Submission

Submission

One by one they came to me, dropping the event card in my lap.
Each would tap a finger on the bolded print,
nod their head and raise an eyebrow –
nonverbal cues to “do it.”

Local Poetry Contest

I haven’t entered poetry for publication since I was in high school.

27 lines including the title and spaces,
no more than 55 characters per line.
I’ve never counted my poetry before.
Discounted maybe,

thank goodness I’m no longer a vulnerable teenager.

 

 

Slice of dawn

chirrup    tweet tweet

chirrup     tweet tweet

this-is      my tree

I’ll-build-a-nest    for thee

come-live-my-sweet    with me

chirrup    tweet tweet

chirrup    tweet tweet

writing to a prompt: on the road