My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #124, also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform Image by Ronny Garcia Moron “For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.” —Langston Hughes, The Big Sea I press poems to my naked skin; they escape so quickly I must anchor them with pen and […]
Tag: Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie
Natural Jazz
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle Special Addition Sound “August 1st, 2016” In the humidity of a hot damp summer, strident weeds whoosh and rustle as they explode through pavements scratching as they hustle and bustle in dusty verges and vacant parking lots. Percussive and floridly flagrant, rusty dock leaves clash with crackling nettles, echo in […]
Born in Stars
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt July 31st: We Are All Stars Vivid stained glass of evening sky Shatters into infinite shards, Crackling, pulsating, splintered light In a universe of bright stars, Dancing in and out of focus: A poetic hocus-pocus Of wordsmith, imagery and rhyme, Celestial celebration, Heavenly imagination – Poets on earth […]
Dark Summer
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – Shadorma Summation – July 30, 2016 Five years have passed Since that dark summer, Amy Winehouse gone And you in a coma. I held your hand And said your name, Talking until you came Back and we thought Everything would be the same. You called […]
Mansion of Dreams
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt # 53: “Dreams” by The Corrs – although I prefer the original version by Fleetwood Mac: Lost in the midnight mansion, Wrap your dreams around you like a shawl. Take care as you mount the stairs, There’s no one to catch you if you fall. Open doors to empty rooms […]
Cracking the Knuckle Clock
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #78 July 28th – Waiting Waiting, Counting minutes with each crack Of the knuckle clock, Each tick followed by a tock. Scanning, Searching crowds for her face, Feeling out of place, Longing for her embrace. Shuffling, Rearranging aching feet On cracks of cruddy concrete, Sweltering in the heat. […]
Impression of the Sea
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille July 27th 2016 “one with nature” In this episode of Heeding Haiku With … Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku while going out into nature, becoming ‘one with nature’ and capturing that moment in ‘an impression in the form of a haiku’, using all of our […]
Cosmic Starfish
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #123 Image Source – Unknown A goldfish globe Protects my face Prevents my head From exploding In outer space A special suit Maintains my heart Keeps my body From tearing apart Contains my organs Gives me sound and sight Captures every spark of light In the darkness […]
After the Funeral
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #119 “July 25th, 2016” Words careen Like damselflies that fidget Around a skiff, backlit By summer sun. The damage is done And the bitter resonance Of the funereal anechdoche Protrudes into the black hole Of the womb, urging the passing soul To commence its transmigration, Giving it impetus In […]
A Curtailed Summer
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #169 “Collage Special Edition” That year of our childhood, We picked berries, Squeezed their shiny plumpness Until their blood ran red. Intoxicated by the bitter sweetness And our summer freedom, We tottered down to the mill pond And clambered on the abandoned Lichen-stained waterwheel, Anchored in a snarl […]
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