Joy of Joys
Day 179 prompt: The Letter J Jackpot! A jeepful of jiggly jugs jounced into Johnsons’ Jacuzzi!
Tag Archives: poetry
Quota
Day 178 prompt: The Letter Q See that pretty Range Rova? The one that got pulled ova? Don’t care if you’re chauffa to Oprah … The officer must meet his quota.
Foul
Day 177 prompt: Powerful (a haiku) teen boys shooting hoops taking time-out on my couch commit fragrant foul
Last Straw
Day 176 prompt: Evolution the last straw may come as a shock to me and you but not to the camel who knows full well what his aching back’s been through
Casino for Kids
Day 175 prompt: Noisy arcade games clang and ding as tokens slide from greasy fingers into silver slots three separate parties shout and drone happy birthday in seven different keys skee […]
Smooth
Day 174 prompt: Smooth Tried to open car door Locked Lifted glass to lips Dripped Approached ball and swung Whiffed Walking down the sidewalk Tripped
Heartwarming
Day 173 prompt: Heartwarming it all begins with a brainstorm then with luck the ideas swarm keep working til the lines form finished poem makes my heart warm
Heels
Day 172 prompt: Footwear six-inch spikes sequined strappy stiletto sexy sore stiff savage sadistic senseless shoes
Late
Day 171 prompt: Motionless (a haiku) past curfew, sixteen avoid eye contact with dad mad, mute, motionless
We Need a Hero
Day 170 prompt: Hero journalists can’t write world leaders fight athletes use enhancers doctors can’t stop cancer candidates incriminate officers discriminate CEOs misuse men of cloth abuse can’t we get a […]
When I Die
Day 169 prompt: Scattered (a haiku) dole out my good parts burn the rest and sing softly as my dust floats free
Relativity
Day 168 prompt: Relationship I am … mother to a sister … sister to a neighbor … neighbor to a wife … wife to a friend … friend to a classmate […]
Don’t Bother
Day 167 prompt: Love don’t bother with love so many poets and songwriters have already rhymed and opined about how they found and lost and proclaimed and stifled and invested and […]
Not What You Think
Day 166 prompt: Pleasure eyes closed head back teeth pressed into lower lip fingers moving in perfect rhythm with hips murmuring almost breathless as the tempo gains momentum anticipating the best […]
4-H Exhibit
Day 165 prompt: Exhibit (a haiku) oscillating fan stirs warm air in quiet barn blue ribbons flutter
Beth Nyland 