When Sirens Sing – #poetry #Nonet – #whatdoyousee?

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The lovely Helene of Willow Poetry has challenged us with “What do you See?”.  You may write a poem, haiku, tanka or short story that represents what you see or feel within you.  More info can be found in the link below.


Quickly capturing their attention
Three lovely ladies of the sea
Luring sailors from safety
Taunt and beguile with song
Each man unknowing
That death follows
When sirens
Sweetly
Sing

 

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Ragamuffin Memories – #poetry #FebruaryWriting

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Clothes, too large, tattered and torn

Sweater sleeves cut, used for socks

No place to turn, no phone to call

Out on the streets, of hard knocks

Dirty knees that haven’t had a bath

In so long, you’ve forgotten now

Panhandling your way, for a buck

But no one will feed you, anyhow

Wandering, empty, down the lanes

Where others avoid you, quite cleverly

Shadows at night, in the splatter of rain

Leave you, with ragamuffin memories

 

February Writing Prompts – Ragamuffin remembrances – Day 21/28

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Love Shines Through ~ #poetry #WOTD #FOWC #RDP

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You must learn to live with an intrepid heart

Show others you’ll come through, in a clutch

Do whatever it takes, so hope sprouts, imparts

Let your love shine through, it’s never too much

 

Word of the Day – Clutch
FOWC with Fandango – Intrepid
Ragtag Daily Prompt – Sprout

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No One ~ #poetry #depression #freeverse

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Wasted
The hours in a day
Doing nothing
Wallowing
In empty air
And blank spaces
The mind
Reeling
In no specific direction
Slamming
Into a brick wall
But no damage
Except to the soul
Damaged
Torn apart
Ripped
From its very essence
Mangled, as if
It had been ravaged
By a predator
But that predator
Only lives within me
The walls
I have built myself
Keep me
Safely guarded, away
From the vicious
And yet
I want to explode
To let it out
Still
No one will hear
No one will care
No one
Even notices
How lost
Inside myself
I am
No one

 

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Jellied Geniuses – #poetry #FebruaryWriting

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All that chewy goodness

So tart and sweet and yummy

Doesn’t do me any good

It just expands my tummy

Not to mention what it does

To my sugar count, oh my

Still I shovel it in my mouth

Don’t know the reason why

Perhaps it’s the fruity flavor

They must know my weaknesses

A marketing ploy, if ever I’ve seen

Crafted by real jellied geniuses

 

February Writing Prompts – Jellied geniuses – Day 20/28

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