Poem: I Could Compare #writephoto

https://scvincent.com/2019/09/12/thursday-photo-prompt-reaching-writephoto/.   I could compare The rain to molten silver in the air,   The bleak Visage of day to a corpse’s cheek;   Portray the trees As withered hands about to seize   The life right out Of me. Instead I’ll shout   A poem on a page. The words turn quiet when the … Continue reading Poem: I Could Compare #writephoto

Poem: “I am not how you perceive”

Photo by Simon Buchou on Unsplash. Written for the Word of the Day Challenge and dVerse Poets' Pub.   I am not how you perceive. If you find me as I wake, you will see I am made of aether undulating upward to the sky: fog over a lake-bed at dawn. The fog and I slip past you; … Continue reading Poem: “I am not how you perceive”

Object Poem #WednesdayWritingPrompt

Written for https://katespofford.com/2019/04/17/wednesday-writing-prompt-7-object-poem/.   I keep your life together In the tiniest of ways; Unnoticed I continue, ‘til I snap and flee one day—   And then you miss me human, then! My trailing threads betray How hard I fastened life together In my own silent ways.   ~H