Advice from an Old Woman I Met on the Road
The retired midwife stamped
Her cane to end each sentence. Continue reading “Free Verse – Lust – Marcy Erb”
Category: Schizophrenic Poetry Challenge
Free Verse – Lust – JG
Hell Hound’s Howl
Can tasting of your body
Satisfy my ravenous craving
For your spirit?
In the rapid race of my heart
(Can you hear it?)
Keeping the pace of a predator,
Sanity and stability and solid foundations
Of hesitations and reservations and realizations…
Get run over and passed through.
I’ve left:
Paw prints on practicality;
Muddy indents on reality;
Grass stains and broken twigs on morality. Continue reading “Free Verse – Lust – JG”
June 24 Theme: The Second Sin
We are now entering the second week of our Seven Deadly Sins series. We began with Greed yesterday, because it is perhaps the most rampant and understood of the sins. Greed and selfishness are often the topic of conversation and debate regarding virtually every arena of media, from sports to economics. Continue reading “June 24 Theme: The Second Sin”
Free Verse – Greed – Marcy Erb
“Cuckoo”
For money, my own
Mother
Stole my identity. Continue reading “Free Verse – Greed – Marcy Erb”
Free Verse – Greed – JG
Keeping Up With Howard County
Charging bulls branded for a constellation,
Jungle cats without their trademark spots,
Wild horses in herds of hundreds –
All with clean forevers mixed throughout. Continue reading “Free Verse – Greed – JG”
Free Verse – Greed – SD
Burning Soul I
Sometimes I hate the world
And everyone in it,
But I hate to hate
And even more the spread of it.
I reject the notion that we’re all just animals,
Fighting each other for the right to animate
Our lives with divergent purposes,
Different beliefs, or testaments. Continue reading “Free Verse – Greed – SD”
June 17 Theme: Channeling your Creativity
I have a dirty little secret to confess. Although we have only been publishing our work for about a month, Jessie and I have been trading poetry themes nearly every week since last fall. Continue reading “June 17 Theme: Channeling your Creativity”
Villanelle – Thought – SD
“Wandering in the Trees”
Where consciousness becomes underneath shining light,
Carried away by a soft caress of the breeze,
Dreams and nightmares like linen cloth are woven tight. Continue reading “Villanelle – Thought – SD”
Villanelle – Thought – JG
Confucius Says
Learning without thought is labor lost,
A popular cost of today’s values –
Thought without learning is perilous. Continue reading “Villanelle – Thought – JG”
June 10 Theme: Thinking about Thinking
I hope everyone enjoyed our collective trip down memory lane yesterday. Nostalgia is, after all, delicate.
For next week’s theme, we’re dropping the sentimental reflections for existential pondering. Continue reading “June 10 Theme: Thinking about Thinking”
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