A Poem a Day # 30 – Fare Thee Well
We all made it. Do the happy dance. My head has cleared up but now I am dizzier than normal from the unexpected rush of fresh oxygen to my brain. Tomorrow, a simple Foto Friday. Here is April’s last poem.
For today’s prompt, I want you to write a farewell poem.
“Fare Thee Well”
Fare Thee Well
It’s been [...]
Can’t Catch a Break, Just a Cold
I thought I would catch up on Monday but instead I caught a cold. As you can tell from my sestina below, I am miserable and inhumanly behind. So here are two more poems. Tomorrow will be the last. I am giddy with anticipation of the end, but must contain myself while I go to [...]
Catch Up
I am so far behind. I thought I would have some time to myself this past weekend, but once again I was wrong, so I was not able to post my poems and now you are lucky enough to receive three at once. Don’t hurt yourselves jumping for joy.
For today’s prompt: longing.
Hunger
Sitting in my chair
in [...]
A Poem a Day #24 – A Camping We Will Go
For today’s prompt, I want you to write a travel-related poem. It can be human travel, the migration of swallows, the trafficking of drugs, etc. Some sort of movement from point A to point B.
A Camping We Will Go
This prompt is quite apropos
as today we went on the go
camping in our new trailer
lots of fun [...]
A Poem a Day #23 – Regret
For today’s prompt, I want you to write a poem of regret. Get creative with this one, but there should be some form of regret either expressed or hinted at (even if ever so slightly). You do NOT have to use the word “regret” in the poem, though it’s fine if you do.
Regret
Red roses on [...]
A Poem a Day #20 – Reincarnation
Photograph by Vanessa V. Kilmer © December 28, 2007
For today’s prompt, I want you to write a poem of rebirth. There are many different types of rebirth available, including the changing of the seasons, the beginning of the day, religious or spiritual rebirth, a reconfirmation of good in people, re-learning how to love, etc. So [...]
A Poem a Day #19 – Road Rage
Perhaps appropriately, today’s prompt is to write an angry poem. That is, a poem about someone or something that gets angry. Could be a person, animal, or even them there angry clouds. As usual, I’m excited to see which unexpected directions y’all take with this prompt.
Road Rage
Satan whispered in my ear, pierced
my mind with vile [...]
A Poem a Day #18 – Questions
For today’s prompt, I want you to write a poem with an interaction of some sort. The interaction does NOT have to be between people, though it can. For instance, you could write about the interaction between a bee and a flower; or an owl and a field mouse. Or just write about a traffic [...]
A Poem a Day #17 – All I Want Is To Win Today’s Mega Million
For today’s prompt, I want you to write a poem with the following title: “All I want is (blank),” where you fill in the blank with a word or phrase of your choosing. Some example titles, then, could be: “All I want is to eat fried chicken”; “All I want is world peace”; “All I [...]
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A Poem a Day #16 – Black
For today’s prompt, I want you to pick a color, make that the title of your poem, and write a poem that is inspired by that color.
Black
In the night I rest, I dream
I dance among the stars
soft black velvet caressing the soul
my feet skimming the fabric
of the universe, all possibilities
all desires answered, unspoken
buried deep in [...]