Prompt Contest Poems

GAZING OUT

...GAZING OUT*
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Gaze out.
Skyscrapers rise,
Silhouettes in the night.
Stars whisper secrets above.
City dreams twinkle and sigh,
Reflections of hopes in glass...

Corn Pop

...Feeling corny
By the sea
Stretched out baby
Please look at me

I got on my shades
Do you think I’m hot
This yellow tan baby
It ain’t store bought

Rub in that butter
Slather me up
If you ...

Where Four Lines Could Be - Picture Prompt Contest

...
     Next to a tree where four lines could be
     Canines haven’t even thought of three
        You think they'll form two
        That they'd never do
     ‘One and dumb’ ~ the only line we'l...

Dreamscape

...relaxed in the sunshine
       of a quiet afternoon 

her mind 
                 drifted away
              
into the pleasant dreamscape
       of her imagination
    
the book lying open i...

In Denial

...Drenched to the skin,
Propelled by the urge
Of eager anticipation
He rushes to greet her
Undeterred by freezing rain
And slashing, bitter wind…

Same day
Same train station platform
Same ...

Sojourn

...Stow away the congeries of aches
overtly attenuating the life-force
Joints grinding bones as growing muscles waked
Oft, stomping like an apoplectic horse...

Under strained newness, a glum dispo...

At Afternoon Collaboration

...AT AFTERNOON COLLABORATION
                                                  
         Sun was almost down.
         Kids playing in grassy field.
        Youngsters hand in hand.
        Boy wh...

Joy-Fluttered

...Blest to be ministered to by God, I’ve uttered:
“Thank You, Lord; make my life around You be centered
Though trial-blistered and faith in You had faltered
I still heard You cheering me; su...

Love Proposed

...He sat beside her in the park bench, 
On a beautiful balmy morning, 
Breezy and pleasant after a drizzle;
Birds came out of their temporary shelters, 
And chirped and chattered and whistled. 
A ...

Golden Butterfly Collaboration

...Fluttered by the golden butterfly,                                                                   do her wings have glitter and dye.                                                                ...

Lady Love -Collaboration

...In dim lit room in front of hazy mirror,
The wise woman sat facing her own image,
Incense smoke curled slow around sandalwood wall,
It was night of winter when deep frost stood guard,
glit...

Second Chance-Collaboration

...He was searching for the author of 'A Reader of the Stars,'
the woman he still loved, who'd published her memoirs.
She wrote of wishing she could see inside a crystal ball,
to find the ma...

Carousel To the Sky

...A journey with a celestial spell
 Which takes him to the clouds
 A one of a kind carousel
 Which will leave him wowed

 He holds on tight as he takes the ride
 On an adventure far away
 And hi...

Zeal Is Contagious

...“The park’s the bestest place I know.
I hope you’ll take me there today.”
Four-year-old Bud would get his way.
His Papa also likes to go
to watch the lively children play.

Bud rushed right to ...

Boy On Carousel Ride Toward Heaven

...Oh,  young lad stolas steed climbs up to heaven, please;
 Look down, toward ground hang onto your steed;
 Heaven bound horse ridden carousel rides free;

3/16/20
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