Category Archives: Poetry

Poetry 101 Rehab: Stacked

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt is STACK The back door slams Slumped in the chair Looking morose A chair is kicked Curses are uttered A fist crashes into the table. We ask the problem You swear it wasn’t your fault The other … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #115 “NoEnd House Part 1″ – Sun Room

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Michael

Image: Yves It was sheer pleasure so often To enter this room, the one on the right You enter through the plush doors Turn right and enter a sunny and welcoming place. I see you still sitting as you do … Continue reading →

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Magpie Tales – Self-Love

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Michael

He is out there I’ll follow the tracks They lead in one direction. The man won my heart Then snapped it in two As If I didn’t matter As if I wouldn’t notice Him leaving on the two fifteen. But … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt Wednesday #14 – Tomorrow’s Hope

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Michael

Today’s task: take the words “Tomorrow’s (_____)”, fill in the blank, make it the title of your poem and then write the poem. Tomorrow’s hope seems so far away In the face of adversity, we shy away. Do you succumb … Continue reading →

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Poetry 101 rehab: Hiatus

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Michael

Take a break STOP! Step away. Your lifestyle has made you fraught. I watch as you struggle There’s so much to do So many places to go People to meet and greet. You can only stretch yourself In so many … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #68, Pause, July 07, 2015 – He loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Michael

Image: – wallpaperswide.com He loves me, he loves me not. Fill it up again He loves me, he loves me not. Don’t talk to me. He said he’d be here Barman give me another one. He said to wait around … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #114 “Collage” – Pretence

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Michael

What pretence to play at happy families. The key to my heart Was the key to my doom. You locked me in Grabbed me by the short and curlies Then locked out my heart Denied me love But scapegoating was … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt Wednesday #13 – Freedom

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Michael

This week’s task is to write a “freedom” poem Is it worth it? The question asked so many times The struggle to escape my tormentor To break away Forge an identity A life away from humiliation. Its priceless I retorted … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #67, See-Saw, June 30, 2015 – Life is..

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Michael

Image: Alexa Houghton Life is a series of ups and downs We teeter at times On the edge of oblivion. Occasionally we totter When the going gets tough. But thankfully we pull back, The abyss is permanent Few ever return … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #113 “Backpfeifengsicht” – Oh Malformed One

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Michael

I look at you every day Just once I wish you’d catch the next train, a later bus That you’d sleep in and spare me this horror. But no you haunt me Forever in my sight I see you in … Continue reading →

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