Today's Prompt is FIRST AND LAST

Today we will do the line ...
I opened a secret passageway...
The rules are ...
You MUST use this as the first and last line in your write, as it is given.
You may write in prose or any form of poetry...
OURS IS ...

I opened a secret passageway
where the fairies play in the sun
and began to feel wings sprout
as my shrinking had begun

suddenly I was a fairy
in a place I feel free and loved
amongst the mythical creatures
It fit me like a glove

Laying in the yellow meadows
where the flowers grow so tall
or flying with winged unicorns
to a crystal clear waterfall

I knew I must be dreaming
like some Fairyland castaway
but in my mind I know
I opened a secret passageway


I know you all can do this much better than this...LOL
I must be tired still !
YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Today's Prompt is FINISH THIS LINE

Todays line is...
The far side of a muddy path
The rules are you have to use this as your first line with no changes, you may use prose or any poetry form...
OURS IS...

The far side of a muddy path
is where I needed to be,
and the only way to get there
was getting mud all over me...

So many a time I remember
the joy felt as a child,
when a puddle of mud, in my way,
was enough to make me wild...

Mud pies were made with joy
and hard baked by the sun,
we sometimes put our handprints,
just before they were 'done'...

Now, here I am, thinking about
how best I can avoid,
something that not so long ago
made me feel overjoyed ...

So feeling a bit nostalgic,
I kicked off my old shoes
and with my muddy memories
I played away my blues !


YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Todays Prompt is USE THESE WORDS

Some one (Rona) in FairyLand said she thought we had to do the words in the order they are given, and so I thought thats what we will do today.

The rules for today are you may change the tense of the words BUT you have to use them in the order given AND use all 10 words, prose or poetry is fine... and the words are...
SLUSH, PRINCESS, TROUSERS, WORMS, SHAMELESS, FLIP, PECULIAR, STRAIGHT, ADVOCATE, HUNTER
OURS IS...

PROSE...

'Slush, why is it always slush?' Her dress was covered in mud as the splash from the passing buggy unexpectedly sprayed her.  Princess Charlotte looked at John's trousers and thought they just might be a perfect fit. ' After all' she thought 'it's better than feeling like I have worms all over me'. Yes, she is a bit vain and if he had to be shameless it was okay, he would do a flip for her, even any thing peculiar, if she requested it. John straight loved Charlotte, but he had not the words. So his sister Jill became his advocate, which is how he won Charlotte's heart, the hunted became the hunter !!


LOL , my attempt at a short short !!
YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Todays Prompt is USE THESE WORDS

Today is day four so we would like everyone to use at least 8 of the 10 words with no changes, you may do them in prose or poetry form.... and the words are...
SPECIALISES, DANGEROUS, VENTURE, UNNATURAL, EMPLOYING, BRATS,LINSEED, LUGS, STINKY, FLATTOP ...
OURS IS...

He looked a bit unnatural
sporting that flattop hair
but I venture to say
it made him look dangerous....

although he looked like those brats
that worked at the linseed plant
I found out he specialises in lugs
and wondered who was employing him...

kind of a stinky story...
but I'm sticking to it !!


LOL
YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Now for the Picture Prompt Challenge!

 I Accept the Picture Prompt Challenge, and in doing so thank JackAZ  (on Twitter @JackAZphoto ) and  one stop poetry http://onestoppoetry.com/ for the wonderful prompt !!!

As the Dark side fiddled with a violin

a light falling rain started pelting him

with each skilled pull on the rosined bow

the interest in his force started to show

A wicked and haunting melody played

his purpose to make passersby delayed

to put his tune deep into their minds

so he plays, as they leave their cares behind.

He weaves his tune so diligently

it seeps into your mind gracefully

 before you know it the tune sticks with you

welcoming you to the dark side too.

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

A Saturday Celebration: Your Past

MY THREE AND YOU

He was my world, my life he did hold
for him I gave freely, my secrets untold
he helped me learn, each day we were one
and all of my days were sunny and fun
he took my hand, we took a vow,
but we are not together now.....

He and I  met, when I was bitter
of lasting love, I  was a quitter,
he helped me try at love once more,
and showed me what my heart was for,
he gave me hope, I gave him me,
and because I loved him , I set him free....

Then he came along, but  I was cold,
and at that time, I thought love was old,
he helped me see that love can be true,
showing me things that I never knew,
he brought me joy, but I gave him pain,
now he is another I wont see again....

Now here you are, looking at me,
wondering now, if we can be,
I'm standing here at loves door
opening up my heart once more
I give you my hand,  we take our vow,
I finally see forever now

This is posted in response to the http://onestoppoetry.com/ challenge, this was written over a few years and was one of the first poems I shared on line.

Todays Prompt is USE THESE WORDS

First I have to apologise for my absence yesterday, my head was hurting way too much for me to do the prompt, I hope you all can forgive me....

Today is day three and the words are ...
CHANTILLY, REMEMBER, CONSENTED, SUPERIOR, MOMENTARY, EVERGREEN, UNDOUBTEDLY, SEASIDE, DARKEST, NOBODY
The rules are... You must use all of the words but may change the tense. You may do these words in prose or poetry form...
OURS IS...

I remember the cafe at seaside
where the food was superior indeed,
the salad was made of evergreens
the entree undoubtedly seaweed...

I consented to each new taste
a momentary lapse in judgement
I ate the darkest of the meat
Nobody stopped me from it...

The Chantilly lace was white
Until my contents came out
I still to this day remember
the worse first date, no doubt !


YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Todays Prompt is USE THESE WORDS

Day two...
We will be using all of today's words as they are given. You may use any form of poetry or prose...The words are...
INDIGO, CONFUSE, RAPSCALLION, PARLEY, SUIT, MORNING, THOUSAND, CREPT, PERFECT, JELLY
OURS IS...

A thousand stars crept from the sky
as the morning sun rose in indigo colors
a rapscallion cricket in the rocks nearby
is singing his goodbye to the others.

The moonlight will parley with the sun
when the sky again wears its dark suit
dew drips like jelly on plants for fun
to confuse the butterfly and newt.

LOL
YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Todays Prompt is USE THESE WORDS

Thank you to all my fairy friends for joining in  with this prompt, we have lots of words and will be doing different rules for each of the five days worth of words... here is the list...
day one
PLAINTIVELY
FUMBLING
LIMPNESS
IMAGINARY
TRACTION
notorious
beneficial
aggressive
harmony
completion

day two
INDIGO
CONFUSE
RAPSCALLION
PARLEY
SUIT
Morning
Thousand
Crept
Perfect
Jelly


day three
Chantilly
Remember
Consented
Superior
Momentary
evergreen
undoubtedly
seaside
darkest
nobody

day four
Specialises,
Dangerous
Venture
Unnatural
Employing.
Brats,
Linseed,
Lugs,
Stinky,
Flattop,


day five
Slush,
Princess,
Trousers,
Worms,
Shameless
flip
peculiar
straight
advocate
hunter


Thank you all so much for joining in on the word hunt, we put the words on our back wall in FairyLand on facebook in the order they were given , so for the next five days we will be doing the use these words prompt starting with ...

PLAINTIVELY, FUMBLING, LIMPNESS, IMAGINARY,
TRACTION, NOTORIOUS, BENEFICIAL, AGGRESSIVE, HARMONY, COMPLETION....
Please use 8 of the 10 words as they are given, any form you wish ... OURS IS ...

He was notorious and aggressive
he thought is was beneficial for completion
She was fumbling with imaginary thoughts
gaining traction through harmony
she plaintively found limpness in his heart
and left him for the boy next door !!

Okay we'll get serious...

Plaintively fumbling with the buttons, she feels
limpness is only imaginary...so she thought to get traction, sometimes you have to be a bit notorious ! It was a beneficial thought, she finally became aggressive with those buttons and sang with her man in harmony upon completion...

HUH???

Well I'm sure you all can do better than this...
YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Todays Prompt is USE THESE WORDS

This will be a test...
PLEASE... If you read my blog and don't usually leave a comment, I request that you help as well.

Today we are asking for some help with the USE THESE WORDS prompt . I've done this before in FairyLand so I know it works... here we go...

Get a book of any kind, randomly open it to any page and the first word you see is the word we want. The only exception to this is if it is a very common word in the English language, ( so, you, if, at, is, the, he/she, etc.) We use a dictionary or a word divider when we do ours.
We request that you do this until you have five random words and place them in order in the comments area. Please do no more than two entries per person... Thank you ...

We use ten words each time we do this prompt, so we put your words with the next persons five words and do the prompt...OURS ARE...

PLAINTIVELY
FUMBLING
LIMPNESS
IMAGINARY
TRACTION

Thanks for your help!!
ENJOY
JL&B

One Stop Poetry Form ~ Today’s form is Tanka

gently beating heart

in loves fiery embrace

swimming in the glow

diving deep in your ocean

your love is the air I breathe

Many thanks to Lady Nyo for the information on a proper Tanka, you are inspiring !

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

One Shoot Sunday

Accept the Picture Prompt Challenge!

by One Stop Poetry and the Sunday Photography Interview with Sean McCormick. This amazing photo and many others can be found over at his photography site http://www.neutralhillsstills.ca/index.php. Please go check out more poetry inspired at One Stop Poetry.

It was Eighteen hundred sixty nine

when they made their way to here

A pioneer man with a simple design

and his woman who had not a fear

Together they gathered every stone

working hard to fulfill their dream

building walls made to stand alone

with windows to show views serene

A Hundred forty two years have gone

since the love they shared was new

now all that remains are dreams forgone

and a stone wall with a window view

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

A Saturday Celebration: St. Valentine’s Day

http://onestoppoetry.com/ Is a new favorite haunt of mine. Today they are celebrating Valentines Day and asking everyone to share a poem... We hope to see you joining in too..... OURS IS ...

~THE WAY~

I didn't have much left
as far as I could see,
the roads I had traveled
had left me so weary,
but the good Lord wasn't
quite done with me just yet,
that is why He brought you
into my life, I bet.

Side by side as we worked,
you showed me a new trade,
and together we found
a new friendship was made.
It didn't take very long
till your kiss did ignite,
while each day we could feel
that our hearts did unite.

We made it official,
we took that sacred vow,
I can hardly believe
that five years have gone now.
When I wake to your kiss
each and every day,
I have to thank the Lord
that He showed me the way.

It's the way you do things
most men would never do,
the way that you always
say you love me too,
the way that you never
have a bad thing to say,
the way that you always
do your work every day.

It's the way that your snore
(wakes me up in the night,)
The way you'll roll over,
stop snoring, hold me tight,
It's your touch, your laughter,
and the tears you cry too,
It's the sweet way you love
that paved the way to you.  

 

 

 

YOUR TURN

ENJOY
JL&B

Today's Prompt is BOOK OF LOVE

Today is Chapter seven in the book of love.
Here is how it goes...

Chapters                         Forms of poetry

1) Parents                     1) Tanka

2) Siblings                    2) 15 words or less

3) Spouse                     3) Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children                    4) Acrostic

5) Friends                     5) Flash 55

6) Pets                          6) English Sonnet

7) Self                           7) Free Verse

The rules are ...
Once you use a form you can not use it again, we are looking to have all seven forms used in the book.
Once you use a chapter you can not use it again, all the chapters must be used.
You may use any form with any chapter as long as you do not repeat them.

Bandit and I are doing ours in the order given for both the chapters and the form.

So our book of love looks like this

           Chapters                        

1) Parents   A Tanka poem

2) Siblings  15 words or less

3) Spouse   A Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children   An Acrostic Poem

5) Friends  in a Flash 55

6) Pets   An English Sonnet

7) Self  Free Verse

 

~CHAPTER SEVEN~

Free Verse

~Loving Me~

 

As long back as I remember

I could never see

the love I felt I needed

would ever come to be

through years of hurt and pain

from those I truly loved

all I found was tears

my heart was so unloved

I changed all that I was

to gain nothing but more fears

love was never enough

it got worse through the years

Then one day it happened

a bright spot in the dark

I found the love I needed

a new place to embark

I had it all along

there on my mantelshelf

dusting it off I finally found

a way to love myself

Now my days are fulfilling

and love comes easily

because the love I give so freely

comes straight back to me

 

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

Me

Start with love of Mother Nature
add the Taurus touch
give a green thumb to grow flowers
here let me pick you a bunch

Today's Prompt is BOOK OF LOVE

Today is Chapter six in the book of love.
Here is how it goes...

Chapters                         Forms of poetry

1) Parents                     1) Tanka

2) Siblings                    2) 15 words or less

3) Spouse                     3) Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children                    4) Acrostic

5) Friends                     5) Flash 55

6) Pets                          6) English Sonnet

7) Self                           7) Free Verse

The rules are ...
Once you use a form you can not use it again, we are looking to have all seven forms used in the book.
Once you use a chapter you can not use it again, all the chapters must be used.
You may use any form with any chapter as long as you do not repeat them.

Bandit and I are doing ours in the order given for both the chapters and the form.

So our book of love looks like this

           Chapters                        

1) Parents   A Tanka poem

2) Siblings  15 words or less

3) Spouse   A Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children   An Acrostic Poem

5) Friends  in a Flash 55

6) Pets   An English Sonnet

7) Self  Free Verse

 

 

~CHAPTER SIX~

An English Sonnet

~V~

 

She has a face of fur it's true

and a bit of an attitude

She'll rub herself all over you

please don't think of her as rude

It is just her way of knowing

if you are friend or foe

her sweet little way of showing

that she loves us so

when she wants attention

like a dog she'll fetch

did I forget to mention

she also like to scratch

wouldn't trade her for the world

Valentine Rascle, our little girl

 

 

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

My Photo Book Feb 10 2011

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Today's Prompt is BOOK OF LOVE

Today is Chapter five in the book of love.
Here is how it goes...

Chapters                         Forms of poetry

1) Parents                     1) Tanka

2) Siblings                    2) 15 words or less

3) Spouse                     3) Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children                    4) Acrostic

5) Friends                     5) Flash 55

6) Pets                          6) English Sonnet

7) Self                           7) Free Verse

The rules are ...
Once you use a form you can not use it again, we are looking to have all seven forms used in the book.
Once you use a chapter you can not use it again, all the chapters must be used.
You may use any form with any chapter as long as you do not repeat them.

Bandit and I are doing ours in the order given for both the chapters and the form.

So our book of love looks like this

           Chapters                        

1) Parents   A Tanka poem

2) Siblings  15 words or less

3) Spouse   A Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children   An Acrostic Poem

5) Friends  in a Flash 55

6) Pets   An English Sonnet

7) Self    A Free Verse

 

CHAPTER FIVE

Flash 55

~Friend~

 

For all the days of beauty

your friendship's given me

For all the tears you wiped away

so unselfishly

For all the times you held my hand in

sickness and in health

The times that you cried with me

when nothing else could help

I know now...

We will be friends

until this life ends

 

 

 

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

One Shot Wednesday- Week 32 Hosted by Moondustwriter

THROUGH THE EYES OF A CRITTER

The Folly of Man

The water is my home,
it is wonderfully vast,
the land my only border,
my days are a blast.
My food is always plenty,
my family always near,
my home is my kingdom
there is nothing that I fear.

But that now has changed
for there is something amiss,
my family is dying...
what is all of this ?
It's heavy and dark
and I can not breathe,
I can't get it off,
I just can't believe...

That my pod is all dying,
my home is now too,
our food makes us sick,
there's nothing we can do.
We heard it's the humans
that made this big mess,
now it's killing our home,
they dont care about us...

They intrude in our home,
drill deep in our beds,
take from us without care,
somethings wrong with their heads...
it's as if they dont know
the effects they create,
then something goes wrong,
it's all part of fate....

If you take from the circle,
you must give something back,
but, they've taken so much,
we've stopped keeping track.
We stay out of their reach
as best as we can,
but we can not escape
this latest folly of man.

ENJOY

JL&B

Today's Prompt is BOOK OF LOVE

Today is Chapter four in the book of love.
Here is how it goes...

Chapters                         Forms of poetry

1) Parents                     1) Tanka

2) Siblings                    2) 15 words or less

3) Spouse                     3) Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children                    4) Acrostic

5) Friends                     5) Flash 55

6) Pets                          6) English Sonnet

7) Self                           7) Free Verse

The rules are ...
Once you use a form you can not use it again, we are looking to have all seven forms used in the book.
Once you use a chapter you can not use it again, all the chapters must be used.
You may use any form with any chapter as long as you do not repeat them.

Bandit and I are doing ours in the order given for both the chapters and the form.

So our book of love looks like this

           Chapters                        

1) Parents   A Tanka poem

2) Siblings  15 words or less

3) Spouse   A Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children   An Acrostic Poem

5) Friends  in a Flash 55

6) Pets   An English Sonnet

7) Self    A Free Verse

 

Chapter four

An Acrostic poem

~CHILDREN~

 

Chubby cheeks when they are born,   

Handfulls at two and three,                

In the years to come they grow so fast,

Loving them, we set them free...            

Daring and dashing on their own,        

Reckless in love as can be                      

Engagement, marriage, they become      

New parents of cheeks so chubby            

 

 

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

 

Today's Prompt is BOOK OF LOVE

Today is Chapter three in the book of love.
Here is how it goes...

Chapters                         Forms of poetry

1) Parents                     1) Tanka

2) Siblings                    2) 15 words or less

3) Spouse                     3) Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children                    4) Acrostic

5) Friends                     5) Flash 55

6) Pets                          6) English Sonnet

7) Self                           7) Free Verse

The rules are ...
Once you use a form you can not use it again, we are looking to have all seven forms used in the book.
Once you use a chapter you can not use it again, all the chapters must be used.
You may use any form with any chapter as long as you do not repeat them.

Bandit and I are doing ours in the order given for both the chapters and the form.

So our book of love looks like this

           Chapters                        

1) Parents   A Tanka poem

2) Siblings  15 words or less

3) Spouse   A Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children   An Acrostic Poem

5) Friends  in a Flash 55

6) Pets   An English Sonnet

7) Self    A Free Verse

 

Today we are doing a Crapsey Cinquain, which have many forms to choose from.  We will be doing ours in a Garland cinquain which consists of a series of six cinquains  (2,4,6,8,2 in each) in which the last is formed of lines from the preceding five, typically line one from stanza one, line two from stanza two, and so on. 

 

CHAPTER THREE

A Garland Crapsey Cinquain

YOU

 

 

Daylight

breaking softly

as I wake in your arms

wanting only to be closer

to you

 

Coffee

percolating

making you move from me

 I reach for one more loving kiss

from you

 

Slowly

we move in time

begining our new day

loving each like it is my first

with you

 

Knowing

togetherness

will be ours forever

happily living in this world

near you

 

Thinking

of your sweet love

as you leave for your job

longing once again for the night

with you

 

Daylight

percolating

begining our new day

happily living in this world

with you

 

 

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

Today's Prompt is BOOK OF LOVE

Today is Chapter two in the book of love.
Here is how it goes...

Chapters                         Forms of poetry

1) Parents                     1) Tanka

2) Siblings                    2) 15 words or less

3) Spouse                     3) Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children                    4) Acrostic

5) Friends                     5) Flash 55

6) Pets                          6) English Sonnet

7) Self                           7) Free Verse

The rules are ...
Once you use a form you can not use it again, we are looking to have all seven forms used in the book.
Once you use a chapter you can not use it again, all the chapters must be used.
You may use any form with any chapter as long as you do not repeat them.

Bandit and I are doing ours in the order given for both the chapters and the form.

So our book of love looks like this

           Chapters                        

1) Parents   A Tanka poem

2) Siblings  15 words or less

3) Spouse   A Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children   An Acrostic Poem

5) Friends  in a Flash 55

6) Pets   An English Sonnet

7) Self    A Free Verse

 

CHAPTER TWO

15 words or less

SISTER

 

A sisters love is

knowing all your

 dark secrets

but never

telling a single soul 

 

YOUR TURN

ENJOY

JL&B

One Stop Poetry Form Monday

THE REQUEST

Love me not for the morning sun
touching the nights fallen dew
Love me not for the gifts of song
morning dove's sing for you

Love me not for the starry nights
their glitter shines in dreams
Love me not for the vast oceans
glaciers or mountain streams

Love me not for the air you breathe
freshness after the rain
Love me not for the tall trees shade
stillness to ease your pain

Love me as you would love yourself
and keep one thing in mind
The love you give returns again
for we are all entwined


Many thanks to http://onestoppoetry.com/
You inspire me in many ways !

YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Today's Prompt is BOOK OF LOVE

Today we are going to try something I just came up with, seven days of love is the prompt. We will be doing a book of love. Here is how it goes...

Chapters                         Forms of poetry

1) Parents                     1) Tanka

2) Siblings                    2) 15 words or less

3) Spouse                     3) Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children                    4) Acrostic

5) Friends                     5) Flash 55

6) Pets                          6) English Sonnet

7) Self                           7) Free Verse

The rules are ...
Once you use a form you can not use it again, we are looking to have all seven forms used in the book.
Once you use a chapter you can not use it again, all the chapters must be used.
You may use any form with any chapter as long as you do not repeat them.

This is a book of love, so lets sweeten up and make it as syrupy as possible,
SHOW THE LOVE Y'ALL,

Bandit and I are doing ours in the order given for both the chapters and the form.

So our book of love looks like this

           Chapters                        

1) Parents   A Tanka poem

2) Siblings  15 words or less

3) Spouse   A Crapsey Cinquain

4) Children   An Acrostic Poem

5) Friends  in a Flash 55

6) Pets   An English Sonnet

7) Self    A Free Verse

CHAPTER ONE
A Tanka poem

For Mom

The love that you give

made me who I am today

Without you, who knows

What would have become of me

Your love made me beautiful

YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

One Stop Poetry Sunday Picture Prompt Challenge.

*The following is my response to the One Stop Poetry Sunday Picture Prompt Challenge. This amazing prompt was shot by photographer Sean McCormick. He is featured today on One Shoot Photography Sunday. I did mine with the flash55 in mind...

In the early hours of morning
as the meteors shower the sky
alone in the chartreuse fields
lovers watch the night go by

The sky has remarkable beauty
as the red glow fades from sight
casting shadows on the horizon
dawn breaks with slow delight

Stillness fills the air...
love caught in a warm embrace.


YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

Today's Prompt is FINISH THIS LINE

Today's line is THE CLANGING OF METAL COULD BE HEARD
Please use this as the first line in your write. You may use it in prose or poetry, any form you wish. OURS IS...

The clanging of metal could be heard
as a man slipped the keys into the door
finishing her prayer, she rose up off her knees
knowing this day will be like none before

Twenty-five years of unrighteous confinement
Today it all comes to a head
no more will she be alone in her hell
no more to lay down on this bed

Though it is true the fault was not hers
she knew it was a matter of time
all the appeals amounted to nothing
she still had to pay for the crime


The lock now open, she walks on through
finally free from the trap of his love
as she passes him by, he hangs his head,
knowing what broken hearts consist of


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People of the world today
People of the world today
People of the world today
What will we do...

Everyone wants freedom
thats no lie
gathered on the streets
willing to die
all in one voice
crying to to the world
asking for peace
but not being heard

People of the world today
People of the world today
People of the world today
What will we do...




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Today's Prompt is USE THESE WORDS

TODAY'S WORDS ARE... JOIN, INKY, NOVA, TWIG, WEAVES, SPARK, MARVEL, WHIP, STINGS, LACY
Please use them all, as they are given with no changes, in bold or cap's so we can see how you used them. You may use any form poetry or prose...OURS IS...

we stare into the inky sky
watching a star going super nova
It weaves colors in the darkness,
traces fall like a twig from a tree,
long lacy streams of light
whip the night scape alive,
a spark in the universe...
the bite of frost stings us,
but we join hands and
marvel at the wondrous sky

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Today's Prompt is Cinqku

CINQKU is a fixed-form five line tanka/cinquain image poem without a title in 17 syllables,concise with a surprise or turn in lines 4/5. The form was created by Denis Garrison,an American poet.
In the examples I found several wonderfully written poems, the main rule is that there are no five syllable counted lines,( 2,3,4,6,2 is the common usage of the syllable count)
But our main rule is to have fun !!!

OURS IS...

Homeless
Winter day
Driving cold snow
and what if it were you
freezing ?

AND ANOTHER...

Painting
A portrait
of youth and love
a walls dust collector
fading

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JL&B

FROM THE CHILD WHO LIVED IT (an Epic Free Verse)

 

One Shot Wednesday – Poetry Week 31

FROM THE CHILD WHO LIVED IT (an Epic Free Verse) PART ONE The others will not understand the need
and in that they will never know the healing.
But the beginning of the telling
has to start for both the healing
and the understanding.
So here, from the child who lived it,
is the insight to what came to be.

The others came from the abuse,
passed down from generations,
the way it was taught and lived.
The only change was their names.
Many years of suffering came to pass
and the others had their own flesh.
That flesh is this child,
the reason the others had pain.
The reason the others other was gone.

As vague as it is in the read
so it was for the child.
A complete non-understanding,
the child is only a child after all,
and the others did not give explanation..
But they did give the anger,
starting with the yelling,
then leveling up to a smack or two.

It's sad that those didn't get through,
to the others or the child,
as a wrong doing.
Even worse that the others found
striking was easier than talking.
Beat them until they no longer cry.
The silence made it okay,
the others could rest without the guilt
if the cries were not heard.
Until the day it went much too far.

That's when the child had decided
Its was too much,
the wrong starting to show,
in the peoples eyes.
Something unseen until now,
but the people said it was wrong
So it must have been...right? PART TWO The people try to comfort me,
they say it's not my fault.
The fault lies in the others,
I am only a child, just 13 now.
The others should carry the shame.
But the others know not of shame.
What was stolen from me
and the shame I now carry,
I feel dirty , angry.
Violent in this violation.

Until the people came
I had no understanding of
the wrong the others caused.
It was normality for me, a daily occurrence.
Why do the people say these things?
The others say it is love,
all they ever gave was their best.
The people say it was abuse.

I looked very poor, I guess
the bruises look worse
two weeks after they began.
Being away from the others
the people draw their own conclusions.
They take me, for my own protection
and here I am, imprisoned,
while the others are free.
So here in lies my shame
and my confusion.

I am alone in a sea of children like me,
we are waiting for the hurt to subside,
but we already know it won't.
None of the people allow it
they only seem to want to study it.
'What do you see in this blot',
Another mark on a paper
that's hidden from my eyes.
How is that helping?
Will those marks make it better?

PART THREE Am given a choice,
Which is really no choice at all.
To be a ward, or go back.
How is that a choice?
I miss my life, I want it back,
Not with the others though
The others still have that look
That 'come back and let me show you' look
That look that scares me
That 'I'll teach you' look in their eyes

But I've already learned that lesson
And opt to be a ward, bad choice.
The others disown, like I'm the pet
No longer wanted, never was anyway.
But the worse part was the rest of the others,
The sibling others,
They left me long before the people came,
but now they side with the others,
This makes it worse, way worse.
They were the one who understood
Now they think I'm bad
For making the others suffer

Maybe I am the reason the others hurt me,
Unruly child, unmannered, unwanted,
but the people don't see me that way,
They still say it's the others that are wrong,
But I'm confused, if it isn't me then
Why am I still here? A prisoner, a foster.
Will I be good enough to keep?
Or am I too damaged to want,
Seems the latter is the answer.
So again I run.

I'm older now, understand more too
I cant think of the others any more
I have to think of me
If I'm going to survive
and I have the desire to.
So I put the others in a box,
Locked up tight, but never far.
They will always be a part,
But I'm finally free, and
I will never be like them...
And so I pray,
please never let me be like them.  PART FOUR I distance myself from the hurt.
The people no longer care where I am,
and I haven't seen the others in years.
I left them far behind, along with all
that the others made me, keeping nothing
not even the given name, all has changed.
Keep praying that I'm not like them,
and grow so that I am not.

I feel again, life is fun and work is good.
It's better, like those things didn't happen.
The dark box doesn't open anymore.
Feeling like I'm worth something.
Another sees me, says I'm pretty,
takes my scars and heals them,
gives me a new kind of love.
We grow together, vow to each other.

But this other changes with the vow,
and now I feel afraid for my life,
for the flesh we made, the tiny life.
My other becomes what I fear most,
the others are back, haunting me.
Only its not the others, its my other.
The emotional ties have come undone.
As has our life together unravels
with each unkind movement and word,
the tiny flesh dies and I'm unwanted.

Beaten and bruised by my other,
causing the loss of our flesh,
I'm torn, beyond repair.
Unable to care, so saddened.
Even my other abusing me has no effect,
so he leaves me broken and finds a new.
Now I fall deeper than deep,
so deep I have to look up to see hell.

Darkness surrounds me, engulfing me,
when I reached out, I found powder.
It makes me not care, it lifts me,
and to it I give myself completely
Yes there were other others but they
didn't matter, only the powder.
Wanting the forgetfulness of the powder.
Seeking more, living only for the power,
nothing else, no one else,
could get through, not even me.  PART FIVE In the powders arms, I feel safe.
All that the others and my other
had done melt away with each inhale.
There is nothing in the world that
matters more than the powder,
I sink deep into it and lose myself.

I become brave, too brave really,
decide that the others should see,
get a grasp of what I've become.
But the others haven't been the blame
for well over fifteen years now,
only I still feel the shame,
carried it in my dark box for so long .
The powder makes me think
I would have been normal
If the other's were kind.
But that wasn't how it was
and the others have to be shown.

But the others don't see,
they only see the powder,
use it as a blame of what I've become.
They don't understand that the powder
is what brought me out of the darkness.
Gave me a reason to be brave,
allowed this showing of the truth.
The truth goes unnoticed.

The others don't care really,
the blame would not be theirs
even if the powder was not here.
The haunting's come back,
'All I ever did was love you'
'You made me do that to you'
'If you were good '
I lash out, angry again,
drive away, blind in every way.

That's when it happened,
the sobering moment.
Someone innocent, in the road,
but I don't see her, I'm powdered up,
in a rage of selfishness.
She goes under the car,
I look back, see her there,
she is standing, I think I must have
just been dreaming it, she's okay...
I drive away....But she is not okay,
After weeks in the hospital, she dies.  FINAL The guilt of it consumes me,
and I turn myself in, I
tell all of it, the powder,
the anger, the remorse.
Some how they find forgiveness,
and although I pay for the crime,
the payment was shortened, and
the intervention begins.

The sobering up wasn't hard,
if it's not available, you just live on.
It was the remembering that was so hard.
The tears flowed constantly.
But in the end, it washed me.
The rain in the heart started a growth.
A seed that came from the devastation.
It grew into something I never had before,
a love of my self. I was redeemed.
When I was released I was new, different.

I have forgiveness in me now,
so I pass that on to the others.
They still have their flaws,
but I no longer have the desire
to show them their wrongs.
Now I see through the eyes of
what can be, not what was.
We have found each other again,
new family values, new family.
The secrets go unsaid, like it never happened.

That part will forever haunt me though.
There is still no understanding,
and the box is still in here, holding the guilt,
so I never become them, or what I became
ever again. I know I will never be free,
but maybe if my box is opened
so ones like me know there is worse.
We are not as alone as we feel.
Maybe their others will see,
and it will change the world,
Maybe. We still have hope.
It's up to us all, isn't it?
 

THE OTHERS- family

THE PEOPLE- the court system, family health

POWDER- Meth, my drug of choice at the time... I have been sober for well over Ten years now... Happily !

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JL&B

Today's Prompt is Tetractys

Tetractys is five-line poem of 20 syllables with a title, arranged in the following order: 1,2,3,4,10.with each line standing as a phrase on its own. It can be inverted, doubled etc and was created by the late English poet Ray Stebbings.

Any subject... OURS IS ...

Cat
Feline
domestic
lap friend for life
Oh how I love my pretty kitty cat

MORE FUN, I do like this !
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JL&B