In life, there are many challenges, however each challenge brings-growth
Alexis Y.
03/31/22
Categories:
spurts, how i feel,
Form: Monoku
The Broken Fountain Pen Disaster
Underfoot the dropped was-so-lost pen breaks snapping its midnight ink artery to spurt explosively out like some imprisoned force nearly dead but risen sucking in saving air
while dispersing into freedom in a fly across the floor the long streaks of such random black pitch arcs streaking fall staining the canvas on which our living room is drawn between a sofa and yellow armchair there will be an awful task to clean this
now like aJackson Pollock’s winking quickly cast so rapidly set.
After the stroke we gape as the room itself clutches a stiller life mood blank in an erased atmosphere forgetting any will to find a contour of drawn new breath or speech only yet
whispers of loss in a similar kind of dreaded time when the
corpse lies in its open casket
under mounds of white roses while hinting of prayers by Rilke
until finally someone declares the tragedy past turning to suggest the use of gold leaf rather than ink on the outlines of the next drawing of the hour as it may proceed.
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(C) sally Young Eslinger 11/2020
Thanks be to God
Categories:
spurts, art, christian, imagery, rainforest,
Form: Prose
Loud crack!
first thought, why did I not wear a ….
the word helmet does not come right away
or at all
Eyes float shut
Someone yells for me to open them
I am drifting
Want to rest
Face close to my face
commands me to stay awake
they get me to the hospital
prognosis not great
speech comes back
in spurts and sputters
long time healing
headaches severe
sometimes see an R
when I should have seen a 7
especially overwhelmed when
I am tired
Comes back in spurts and sputters
brain nothing to fool with
wear a helmet
written 12-28-18 Contest: Brain Brevity
Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy
Categories:
spurts, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
if a rainbow was just black and white
would its beauty still resonate?
against a darkened sky?
the bits of color bring with it
so many promises
forget about the shadows
that surrounds your rainbow
focus on the spurts
that brings you joy
even in your darkest moments
one spurt may be just
the beginning of your unending joy
©070220121415
Categories:
spurts, inspirational, life, rainbow,
Form: Free verse