An old favorite…fits perfectly with this prompt! Subtle shades of pink soften the edges in a black and white world Streaks of vibrant salmon dance across stormy skies in the midst of chaos A rush of crimson decorates chapped faces in the coldest winter mornings Cuddly carnation blankets swathe crying babies in the in-between hours of dusk and dawn Sweet cherry … Continue reading Rose-colored Glasses
Originally posted on Unassorted stories:
I see I seem I seem to see I seem to see sea I seem to see sea, seamed I can’t seem to unsee I can’t, seemingly I can’t unsee I can’t seamlessly The prompt for day 9 was to think about viewing things in a different way. I ended up playing with words. If you want to read what… Continue reading Unseamed see
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Just got Internet back (again). The OctPoWriMo prompt, about ways of looking at things just about works for the triolet I wrote yesterday. This sky is heavy with grey-leafed cloud And rests on tree tops, dusty blue, Waiting to pour its river loud. The sky is heavy with grey-leafed cloud, Branching, spreading over ploughed And empty fields where barley… Continue reading Grey-leafed
Originally posted on Grace Notes From GIbbon:
(OctPoWriMo Prompt for October 8th: Scent, smell) when I walked into the shop full of retro toys and candy cards and memorabilia I was hit with the smell of pot pourri dried flowers candles I stopped in the doorway as an old dusty pain returned like a war wound as I was bathed in the aroma of old… Continue reading pot pourri
It’s been a minute or a hundred years Life has gone on and this old world has turned The scent of your cologne, I feel you near I am a child once again, unconcerned It’s been a lifetime or a single day Can’t believe you’ve been gone so long, so long Not a moment passes I wish you stayed Triggers and sweet times when I … Continue reading Natural Law
Originally posted on Andrew McDowell:
Any writer who takes their craft seriously will have edited their work many times over. I can pretty much guarantee that any bestselling novel or literary classic you take off the shelf is not in its first draft. Novels go through several drafts before they are published. It can be said of any form of creative writing too, really. It… Continue reading Edit, Revise, Rewrite
You spoke of dreams and promises A life together When do the geese fly south? An empty pond in the park when golden leaves fluttered to the ground Lunch dates in the car and unexpected autumn nights dreams and promises All will be well Chef’s special Image by cosmoforestdesign from Pixabay prompt: OctPoWriMo – Day 7 Continue reading Taste of Freedom
More than the air, still and stagnant, more than cloudless skies and blue, blue water, Silence uttered the warning, a foreboding to beware. Rolling hills met the ocean without a care, yet not a creature moved. No field mice scurrying here and there. Cats hid and dogs cowered beneath abandoned porches. Livestock disappeared behind tall grasses, clustered tightly together. No children laughing on the lonesome … Continue reading Blue Sky Warning
Originally posted on Write Your Crazy Life Sane:
Mama and Daddy keep the doors locked at night So we’re safe So nothing bad gets in And us kids are safe And can’t get out without them knowing When I’m bigger, I’ll have keys to all the doors And then I can run . Now I ‘m the mama and I keep the doors locked at… Continue reading Doors
A sliver of light from beneath a heavy door shimmering, inviting, captivating I crept closer and closer still I reached for the key and turned it with trembling fingers I felt the tumblers fall I twisted the unresponsive handle and twisted again Looking for another key, looking for a way out A sliver of light from beneath a heavy door shimmering, inviting, captivating I bathed … Continue reading Tenacity
a cage forged of the finest pewter, silver, or gold freedom more precious, this silver or gold acquired knowledge and a secret key escape with a kiss and pieces of gold a challenge, a gauntlet, a chance for more dreams of victory and bliss tinged with gold hidden plans and open preparation none the wiser, nothing amiss in fields of gold slow surrender under a … Continue reading Golden Opportunity
Motherhood as essence — pain, joy, life Nurture, nature, the womb knows no difference To exist this way, a mission to be humane Comfort with the precision of a surgeon’s knife Nature, nurture all in with vociferance Motherhood as essence — pain, joy, life Camomile and calendula to ease any pain Strength and wisdom to guide the way Nurture, nature, the womb knows no … Continue reading In Each, A Mission
There are noises in the garden — a secret world coming to life as the sun sets early on an autumn night A changeling offers a poison apple to the hare who consumes it willingly, the juice staining his pure white fur He places leaves for leaving and keys to unlock doors not meant to be opened, not meant to be opened An exchange of … Continue reading Unwitting Exchange
ever soft, this dark night of the soul lonely hearts caught in the crossfire as dancing demons take their toll secrets scuttled behind keyholes an old life set to expire ever soft, this dark night of the soul so easy to find the black hole shucking judgment, a lover’s ire as dancing demons take their toll a choice made, a wayward one’s role broken edges … Continue reading A Moment
the woods waited for her every day she passed the ancient sickly trees she felt the wind still with their bated breath she heard whispers in that wind, hollow silence screaming desperate pleas the woods waited for her every day brittle branches intertwined casting shadows of love between midnight and morning glories and violets and dawn’s hello bidding time as she walked on flowers, … Continue reading Into the Woods
Originally posted on Fmme writes poems:
Such a small boat to set sail in, so far across the world, such a small cargo of faith and hope and not much else and the white petals drift like sea-foam and such a small boat leaving a small town, the water shimmering beneath the bow and not much defence against storms except that small cargo heavy with… Continue reading Pilgrim – poem for dVerse
Originally posted on Ivor.Plumber/Poet:
Hello dear readers, as some of you might know, one of my writers groups here in Geelong, is ‘Belmont Page’, and in partnership with the writing group, ‘Writeabout’, from the town of Drysdale, we have self-published a book called “Writeabout – Two”. The book is a collection of short stories, poetry, and free verse, and I’m proud to say,… Continue reading Writeabout – Two
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday! This is the day of the week where all members of the Go Dog Go Café Community are invited to introduce a Poet or Writer they enjoy reading. Participating is really fast and simple- in the comments below, post the link for the Home Page of the Poet/Writer you are introducing to… Continue reading Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday | September 19, 2019
Tortuous, these cravings that burn Tantalizing beats keeping time Trembling voices softly beckon Catch your breath, pause, pause and reckon Embrace and release every rhyme Let each minute toss and turn Will you ever learn, will you learn Crystal balls and these magic chimes won’t stop this moment, this second Trembling voices, how they beckon Tantalizing as they keep time Tortuous cravings crash and burn … Continue reading Disarray
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below. If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing… Continue reading Promote Yourself Monday, September 16, 2019
If we were having coffee today, September 15th, I’d invite you to sit with me in the backyard. It’s a stunningly beautiful day — one that’s like a last stand against the chilly weather that is sure to follow. Have an espresso and a cookie while I tell you about an event that my husband and I participated in yesterday. It was the 2019 Walk … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, September 15, 2019
On this spectacular day so stunning in its beauty it takes your breath away I heard the news Such announcements should arrive on the edge of storm clouds Dark and angry Throwing daggers of electricity at a dark night With howling winds cursing the skies And crashing rolls of thunder calling his name The air should be heavy with sorrow Concealing the sun that should … Continue reading Ray
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Hello dear readers and fellow Barista’s. Here I’m posting my first ever published poem, that appeared in a book edited by Gwendolyn Taunton, called Melpomene(2012), click this link here for further details >>https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17130920-melpomene I wrote the poem in 2010, and it’s a poem that I had luckily saved, because back in the early days of my… Continue reading THROWBACK FRIDAY, This Lost Shadow, by Ivor Steven
Just for today your eyes are focused Do you see me? All those days spent trapped in your world Do you recognize me? Haunted by memories of yesterdays frustrated by forgotten todays Do you remember how I held your hand? Hold on to this moment We’ll savor it together Until the clouds roll back in tomorrow http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/literate-today/ Alzheimer’s Association *I’m reposting this today because I’m … Continue reading Forget-Me-Nots
And ashes to ashes as we go burning it to the ground in this, a parallel world where our wishes drape the sky, twinkling for but a moment before they fall crashing to the earth below Is it madness to believe? We laughed as we climbed the clouds, hanging intentions with care and believing each would light the way in every moment of darkness Sustenance … Continue reading Belief and Madness
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday! This is the day of the week where all members of the Go Dog Go Café Community are invited to introduce a Poet or Writer they enjoy reading. Participating is really fast and simple- in the comments below, post the link for the Home Page of the Poet/Writer you are introducing to… Continue reading Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday | September 12, 2019
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday! This is the day of the week where all members of the Go Dog Go Café Community are invited to introduce a Poet or Writer they enjoy reading. Participating is really fast and simple- in the comments below, post the link for the Home Page of the Poet/Writer you are introducing to… Continue reading Promote a Poet/Writer Thursday | September 5, 2019
Truth always speaks to choices made Whispers of that inner voice weighed Ghosts play in the morning light collecting years just out of sight Oh, the price we paid, price we paid Now an afterthought, a masquerade Somehow I’ll carry on your crusade You’ll be the damsel and I’ll be the knight speaking to choices made Risking it all, I serenade while you lob each … Continue reading Speaking of Truth
I liked the rush, I liked the crunch Never did I look back at the fallout All the unravelings and beginnings and whispered stories were fodder for adventure there in dark rooms where strangers were lost and found and lost again Somewhere where forces waited to devour innocence and screams went unheard behind curtains of steam and flashes of light Where once sensual, exotic women … Continue reading Fallout
She endures She defines Defines the beginning and the end Defines life after life Life captured between the glory of fire and water Life gifted with infinite wishes Wishes meant to be serene Wishes to serve as reminders Reminders to pardon ignorance Reminders to pardon greed Greed borne of ignorance Greed growing with escalating impact Impact running the rails Impact becoming crisis Crisis has no … Continue reading Definitions of Hope
