Rural Roots
Day 89 prompt: City or Town as a teen I left the farm for the big city of jobs and pavement made a full happy life in urbia and suburbia remarkably […]
Tag Archives: poetry
Bran Betrayal
Day 88 prompt: Coiled molten cinnamon goo slides into hot seams of sweet coiled dough spackling the crevices with buttercream I renounce the forces of bran
Game Changing
Day 87 prompt: Games Once upon a time, games gathered families (or friends) Now we have Words with Friends (or strangers) Games were for Sunday afternoons and special occasions Now we […]
T
Day 86 prompt: The Letter T (a haiku) terrible thomas took time to torment tawdry tortoises today
Multicolored
Day 85 prompt: Multicolored I thought just isolated little farm towns knew only shades of white but even in the vast and diverse metropolis there is gross ignorance of the multicolored […]
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 . […]
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