So Busy
Day 269 prompt: Busy the middle manager wears busy like a power tie the yearbook editor says busy like a victory speech the gate agent eats busy like a fast food […]
Tag Archives: poetry
Stage Fright
Day 268 prompt: Compact I misjudged the timing of the entr’acte now the curtain rises on me closing my red compact surely someone glimpsed it in this theater oh so […]
No Freeze
Day 267 prompt: Freeze Frame (a haiku) freeze frames are only for cinematographers in life we move on
Together?
Day 266 prompt: Together (a haiku) they may co-pilot a minivan but that’s no proof of wedded bliss
Fitness
Day 265 prompt: Fitness pilates and yoga speed walking and weights crunches and pull-ups gliding on skates
Hands
Day 264 prompt: Hands they emerge plump and pink from the veil of white bubbles that whisper over her dinner dishes still for half a second then two rapid twitches scatter […]
High Contrast
July 18, 2012 prompt: high contrast shot I’m so confused by shades of gray … when all the options are just okay. Give me vivid choices like black and white. […]
Not-So-Straight A’s
Day 262 prompt: The Letter A The quest for A’s to elicit praise is a twisting maze that’s sure to craze.
Gripe and Grumble
Day 261 prompt: Chores Did grandma gripe and grumble? gathering eggs hanging sheets on a wire hand-scrubbing floors and stoking the fire Does she hear me now when I gripe and […]
Pregnant Pause
Day 260 prompt: Barren first time so easy I swear we shared playful winks and he arrived but then a roller coaster of plus signs on plastic sticks followed by tinges […]
Paradise Lost
Day 259 prompt: Bliss do you ever reminisce about forever bliss so warmly promised with a public kiss? with things amiss some lose that bliss in a cold abyss of “I […]
Self Portrait
Day 258 prompt: Self Portrait small in stature big on laughter deep in conversation sweet on children tight on cash short on time
Happy Meal
Day 257 prompt: Orange (a haiku) breakfast grin reveals orange wedge instead of teeth sweet scrumptious giggles
Slow to a Stop
Day 256 prompt: Slow Stop for just a bit Let your body sit Outside the usual pit Where duties never quit
Hot Time
Day 255 prompt: Summer Fun when hot July begins to swelter all I want to find is shelter as friends hit beach or park or pool I chill my house and […]
Beth Nyland 