Tag Archives: Prompt Nights

Prompt Nights: Imperfection is Beautiful

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Michael

I am the sum of my imperfections Every flaw and fault makes me The character I am Gives rise to the belief It’s why women run from me.   I am not social, neither drink nor smoke I am the … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is Art

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Michael

I watch as lines are drawn Criss-crossing on the concrete floor Mesmerising at first A jumble it appears of thoughts Of ideas going nowhere. This is the first of this kind Previous murals being on walls Where standing was the … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Nothing is more memorable than Scent – The Girl on the Train

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Michael

  Write a poem or prose piece regarding the subject of scent. I’d see her on the train, As she passes she lingers in my nose. Some days an overwhelming aroma As if she’s accidentally tipped the perfume over herself. … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Jour de la Terre – Earth Day – Earth’s Tears

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Michael

I stir at the break of day Knowing from today I am one second closer To the moment of oblivion. My body and soul are being ripped from me. The insatiable parasites With one view to further their own ends … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Spring is the time of land’s awakening

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Michael

I don’t long for spring right now. For me the cool of the approaching winter Is relief from our long hot summer. I live opposite you in your spring. For me its cool nights and blankets Days where the air … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Sûrement vous plaisantez – Surely you jest

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Michael

If I jest I am I a jester? Should I wear a funny hat So you would hear me coming A jiggling and a giggling. I’d tell you my one favourite joke, You know the one, Just to hear you … Continue reading →

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Prompt Night Poem – The Clarinet Choir

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Michael

The Music Master rose to his feet Announced the band would now play The assembled assembly shuffled in their seats. There was an air of dread within me, In other places this meant Five minutes, seeming a lifetime Where a … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Guérison par la foi – Faith, healing – My Love for You

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Michael

This week we are asked to share our poetic views about faith or healing. What is that one thing in your life that represents faith or the process of healing.   I can’t say what it is Its faith isn’t … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – When besotted with Green [8] – My Ocean of Green

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Michael

Out my back door And just over my back fence Is my ocean of green. Rich fodder crops, quickly grown They are lush and productive. In the wind waves streak across them. The farmer mows and rakes And in the … Continue reading →

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