a winter memory

a memory from long ago –

one morning I awake to

my backyard transformed

into a winter wonderland

I played for hours in the snow

until my mom called me in

I huddled near the heater

to warm my ice-cold insides

aided by hot chocolate

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #165- Warmly

 

unrequited

I wrote love poems

expressing my desires

to carry your heart

 

a spatter of ink

across countless lined pages

were words of love songs

 

a mere fantasy

another had claimed your heart

I’m left with just dreams

 

 

- A combination of two prompts:  2022 November PAD Challenge Day 22: love and/or anti-love poem and Twiglet #306 - a spatter of ink

a mother's story

from a tiny baby 

she watched her

grow to an adult 

she barely knows 

 

perhaps she was too 

harsh in her rearing

but she only did 

what she thought best 

 

from afar she watches 

her hatchling spread 

her vast wings, soaring 

towards endless clouds

 

 

- A combination of two prompt: 2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 14 and dVerse Quadrille #164: Winging It

 

swept away

in moonlight

I search for

your smile

 

bright as stars

my heart is

swept away

 

silver stars

sing love songs

until dawn

 

 

- Written as a response to two prompts: 2022 November PAD Chapbook Day 7 and dVerse Poetics: First your assistance...and then a Razzie or two!