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 […]
Tag Archives: poetry
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 […]
365 (well, 366 actually) Days of Poetry
At the moment, my poem-a-day project lives on “Edgewise,” my tumblr site. I intend to relocate it here soon. Meanwhile, here’s what I said as I kicked off this somewhat […]
F-F-F-Friendships
Day 68 prompt: friendships Fleeting the one who never lunched again, after she started working somewhere else Fragile the bond that broke, irreparable, when I uttered one wrong word […]
Learning the Motions
Day 67 prompt: motion Teaching children to make a joyful noise Sometimes the lyrics are hard Ancient terms they’ve not encountered Long words they can barely pronounce So we […]
Word Travels Fast
Day 66 prompt: lots & lots & lots (a limerick) On Twitter your posts are confined To one-forty-character lines Through retweets and replies These short notes can fly To millions […]
Subject of Rejection
Day 65 prompt: reflect You might reject The path I trekked As incorrect And I can’t object For I recollect That in effect I didn’t disinfect Before I […]
Slam on the Brakes
Day 64 prompt: slam on the brakes On my way to work Passenger seat occupied By valuable essentials Briefcase, purse, laptop Squirrel in the road Slam on the […]
E-Meal
Day 63 prompt: the letter E enormous ernestine empress of east moline eats Eggs over easy every evening til queasy but effects an exception if there’s an […]
Ordinary Worker
Day 62 prompt: ordinary I think and talk and write for pay I rarely ever miss a day “High performer,” so they said I thought I would get ahead But […]
Wine Flight
Day 61 prompt: flight swipe the bar top place five spotless glasses straight line evenly spaced delicate stems supporting voluptuous bowls present each bottle stroke each label […]
Tumbling Free
Day 60 prompt: door a breath of an idea whispers its way in and quietly starts inflating balloons in my imagination one after another until their colors and fullness […]
Private Stash
Day 59 prompt: chocolate In my office I have files Bins and boxes And some piles Things to read Things to do Things out from And things in […]
Beth Nyland 