Category: Poetry
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2 April: Ragtag Daily Prompt
She Spins There once was a young girl with a spin,She’d twirl and she’d whirl with a grin,She’d spin all around,And fall to the ground,Then get back up and start over again. Written for Ragtag Daily Prompt “Spin” AI Digital Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023 Shared on Twitter #amwriting @midjourney
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1 April: AprPAD and FOWC
A Foolish Limerick There once was a frog from PeruWho loved to sleep in a shoeHe wore a felt hatAnd beeped like a batAnd said, “I’m related to an emu!” Written for FOWC and PA “A Foolish Poem”. AI Digital Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023 Shared on Twitter #AprPAD #FOWC #amwriting @midjourney
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1 April: A-to-Z Challenge
A is for Arctic Front Arctic wind blowingAs daffodils swayA yellow smear It’s worm in a puddle weather,and it’s another day ofpassing through in the wind. For A-Z Challenge. Arctic Front: A boundary or front separating deep, cold arctic air from shallower, relatively less cold polar air. Written for the A-to-Z Challenge. Declared theme for…
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31 March: for Ragtag Daily Prompt
In the Corner Table of the Coffee Shop In the shadows where spiders spin invisible webs,and breakfast crumbs collect in colonies on the floor,sits a woman wearing a red and black silk sari,ivory bracelets clasped tight on her slender ankles,and as she takes short sips from a glass of water, her gold beaded bracelets ring…
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31 March: for Ragtag Daily Prompt
He’s Dressed Dad always wore a stingy brim trilby. Just like Sinatra. He’d pinch the crown as he put it on, and he was ready for it. A gentleman, even when he’d hit a rock with his Ferguson. A Ferguson is a tractor. Written for Ragtag Daily Prompt “brim” AI Digital Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and…
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29 March: for RDP “Consequences”
The Consequence of Sleeplessness 1:00am I wake up; my brain is writing poetry. Recite it three times, I tell myself, and then it’ll stick when you wake up. I fall asleep mid-sentence. 2:30am I’m always surprised how cold the bathroom floor is in the middle of the night. A cold floor cures a cramp in…
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29 March: for Twiglet #318
Big Sky At one time it would’ve reminded meof America. The midwest prairies.But I’ve been gone too long, and nowit looks like Denmark or France, maybewheat fields of Ukraine. Maybe beforewhen, and before then and now, and At one time it would’ve reminded meof morning, luminous patches on fieldsin the dusty cotton air with spring…
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28 March: for RDP “fractal”
Rattling On It’s that soundof a train whistle, that feelingthat rails deep into your bones andrattles you into a thousand little fractal pieces, and you’re overcomeby wanderlust. written for Ragtag Daily Prompt “fractal”. AI Digital Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023 Shared on Twitter #amwriting #RDP @midjourney
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25 March: for Ragtag Daily Prompt & FOWC
I.Unnecessary Entities from an old photoa redwood tree and a Chevythat we rented at the airport.a woman,it might be me,poses next to the tree.a twig by comparison. there was a totem pole at the airportmade from redwood,that’s what the sign said. II.Jovial March is a laugh,Spring’s lungsstill sing and wheeze. Written for Ragtag Daily Prompt “placid” and Fandango’s…
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25 March: for Shay’s Word Garden
Proud Crowns and Coronets The daffodils and tulipsgyre and dance in the garden.Spritely. Nimble as if ageless, swoop, swirl in March’s wind.They’re a gold-sugared colourof proud crowns and coronets. It’s not arty or experimentalor nouveau, this garden, sameblooms, spring yellows, bluebells, and bright globe-shaped tulipswith nebulous streaks like viralred galaxies straight from Hades. The genius…
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