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Table of Contents
5/20/2021
She loved that sweater. Buttercup yellow, she said it made her think of sunshine even when it was raining.
I... Read Chapter
5/21/ 2021
Greed
Never satisfied,
humanity seizes land
in its fits of greed.
(haiku – greed)
... Read Chapter
5/22/2021
Slashed
So viciously slashed;
stumbling down in red abyss
when razor-blade kissed.
(h... Read Chapter
5/23/2021.
Fragments
A snippet of memory
is all it takes
to bring that moment
home.
(13 wor... Read Chapter
5/24/2021.
Standing Her Ground
She watched them approach, every movement conveying that they would not let her escape.... Read Chapter
5/25/2021.
Quaint
The locals seemed to view her as quaint. A bit strange; different, yet harmless all the same.
No... Read Chapter
5/26/2021
The Hunger
She made up her mind.
Hunger gnawed day and night but
she’d change fat to thin.
&nb... Read Chapter
5/27/2021.
Resisting change -
futile...
but tempting.
(5 word poem – change)
... Read Chapter
5/28/2021
Chatterbox
She chattered on,
words that meant nothing
to anyone else -
bombastic and verbose.
... Read Chapter
5/29/2021
Disappearance
He said
he would always be here,
never would he
disappear,
and yet I’m sitti... Read Chapter
5/30/2021
Testing
“This is just a test.”
So said the announcement. Wrong -
our lives on the line.
&nbs... Read Chapter
5/31/2021
Owl By Night
If I was an owl
I’d embrace the moonlit hours
instead of sleeping.
(Ha... Read Chapter
6/1/2021
Drama
Why the DRAMA
every day?
I barely dare speak,
knowing that my words
will be turned
... Read Chapter
6/2/2021
The Kingdom
The Kingdom... the Kingdom... What could one say?
The whole place corrupt in every way.
T... Read Chapter
6/3/2021.
Rickety Bridge
The bridge spanned across
the gaping chasm; worn, frail -
better not look down.
&... Read Chapter
6/4/2021.
Melancholy Moment
There’s a melancholy moment
when she sits and hangs her head,
before she shakes ... Read Chapter
6/5/2021
Questions
The world
is full of
questions
that have
multitudinous
answers.
It simply d... Read Chapter
6/6/2021.
Tired
I’m tired today.
Wish I could blame sleepless nights -
wouldn’t be true though.
... Read Chapter
6/7/2021.
Such Cruelty
Not one tiny drop
of empathy
had he.
I know,
for how else could he show
suc... Read Chapter
6/8/2021.
Imprisoned
Why would they have tossed us into a cell with a coil of rope?
The window is high up in the w... Read Chapter
6/9/2021.
Words As Weapons
I’d like to pluck
those words,
then hurl them -
spraying back
the bullets... Read Chapter
6/10/2021.
Monument
The monument stood,
impossible to miss,
drawing all eyes towards
something strangely c... Read Chapter
6/11/2021.
Sleeves Rolled And Ready
One task completed;
rolling up my sleeves, ready
to take on the next.
... Read Chapter
6/12/2021.
No Rest
There’s no rest for me.
A wicked previous life?
Paying the price now.
(hai... Read Chapter
6/13/2021.
Camouflaged so well;
almost as much of a stick
as he walks along.
(nature prompt – sti... Read Chapter
6/14/2021.
The Nightjar
Not easy to see,
the nightjar swoops across skies
at dawn and at dusk.
... Read Chapter
6/15/2021.
A Guardian
Chopping down a hazel tree can seriously damage your health, especially if Bile Ratha sees you d... Read Chapter
6/16 2021.
Broken
I’ll watch your attempts
to break my heart and my mind -
can’t break what’s broken!
... Read Chapter
6/17/2021.
Tick...Tock...
Stop the clock.
Tick...tock...tick...tock...
Time passes
in the blink
of an ... Read Chapter
6/18/2021.
Daisies
Daisies on the lawn
might get mown down; tomorrow
they’ll make their return.
... Read Chapter
6/19/2021.
Excuses
Please don’t try to make excuses
for what is inexcusable.
It never works, you know.
B... Read Chapter
6/20/2021.
Family Feud
They never could see eye to eye. And if they should, neither side would admit it, for that feud... Read Chapter
6/21/2021.
Scrub-land
I don’t like the term -
scrub-land – like it needs cleaning
when it’s flourishing.... Read Chapter
6/22/2021.
It’s Hot!
The jalapeno
looks cool, making the spicy
kick unexpected.
(nature promp... Read Chapter
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Mike S.
Thu, May 20th, 2021 8:56pmfine poems based on the prompts, Hull
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Thanks, Mike.
Mon, June 7th, 2021 9:35am