Heaven shudders
Hell overflows
Why we kill
God only knows
Despite- contest entry, 15 words to someone missing
Father,
You ruined by life
and walked away.
Still I rise above,
survive, despite you.
Survivor- contest entry, Prompt : You have 6 words to tell your story
I stay afloat,
buoyant and unsinkable!
Victory in one word – contest entry (prompt is the title)
RISE!
Cavernous
Hollowness inside
Unhappy echoes rebounding
Empty, yawning caverns
Poetry is…-Prompt contest entry, Metaphor
Poetry is a craniotomy.
It takes a steady,
trained hand to carve out
the festering , swelling tumors
that are my feelings
Allowing regeneration and healing.
Prom- Picture Prompt contest entry wins a Bronze-33 words exactly
Come to the prom
He said to me
I said
I’d rather be dead, Bobby!
Went any way
What more can I say?
Except fuck you and the whore you rode
Out on!
Depression – a 5-7-5 contest entry – Writing prompt “Misery”
A dark storm gathers
Inside me, light is smothered
Sadness is crushing
Flocking – A picture prompt, 5-7-5 contest entry wins Honorable Mention!
My avian rebirth
Outer shell cracked and drying
Soul flocking above
Unheard Supplication-Picture Prompt, 5-7-5
Written words scream, help
An unheard supplication
As readers move on