Category Archives: Poetry

Writing Prompt #133 “Getting Cozy with Uncertainty” – What is Truth?

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Michael

For this week’s challenge I want us to get philosophical up in here. What do you know for sure? What did you know in youth but lose sight of maturity? What is something really important that you have learned through … Continue reading →

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Music Friday Prompt #16: “Rattlin’ Bones” performed by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Beckoning Me Home

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRFZ2uOD4mk Across the wide expanse I see you inching towards me Bit by bit One day at a time. We wish it was quicker Less inhibited But our baggage hinders progress So much to be dealt with Decisions made Guilt … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #86 November 10, 2015 – Maryann

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Michael

image by Valentina Kallias ~ “Apocalypse Horseman Pestilence”   Maryann was a jokester She lived the other side of the black stump. She spent half her days on a combine harvester The other on a stump jump plough. The farm … Continue reading →

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Music Friday Prompt #15 “Daughter” by Loudon Wainwright – Three Daughters

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkI-07rzEnA First one born into a world that was so certain Where I thought this baby thing would be easy But you didn’t read the memo You led me up a path of discovery Wonder and at times utter frustration … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #85 November 3, 2015 – Illusion

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Michael

Image: “Decompose” by zaldy icaonapo At first you were beautiful No words to describe how I felt Your beauty shone through. All the right words were spoken Promises made, vows exchanged. But it turned to an illusion Your beauty faded … Continue reading →

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Haibun Monday – 3 – Spring Wedding

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Michael

Image: View of the church of Saint Paul de Mausole by Vincent van Gogh We are standing across the field from the church the one we plan for our wedding. Spring has arrived and last and allowed this opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #131 “NoEnd House Part 9″ – In The Clutches Of Evil

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Michael

This week the word to use is ‘penitent’. I am so sorry, Penitent, that I worried you so Disappearing, missing in action. It must have been agony for you All those thoughts of me gone Lost forever. But I was … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #84 – October 27, 2015 – On the Post Office Steps

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Michael

Image “Somewhere in Between” by Anne Worner CC BY-SA 2.0. He sits on the Post Office steps His clothes wrapped tightly around A frame that now days feels the cold. He appears as the workday begins and takes his position … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #130 “Collage 9″- Being Everything

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Michael

We never believed it possible To love like never before To feel we’d gone beyond any known reality. My voice you said ‘Is so lovely Like a cushion for me to lay my head on.’ Those languid afternoons After a … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge# 83, October 20, 2015 – The Boy and the Rabbit

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Michael

Destruction, death, Mayhem, chaos, The news was bleak The prospects dim. Across the field resplendent in lavender bloom The boy watched as the metal objects Floated inexplicably in the air above the city. In the panic of their arrival he … Continue reading →

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