Bacon Hoarding
A culture in decline
A hunger made divine
A product of swine
Exalted like fine wine Continue reading “Free Verse – Gluttony – JG”
Tag: Poetry
July 1 Theme: Gluttonous Appetites
Welcome to week 3 of the Seven Deadly Sins series! Last week’s contributions to the theme of Lust proved to come from completely different directions once again. Who knew that one theme could cover the birth of a child, a hunting predator, and the physical connection between people in one shot? Continue reading “July 1 Theme: Gluttonous Appetites”
Free verse – Lust – SD
Burning Soul II
I found a motel on the side of the road;
A plain room with a bed to lighten the load.
Cinder-block walls with paint thickly coated
To cover up the stains of society’s motives. Continue reading “Free verse – Lust – SD”
Free Verse – Lust – Marcy Erb
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”
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”
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”
Misplaced Missives #135 – Friendship
Shut lips tightly and tread lightly
Never confess and always be dishonest
Speak slowly and keep focused
Only on what they can bear to hear Continue reading “Misplaced Missives #135 – Friendship”
Creativity Challenge: Cloud, Volcano, Skeleton
A guest submission for the Creativity Challenge! Numbers 2, 7, and 8: a cloud, a volcano, and a skeleton.
You keep your skeletons
Safely tucked away in your closet. Continue reading “Creativity Challenge: Cloud, Volcano, Skeleton”
