Category Archives: Poetry

Prompt #70 “Speed Challenge” – Poems in 20 Minutes

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Michael

Image: Jeeyoung Lee Today’s challenge is to write as many poems as you can in twenty minutes. We are also asked to submit everything we wrote. Well you asked for it. Here’s what I did in twenty minutes. 1 Twenty … Continue reading →

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Harvest – Open Link Night – Literary Harvest

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Michael

D’verse poets are beautiful people Supportive and encouraging, I could litanise but I’d be bound to leave one out. They eat and drink copiously Rejoice in each other’s work For they love to commune. They sway in poetic rhythms Glory … Continue reading →

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Poetics: Homophonic Translations

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Michael

Eating a candy mint tart Is simply a feast without compare A feast to set your heart on fire Tampering with taste buds is tempting fate.   Do you have the stamina? The skill to discern a fake For wannabes … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #23 “Lunchbox” – Dear Aunt

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Michael

Image: Angela Elliot Uncle Max was proud of the photo He called it ‘The Lunchbox of Treasures.’ Innocence captured in three poses. What happened to your childhood? Was it him who bulldozed you Into rebellion? Disowned. The shame of hidden … Continue reading →

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Patterns of Life–dVerse Meeting the Bar – Alien in my Garden

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Michael

There’s an alien in my garden I stand back Terrified, amazed, puzzled What where when how? Those menacing tendrils The bright red The brown ooze The horrific smell Can’t be of this world Can it? I fear getting close dare … Continue reading →

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Poetics: Joel Robison’s Photography – A Light Flashes

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Michael

Image: Joel Robison   When a light flashes You sit up You notice Your attention seized Curiosity piqued. What is the distraction? A light flashes hope Possibility Deep down you feel a stirring Your bits a-tingling. You flush with excitement. … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #22 “Seesaw”

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Michael

You flit you know From one spot to another Like emotions stuck on the see saw of life You never flutter That’s too much to ask for Too predictable you might say. So you flit interminably While those behind struggle … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #21 “Cardboard Angel”

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Michael

Image: Sarolta Ban False, flimsy, fragility That’s what you are to me. Promises undelivered Hopes dashed, I am floundering. That’s the cardboard aspect of you A brittleness, of little substance A pretentious mongrel Who temporarily gives in only to fool … Continue reading →

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MeetingTheBar: It’s a small, small world — so let’s LIMBO like there is no tomorrow

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Michael

I looked, inside and out Yet I was told You were here. Puzzle. You looked amused You said Faith, That’s all you need.   Today’s poem I have to admit was influenced by a meditation I received this morning: They … Continue reading →

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Poetics– telling a story & why not go a bit fairy tale or fantasy… – Wheelbarrow

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Michael

Wheelbarrow I’m old, I’m rusty, Most of my arse has fallen out But my frame is solid I have been a faithful servant Hard working Never have I let my owners down Even now a barrow of bits and pieces … Continue reading →

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