Glass cut with diamond
spells out the braille of this heart,
in moonlight mirrored,
hidden under stones I threw,
I find the nature of love
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Nature & Love prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
Glass cut with diamond
spells out the braille of this heart,
in moonlight mirrored,
hidden under stones I threw,
I find the nature of love
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Nature & Love prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
Knights anorexic,
serve up the banquet of spring
with bulletproof smiles.
Berries, sweet with craven plague,
and the starved wait, blindfolded
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Spring & Berries prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
in summer starlings
sky-flesh falls, wild with tattoos
but even here, here
on this ground of melted snow
I cannot hide my footprints
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Summer & Snow prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
You inspire me
with your target driven growth
but I’m not sorry
that the vegan bolognese
won’t wash out of your new shirt
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Inspire & Growth prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
Beauty met the Beast,
looking for a miracle.
KIND, his profile said.
She glanced at his snarling face.
Just what kind was uncertain.
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Miracle & Beauty prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
you saw the glitter
in my self pity ribbons
but I only laughed
when your positive fairy
fell down behind the sofa
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Positive & Self Pity prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
how sweet the seasons
of curious animals
temperate and soft
to this postmodern reptile
lays the burning of a star
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Animals & Seasons prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
Sunlight, white as snow
On this altar of footprints
I miss your crazy
Your kaleidoscope scripture
In these corporeal sands
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Sunlight & Footprints prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
These skeletal trees
We are stripped down and scattered
Another autumn
Another winter sunset
Grown vulture with this ending
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Autumn & Winter prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
A new Thanksgiving
Runs up the Jolly Roger
As Black Friday sails
Snap and crack with the cannons
On this pirate ship of fear
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Thanksgiving & Black Friday prompt from: Ramblings of a writer