sting

to coney-catch an ambodexter needs a swipe both sides of that nikum's face   gotta appeal twice right?   rouker talk outta do it make him think he's a percher of some sort   ruff it up and step back   before he knows it all turns swerk and we teen him proper now he'll …

hope falls

no morning sun rose in me this day no birdsong lifted my spirits   they were present as always but hope was not   not for the wanting though i want to hope i hope to hope again i want to see a way i want to break from this grip of dark but it …

statues

  what to do when faced with challenge? run away? stand your ground? or refuse the fight or flight response by freezing? ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~     submission for Marian's Fussy Little Form prompt over in the Imaginary Garden.  

catch a train

this net cast and pulled in it's own weight disguising any catch or lack thereof   not a single word is snared just rope and holes that are not really holes   more a lack of net that cannot catch words unless they do not exist   and so i cast invisible open up and …

i scream

i want to kiss goosebumps into being   licking your cold                       tingling                        curves   i want to melt your soft sweet form   send ripples into               …

dear william

Written for The Imaginary Garden Magalay asks us to pen a poem to a book. I chose The Duncton Chronicles. beechwood moledom stones and the word bracken mandrake tales to be heard Oppression cruelty lives are at stake Choices hard ones moles must now make life in it's fullness brought to unfurl everything happening spun …

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 …