dusty desert highwayheat waves dancing in the airthe shells of remains laid threadbarenothing more to saynothing more to sharethe demons inside the devil’s lairthe hounds were no longer at bayI didn’t careit wasn’t fairno difference between night and daywhen the dead lay everywhere 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 18: For today’s prompt, write an ekphrastic poem An ekphrastic poem … Continue reading desert highway
waiting for the momentthe breaththe nowthe heart sinkingthe soul turning to dustwaiting for the momentwhen the stars alignwhen the moon is brightwhen the sun is quietwaiting for the momenttodaytomorrowforever 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 17: For today’s prompt, write a waiting poem Continue reading waiting for the moment
Slick pavementsBroken dreamsCrushed heartsDruggies and junkiesDreamers and believersStreets crowded with lost soulsNear and farHustling and bustling through lifeLost in the fumesInhaling the dust of the pastExhaling the lust of the futureSquandering the wealth of the earthUntil she crumbles under another lost city 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 16: For today’s prompt, write a city poem Continue reading Lost City
What’s your story morning glory?Are you a song?A memory?An epic monologue of forgotten wordsAre you a poem?A feeling?An empty basket of forlorn looks and broken heartsWhat’s your story morning glory?An album title by some 90’s bandAre you a heartbeatA heartacheA glimpse into the pastA dream of the futureA moment in the nowWhat’s your story morning glory? 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day … Continue reading What’s Your Story Morning Glory
On Friday, 16-April, Eric Church released 1 of 3 albums from the Heart & Soul collection. Perfect timing for me as I was heading off to a Rest Reset Yoga Retreat that day. I knew this album would be part of my much needed recalibration weekend of my own heart and soul. Pun intended. A little album release info:Heart released on 16-April& releasing exclusively to … Continue reading Track by Track: Heart by Eric Church
6 eyes stare back at mefleeting heart beatscold dead handsfrom where i’m sittingthe blood runs dryand the music drownsthe tears and the bluesfrom where i’m sittinga stream of sun is the last thing I’ll see as I die 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 14: For today’s prompt, write a “from where you’re sitting” poem Continue reading from where i’m sitting
thirteenover lookedunlovedforgottenthirteenreveredlovedsacredunluckyto be luckythirteena numbera curse 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 13: For today’s prompt, write a Lucky and/or Unlucky poem Continue reading 13
I got your six.Loyal.Friend. 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 12: For today’s prompt, write a six words poem. Continue reading your six
47 seconds and you were gone.47 minutes is a lifetime without you.47 days without your voice.47 months and there’s no return.47 years of life were given. 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 11: For today’s prompt, write a prime number poem. Continue reading 47
The End. 2 small words. 6 letters total. Meaningful. Powerful. I had a dream, a nightmare to be exact that woke me from my sleep, shaken and breathing hard. I wrote down what I remembered and tried to get back to sleep. Part of the dream stuck with me. That part would inspire me for 22 years. It would haunt my creative mind for 22 … Continue reading The 1st Draft: The End