The stars all align as I take another step
Carefully watching what I am about to do next
Feeling a surge rising from deep inside
It’s a strong force that seeks to come outside
A fire mixed within with raw awakening
The lava is rising I am feeling it’s entity
Programs are afraid of what I can grip
They are tiny like sand, what a bloody twist
They all start to run trying to hide
But I see it all and they have zero time
Let my wings grow and their blood start to drip
Gently holding them until I start to squish
Call me evil queen if you really must
Actually bow down to me you tiny worms
Am I evil or good who really cares
Creating from illusion what a fun game
Words mixed with passion that come to pass
Sparks hidden within songs what a playful God
Flowing and swimming through the words
Free from containment what a sweet world.
Raven Archer
Summer, darkened off.
Hung yet of o'er
As bright to the core
Nectarine. Peach.
Arboured italian!
Now my pleasure
To share whose leisure
Ripe to ravish
Soft cheeked, alike squish.
When for, so reach.
Squishy Wishy Mishy Squish
verdant frog are dancing with a wish
They want to be free and enjoy the delight
Portland’s steppers, whirling out of sight
Squishy Wishy Mishy Squishy kiss
it you don’t join us, we’ll be amiss
We like to mingle and tingle too
Grab a hand, so we won’t be blue
Slithery slathery slick slick slick
shaking your booty is the trick
Hickory dickory mickery boo
Let’s go past Powell’s and shake a shoe
Oh yes you can, please join us now
We won’t take no, we don’t know how
Squishy wishy mishy ho ho ho ho
Dancing elevates your heart just so
Waiting for god to take me
You may not agree
But I am desperate to cross the line
Your endless punishment made me resign
My fate secured due to your cruelty
Was destroying my life your duty
Or intentional to strangle
No one could be thankful
For the hell you dealt me
Pin me down and set me free
Begging you to grant me a wish
Make is easy or use your almighty to squish
Anyway is easier than what you chose
I did nothing for you to impose
This horrendous treatment you allowed to happen
Only torture no compassion
Put me out of this pain and misery
Send my name to the pages of history
God please stop playing games with me
Either finish me or set me free
God I have prayed for you and you have no responded
Not a single gesture or hand to be guided
Your presence has not been felt
More like a constant beating with a belt
You have not been kind
I am not blind
God you did this for your entertainment
Each different thing your arrangement
God you have failed me
Nobody could disagree
Are you even real
You don’t listen to my appeal
Or fill my heart with anything
Unless you also want to bury me
she kicked off her shoes and let the sand squish into her toes
the music was straight out of the seventies, folk and fun
with excitement she began to twirl and kick up the beach
feeling nineteen again, not caring who saw
being herself for the first time in fifty years
Like a dark shadow i loomed over a yin and their yang,
Once together, once separated, now finally restitched together again,
The sun sent its pillows to throw hard diamonds at the souls, without clear intention,
whether to celebrate,
whether to scare them away,
It was too late,
My hand reached and clenched the two,
Squirm, scream, squish, until only ooze was in my grip,
My gift,
Two, now one.
Squish squash guts and slime
Mom says boots are banned from mudroom
New rule throughout caterpillar season
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
I know a caterpillar and a fish,
but I won't catch and I won't squish.
I'm not sure why, but maybe because
one is slick and one has fuzz.
When life leaves you lemons
deserved or not
some sunny summer's day
neither fret nor sweat
if citrus is all you've got
to show for your lot
to keep the blues at bay
be creative pull out all stops
keep calm stay cool
either squish or get off the pot
think of a drink
(old fruit)
and you're made in the shade
easy peasy lemon squeezy
simply put... make lemonade
Cantankerous cancers found my blood letting from the slit,
Is it avarice of me to desire the love begetting of Lazarus?
Enjoying life cadaverous like forgetting the want to live,
Is it glamorous for me to die while God desires I live?
Forgo the solid ground,
My feet dangled off the edge of a jagged cliff.
I fought the howl of squalid sin,
I caught the wind sending back the fire of my padded spliff.
Below I spotted a town,
My feet angled to squish what I saw down to the earth’s crusty skin.
Got calls asking where I’ve been.
Like,
“Just,
Just been wondering.”
Yeah yeah.
Yeah,
I guess you’ve just been wondering?
Could’ve made it better before I made it end,
Would’ve,
Should’ve,
But I wouldn’t have liked to make amends.
A couple foot of rope set up to further suspend,
Just to be an easy way out for whoever he is?
I misunderstood a friend on what is perpetuity,
I just want to live forever,
Instead I pretend to breathe on incongruity.
And as I descend upon,
I felt alive again when I grew dizzy.
I felt alive,
In my life,
I felt alive as I grew dizzy.
butterfights
on butterfly'd
stopping goodbyes
without saying
i has a song
not in your garden
long time you spent
washing all the dirts
evidence
"let miss thang be in control"
just as long as she's around
"but the old dead tree!"
what about it?
"it is gonna squish my house"
so your not protected?
"your right i should use my words"
yes i am right
that crooked witch uses the whips
and controls that switch
she the welfare wizards
I’m resting in bed
with an aching head.
Ma’s fussing and said
“I’ve cooked a huge fish
it’s truly delish”
I try to feign sleep,
pretend to count sheep
but I want to weep!
I’m craving beef steak,
rich cheese pasta bake
or a slice of cake!
Ma made me pike pie
And I cannot lie
I started to cry.
My pike pie I squish
I loathe this fish dish!
Be not afraid to love me.
It'll be like playing with a ouija.
Excuse me while I hold this moment in time.
This sigil into grime.
This love is taboo.
I can turn you a shade of blue.
My shadow self will get another life.
If I make you my wife.
I want to be your final wish.
Any doubts, I will squish.
To kill the heart that cared.
Love me, don't be scared.
In the dark, we'll find our light,
Two souls entwined, taking flight.
With every whisper, every sigh,
Our love will reach the sky.
Together, we'll defy the night,
And make our wrongs feel right.
So take my hand, and don't let go,
For in this love, we'll grow.
Pen and paper in hand, words swirling in my head,
Working on my big essay, Sounds and Whispers, and planning.
Buzz, crash, drip, pop, whoosh, splash, bang!
Startling me, what are those sounds?
A phantom mouse, maybe, hiding under my desk.
I’m sure I heard a squeak.
Jumping up, I knock over my cup—splash, it crashes to the floor.
I gasp, arms flailing; my elbow hits a box perched on the shelf,
My eyes follow it, mid-air, SLAM—
The box hits the desk, BOOM.
I stifle a scream, peering at the phantom mouse scurrying around.
I sigh—my heart races.
Thump, thump! Like a jackhammer.
Wet shoes, making SQUELCHING sounds and slipping as I go.
Buzzing, like a tiny plane,
Just as I grab the handle,
A big, black horsefly lands on my hand,
I try to shoo it away—
But SMACK! SMACK! SQUISH!
Crossing the threshold to safety,
That squeak returns; the not-so-phantom mouse, is closing in on me.
Crack, crack and pop, pop, I run,
Chunky little legs carrying me
Out of this nightmare — fast.
The gurgling brook starts to babble near here,
It murmurs, humming a soft mantra song,
With squish, squelch, squirm, its fluid voice is clear,
As it splashes, splutters, dancing along.
It kisses, caresses the bed of stream,
The banks are hugged in sibilant embrace,
Ripples lapping, create a lilting dream,
Each glug, slurp and slosh is rhythmic in grace.
But wind and rain cause torrent gushes loud,
That boom, bang, as waves crash against the shore,
The river churns into a enraged shroud,
That roars, screams, fizzes and hisses once more.
The torrent and tranquil, each play their parts
In the sound ensemble, the steam imparts.
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