Leaping

Suited and booted I was. Top of my game and driving a fast car. Selling my soul for the price of making it. Big bucks and sadness on tap. It wasn't supposed to be like this at the top. The brochure looked much nicer than the reality. Slave to the machine. Walking away to follow …

Haiku set

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ who in the mirror reflecting upon the self~ winter is coming ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ice walled mirror  reflecting back no one now~ spring it seems has gone ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ this old wintered face mirrors time reflections …

bite me

this presented box that asks me not to write this i cannot tick it      

sprinkle think

I write the way I write because I have no choice in the matter other than to get out of the way of the words that wish to come dance this very day in this space. This very moment. Tomorrow will be different and yesterday may inform today but it will never dictate what should …

Book of Sword

  Mama Zen tells us over in the garden that 'For a creative writing class, my offspring had to create a book of favorite words.   Knowing a good thing when I see it, I stole a few of them for this poetry prompt. The Words: mimicry testament rapture cool dachshund cherubim heretic infinitesimal convenient …

one boot miracle

Welcome to the dVerse Poets bar hosted for today by Kim of Writing in North Norfolk. The challenge is to write a poem, of any length or form, about footwear: stilettos, Wellington boots, hobnail boots, sandals, slippers, ballet shoes – it’s up to you, just as long as the poem is new.   summer football match …

Haiku (series i)

Kerry is hosting in the garden: This is the perfect day for me to touch upon our theme for 2017: Being Human. Today is Mandela Day which is commemorated annually on the date of the late Nelson Mandela's birth. It is also coincidentally the anniversary of the Imaginary Garden With Real Toads. Yes! Unbelievably, this site …

Daff(t) Haiku

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers ... Kim is prompting at Carpe Diem and you will also find a fabulous essay there by her on Haiku and Tanka. "I would like the theme to be 'the poet's craft', in which Carpe Diem's poets express what they think it is, reflecting on their own experiences as haiku …

dark haiku

Today the napowrimo prompt is interesting. Have you ever heard someone wonder what future archaeologists, whether human or from alien civilization, will make of us? Today, I’d like to challenge you to answer that question in poetic form, exploring a particular object or place from the point of view of some far-off, future scientist? The …

xhxaxixkxux

  Today at the Imaginary Garden our prompt is as follows: “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” I’m not exactly sure how old I was the first time I read “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”,  by Harlan Ellison. But I will never forget the way in which my hand reached …