I chose the Curtal Sonnet format. She asked with a smile and twinkling blue eyesWill you be my friend for a little while?The moment forever etched in my mind.I bent down to greet, but only to rise,To shake her hand and flash a dimpled smileHow I wished the daintiness to be mine...Raising its head now was … Continue reading Friendship curtailed
truth filters in like light shaftsfrom the branches of an old treeunsure of survival-fearing intense focuswhen the tree is choppedwith a political axeby opportunist woodcutters truth shrinksmakes way for darkness-parallel existenceleaves onlookersin a quandary Quadrille #210
Welcome back! PROMPT #351 We haven't done a collage for quite some time, so I'll let it rule this week. Do the images evoke something in you? Is there a story or memoir that connects with this? Can you choose one word for the theme or spirit of this collage and use it in your … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #351
menacingshadowscrouch behindshape-shift-to scare-to dare till I stretchmy handto touch itfeel them meltin my palmscrumbling downlike cigarette ash -remnantsof past bitternessblazing embersof aching memoriesI give my regardsto past livesand bid goodbyeto breathe free Poetics: Inspired by Album Cover Art
footstepsfired or slowed downby the dark talismandisappear in the dense forest-secretsclosely guarded by the tree trunkforest invitationsconspiraciesgalore W3 Prompt #128
march onwith steady stepsclimb up to the rainbowmaking light of uncertaintyconquer Moonwashed Weekly Prompt - Writer's Choice
disorientation-mild term to describewaking up in a different world, steppingon different groundaligning to rare light A child of darkness knowsthe depth of nightsThis transparent sheath reveals my only soulThere's no face or maskto show identity Countless dimensions showmeasurements on fireI'm trapped in a closed space called infinity.yearn for freedom inascertainable worlds Chosen form - Double … Continue reading Transition to Infinity
I float to the window,find the world staring back at meimpervious, unconcernedas it has always been -the moon dissolveson the horizon-the sun jumps upIt’s business as usualAnother tiring dayproving its infallibilityand omnipresence I look back at the body.in peaceful slumber on the bedHeave a sigh of reliefI don’t need to prove anythingto anyoneany more… W3 … Continue reading Not any more
It vanishes slowlylike a wispy threadin thin air-that inexplicable feelingof being hunted or haunted I turn back to shake handswith the tormentorA mirror imagegreets me Are we similarOr are we the same? the question will hauntmy respirationas long as breath lastsand as long asI breathe free Poetics: Haunted Harvest
Welcome to yet another week of 2024! I don't know why I feel that 2025 will be decidedly different from this year, but I can't pinpoint the cause or figure out how it will happen. Let's go with the flow. FEATURED POEM I've picked up the first stanza of Jude's poem. Lighthouse in the baySeeks … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #350
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