt: pampered (a cincquain) Newborn So well tended Tummy filled, tush pampered Small, irresistible person True love A cinquain has five lines. The pattern is this: […]
Just dessert
Day 12 prompt: dessert My good friend Sunny Eats kinda funny: Milk chocolate chips Over sirloin strip, Marshmallow treats On roasted beets, Giant Cool Whip globs On broccoli raab, Maple […]
If people wore labels
Day 11 prompt: fragile What if people wore labels According to mood Like the big inky stamps Some parcels include? Fragile Would you be the […]
Unseasonable
Day 10 prompt: winter (a haiku) Queer January No parka, boots or rock salt Who shanghai’d Jack Frost?
Beth Nyland 