yellow boat resting
unpredictable ocean
comes out of doldrums
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dVerse prompt to write of yellow
Yellow Boat
On Writing
haiku says
look inside of me
no punctuation or caps
only a few words
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NaPoWriMo Day 12– speaking as the poem
Honey Love
Too much honey i poured straight from the jar
telling myself it would make things sweeter
how the taste would linger deep in my throat
poison to swallow when my love is far
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give too much honey myself and I’m weaker
find a balance on this menu of love
sweet and sour are good combinations
let it bind in robust flavor for two
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My love is greater with the right antidote
not one or the other but a nice mix
all ingredients combined in a bowl
stirred into an harmonious union
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Too much honey can spoil the batter
love is a complex evolving matter
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NaPoWriMo Day 9 to write a love sonnet
Let Go
let go
of love
and death—
you think
too much—
when love comes
you will be joyous—
when death comes
you will be ready
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NaPoWriMo Day 6 prompt inspired by Portuguese poet Vasco Graça Moura and his poem a dog for pompeii
Lost Poem
It was obvious
I was never there
accusations
were that I was
since I was not lost
found my way around
knew the depth
of a verse
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Italics are titles of podcasts in this prompt from dVerse
Say the Word
I went out to the garden
looking for spelling bees
there were many beside me—
a bumble bee entered foxglove’s bell
it was not the one I seek
then one buzzed my head
anxious at my presence
to say the word
say the word
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dVerse prompt for a quadrille using the word spell
Word Dissonance
I search the day for pretty words
turrets of rain pummel them into the garden
where they remain until rot comes
maggots eat into their bouma
maggot grows fat from majuscules
creep over minuscules
chomp ascenders and descenders
lying there
in the riddled corpse of a word
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dVerse prompt to write a poem of dissonance
Words
Today
words
were
not
enough
to
write
a
poem
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NaPoWriMo Day 23 prompt to be brief but on point
Blooms
I want to know what makes a flower bloom
My tulips look like I planted upside down
Iris are all green with lanky stalk
Lilies look so small and disarrayed
Is it the lack of nutrients in the soil
Or winter’s low shading of the sun
My pear tree must have flower to fruit
Without blooms peas and beans retreat
Do not waste away another day
It’s time to fertilize fertilize fertilize
Come alive
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NaPoWriMo Day 16 prompt to write a curtal sonnet.
Chugging Along
Grandmother would read to me
The Little Engine That Could
After all those readings
I thought I could
I thought I could
I thought I could
Chugging along
Getting a poem done
I knew I would
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NaPoWriMo prompt to give yourself a positive pep talk
wordshophop 