Category: Poetry
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8 February: It’s All in the Title
I Say a Little Prayer The moment I sayI love you,you run for the bus. I take you in my heart,oh, how you mean heartbreakfor me. Say a little prayer. An erasure poem written for Nope Not Pam’s “It’s all in the title” – Song title “I say a little prayer for you”. AI Digital Art is…
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8 Feb: At Her Window
At Her Window A woman at the window,her face pale as weak light.She might be crying, or not,I don’t know, but she stares, oddly long and unblinking.And if I could pull her awayfrom the rain blurred pane,we’d talk of pleasant things. About strawberry jam,or the coming of spring,or how to make dumplings,or how her husband…
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7 February: dVerse Quadrille
Up There It’s an albino moon, white toothed, sleepy grinned. Pricking at stars as they’re born and burn away, old ones plunge and die. We watch them carry our hearts, wrack and ruin our second thoughts, and that moon’s staring button-eyed at us while we weep. Written for dVerse Quadrille 44-words, sans title, “stars”. AI Digital…
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7 February: A Chicken Limerick
A Chicken Limerick There once was a roast chicken dinner,So plump and so juicy, a winner.It sizzled and popped,Its aroma non-stop,And gravy on the cooker did simmer. AI Digital Art is mine and created using Midjourney’s bot (v4). Image and poem ©Misky 2023 Shared on Twitter #amwriting @midjourney
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5 February: A Hecklerish Limerick
There once was a heckler named SueWho always had something to doWith heckling at showsWherever she goesHer talent was giving reviews! Written for Fandango’s One Word Challenge: “Heckler” AI Digital Art is mine and created using Midjourney’s bot (v4). Image and poem ©Misky 2023 Shared on Twitter #amwriting @midjourney
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4 February: Nutbush Erasure
To Be Nutbushed A churchin the clean city. You go to church.They call it little old limits. Have a picnic ev’ry Sunday.Saltpork and molasses. They call ita quiet town to watch. Writen for Nope-Not-Pam’s “It’s All in the Title” prompt, which referred to the song Nutbush City Limits. I responded with an erasure poem using the…
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3rd February: Snagged
Snagged I’m like petulant weather,a martyr to salt-cures for scars and apathy, And today, I snagged my armon a canine-toothed thorn of a rose bush, Something prolificrolled off my ownerless tongue, but When the rain comes,it’ll wash that secret language out of my head. For Linda Hill’s JusJoJan “Canine”. It took a while for my head…
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2 February: Just Write
Just Write Just Write (revised) He wants to go the garden centreand buy some decorative bark forthe hebe bush he cut to the quick. I reckon cats’ll use it as a litter box, but he knows that, so I say nought. Big 20kg bags the size of hay bales.He buys three because it’s 3 for…
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1 February: The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper In a white smockand netted hat, weedingand keepingthe secret of bees. AI Digital Art is mine and created using Midjourney’s bot (v4). Image and poem ©Misky 2023 Shared on Twitter #amwriting @midjourney
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31 January: Visual Verse Anthology
I’m very pleased that Visual Verse published my submission for their January anthology, Thanks to Worms for giving me the heads-up. Looks like I slipped in just under the wire. Every month Visual Verse reveals a new image for our muse (no, I don’t have a muse) to write 50-150 words within an hour (poetry…
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