“Starless Shadorma”

prompt: "a world without something"




Nothing to
Wish on or compare
Lover’s eyes.
World without
Constellations, direction.
Just a lonely moon.

"In the Heart of a Have"

prompt: "in the ____ of _____"




She circles the
Block looking to
Find the dusty
Man with the cardboard
Sign,

“I’m hungry.”

The bag of fast food
Grows colder til at
Last she just drives
Home, slowing at
Each intersection,
Hoping to see the
Dusty back of the
Have-not.

“A Discourse in Waltz”

prompt: "leader/follower"




Leather soles whisper
On polished wooden floors.
Light bounces from sequin
To sequin speckling crisp
Shirts with colored flecks.

A firm hand at the
Small of the back,
Pushing,
Pulling,
Pressure.

A silent language
All its own.

Falling Trees & Talking Men

prompt: "falling"


The crack of
Branches, the
Crash of wood, the
Whoosh of flying limbs.

Not a soul
Around to hear.

Did it really
Make a sound?

He talks out loud in
Vowels and constants,
Stringing together
Syllables and

Not a soul is
Around to hear.

Is he still wrong?

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“A Housewife’s Prayer”

prompt: "prayer"

If I don’t wake up tomorrow, I pray

Someone will pet my cats, read my

Children bedtime stories and be

Sure they take their naps.

I pray someone will feed my

Husband and help him match his

Socks, to remember Daylight

Savings Time and spring

Forward all the clocks.

I pray someone will make the

Beds and help lost shoes get found.

It seems I have a lot of things to do,

So I best just stick around.

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“Barefoot on Gravel”

prompt: "only one in the world"

She said she liked the

Way the rocks felt, the

Sharp ones biting

Into her heels, the

Chips in her toenails a

Constant reminder that

She’d walked away

From the only one she’d

Willingly walk barefoot on

Gravel to get back to.

“The English Major”

prompt: "on second thought"




She majored in English,
Studying Chaucer and
Breaking down Yeats.
Surrounding herself with
Words, words, words-
Hers and everyone else’s.

Perhaps she should have
Majored in something more
Useful like “World Peace” or
“Apocalypse Evasion”?

I guess she’ll just
Have to make do with those
Words, words, words-
Hers and everyone else’s.

“Message in a Bottle”

prompt: "message in a bottle"


Waxy blue crayon
Jotted on the
Back of a Chinese
Take-out menu,
Mad scribbles
Among the red
Dragons and golden
Coins, “The
World has ended.
Don’t bother coming home”