Sunday Whirl #758: slip, sighs, screams, siren, still, curse, true, knocking, beneath, lost, centered, doors.Dreams, Schemes, & ScreamsI was lost in thought,While knocking on doors;Beneath waves of doubt,Between yets and therefores.Sighs slip out, but stillI think of my dreams,And bend to this will, While schemes become screams.My pain, like a curse;A siren of doom.But it … Continue reading Dreams, Schemes & Screams
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Homecoming
Sunday Whirl Prompt Words: lifetime, years, will, connect, class, awe, place, last, home, relax, share, tripAlways challenging. Always a joy to write!Great word prompts. Reminded me of homecoming at California Baptist University. So, here's a brief refection of then and now. HomecomingIt seems a lifetime ago,Almost forty years, in fact,I roamed these halls as a … Continue reading Homecoming
Find the Princess
Sunday Whirl Challenge. Prompt words: trudge, empty, rare, powder, wide, track, line, eye, twist, hollow, trance, selfIt's always a fun challenge to write a poem with the prompt words. It's stretching me, for sure. Although I was able to rhyme and have the same amount of syllables per line, there is no real metric foot. … Continue reading Find the Princess
Words Wrought Fear
Another fun Sunday Whirl Wordle:Prompt words: whisper, night, dreams, creamy, crisp, script, brisk, crush, dim, seeds, dust, shimmerI must say, creamy was the word that stumped me. I managed to find it a place, though I feel it a bit awkwark. I also found my meter moved from an iambic to a trochaic foot within … Continue reading Words Wrought Fear
Save Me
Sunday Whirl challenge. Prompt words: spill, still, wish, limits, fit, distant, ring, silky, key, list, bill, smokeA couple of the words I used in some form of the root word. I know i say this often, but I love these poetry challenges.Save MeThe night lies still,Save for the bellRinging in the distance.Royal guards fit their … Continue reading Save Me
Hiss!
A Poetic Story for Sunday Whirl. I love these challenges. Plug the words below into a poem. I hope you enjoy, and join in the fun! Sunday Whirl: drifted, hypnotic, hiss, rifle, steam, flush, beetle, grass, perfume, swaying, skin, radiance.Hiss!Steam drifted off the sidewalk—Excessive heat, summer storm—My skin glowing, flush and pink.Perfumed honeysuckle, theRadiance of … Continue reading Hiss!
Golden Ribbons
SundayWhirl Always a fun challenge. I'm late posting, as the new challenge has been added. But I still wanted to put this one up. Join the fun. Prompt words: stalk sky luck harness pepper jewel ribbon splash layers set light faceGolden RibbonsPulled the earOff the stalk.Removed the golden ribbons,Layers upon layers;The topazjewel tonesof the corn … Continue reading Golden Ribbons
The Crash
I've been participating in prompt challenges. My brain happens to take me to strange places. This one, to a fictional crash scene. SundayWhirl.com always has 12 great prompt words. Join in the fun! This week the words are: ravenous, lurked, shame, space, found, glass, hollow, flicker, rattled, slip, red, crash. Here's the result. The Crash … Continue reading The Crash
Questions
Sunday WhirlPrompt words: rumbles, head, walk, creature, dirt, exists, visit, criminal, mind, know, thinking, writer.A conversation I tried to make clear with italics. Hope it makes sense. A fun exercise.Questions from the NewbieAn Echo PoemWhat was he thinking? Thinking?I can’t read his mind. MindThe creature’s comforts. ComfortsFor this criminal? CriminalLying here in the dirt? DirtNaps … Continue reading Questions
Turning
Sunday Whirl Wordle 749 Word prompts: passion, sweetness, snap, resin, half, luck, melts, turn, taste, summer, rush, handJoin the fun!It's March and it's been in the 80's and 90's here in Central California. Unseasonably hot. Summer, wait your turn! Turning Summer’s half-trying to rush in.Snow on the mountain melts away.Spring, don’t let summer change your … Continue reading Turning