I enter the tent to begin my vision quest and can feel the disdain from those watching. Hey, this was not my idea! I want to yell at them but it is not my place. Besides, Osamu told me he would deny it if I told anyone it was his idea. It was his ideaContinue reading “You Need A Vision”
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The Hummer
Humbly I beseech theeNo humming in the libraryHmm? I can’t hear you.Nor do I want to.Thumbing your nose Will get you thumped out of this repository of proseHmmph I sayAgain I say nayI will hum all day This is for a dVerse prompt: Ho-hum, it’s time to poem! Pen us a poem of precisely 44Continue reading “The Hummer”
Head North: 5th Time the Charm
Home.A place where you live.But more than that, where you have a heart.Mine was not my first residenceBut where my heart was: Grandma’s House.We lived there more than once,My mom and I,And departed more times than that.I remember moving, one of my first,From city to county.Then back home.A lengthier stay or perhaps I was justContinue reading “Head North: 5th Time the Charm”
Untouched Heart Strings
Walking through the door to a meadow,The rain a light mistJust enough to shroud the horizon in a blanket of grey.Tears stay hidden within my eyes.Not shed for her,Not shed for her leaving,Not breaking my heart as I stumble from my home.I walk among the droplets of waterFrozen in a breeze not blowing.They cling toContinue reading “Untouched Heart Strings”
Tragically Hip Survivor
It started, oddly enough, about 8 miles outside of Bobcaygeon on highway 36 towards Big Island. It was a weird place to start an invasion. Most people think it’s because it’s out of the way and they were looking for a place to happen. I have other thoughts. Though nobody cares what I think, atContinue reading “Tragically Hip Survivor”
Smiling on the Inside
This feeling of joy trapped inside like a xenolith within my dread. I listen with half an ear to the ramblings of strangers I sometimes call friends. Yet within, this joy, small, near insignificant, grows. Your smile, my joy,Ignites a small flameLove? This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a poem of exactly 44 wordsContinue reading “Smiling on the Inside”
Love In ADHD
Does she love me?Let me count the ways One banana, two bananas, THREE Bananas Hahaha!A Bert and Ernie kinda love, But if they were g a y R a i n d r o p sKeep falling from my headBut that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning Laaaaady in Red I don’t thinkContinue reading “Love In ADHD”
Writer’s Block Carving
Within this stone lay my imaginationUpon this blank page I will spill my bloodChisel and hammer I holdThe pen no longer my fingers splayedI look within to find the heart; my own and the stone’sThis block of writers’ my hesitationI type in furious frenzyThe first edge goes, the stone takes shapeAha! Aho! Ahee! The wordsContinue reading “Writer’s Block Carving”
And With This Ring
Love on a thin stringEncircles the heart like springFor all four seasons “Do you have a loonie?” “Sure, let me check my purse,” said Thelma. “Here you go. Why do you need a loonie?” “For the gumball machine there. They’ve got little toys inside,” said Scott. Thelma rolled her eyes. “You are such a child.” Continue reading “And With This Ring”
Garden House
The garden houseAt the end of the yardOn the property Owned by the Schiele’sI spent my youth Playing around the gardenHide and seekIn the mansion of our vilaNow I sit Outside the gateUpon the roadWith a bottle of tequilaWatching flowers growBeneath the shade of treesSeeing my memoriesOf my childhood Shangri-la This is for a dVerseContinue reading “Garden House”
