The remaining shreds
of a dream
tumble around
senselessly stumbling
awakening with dread.

#micropoetry #5lines #poetry #sensewords 183

night falls
pajamas in hand
I slink into my bed
fluffy pillows
heated blankets
fresh sheets
tucked in
as the moon rises
dreams encase
thoughts
in my head
it makes it so hard
to get out of bed

#SenseWords
Prompt 184

I struggle to find answers,
nothing shapes up neatly
in a world sinking
deeper into endless
layers of trouble,
undesirable, ugly,
about to collapse
but you still radiate
like a stunning sunset.
#prompt 157
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unworn wedding dress
deconstructed and remade
into angel gowns
my heart, unclaimed by one
goes with many

#SenseWords 167 #tanka
#TankaPoem #haiku

#Prompters #sensewords 156
#ARW-RAW #Poetry #Art

12 Days of Christmas

the night before deeply
sinks; a branch stirs
the willow dreaming
snowcap scatters light—
ice lengthens; then loosens
along a window’s pane—
one glow remains, chills
as rest, a small joy
drips on the horizon.

A #Solseed Joint

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#Prompt151

The holly berry bush
becoming frosted
as a funfetti cupcake
the path sugar iced
a cobblestoned cookie.

#micropoetry #5lines #poetry #sensewords 151

Your Nan, your Grandma
your whatever u called her
#giggles & #tenderness
if mom or dad hollered
her #absence laid heavy
your first taste of grief
goodby knitted scarfs
& Sunday's roast beef
roots hunker as the tree grows taller
your Nan your Grandma
your whatever u called her
#emoetry
#SenseWords

eternal reruns
of soft lust always dreaming meant
that
he’d always miss her

#Sensewords 148

#SenseWords Prompt 144

he reminds me
of a summer breeze
jasmine and
patchouli on skin
gentle lapping of waves
silent music
only he and I can hear

A smattering
of stars
like icicles on
a windowpane
glistening in
the dark

they shimmer over
a memory—
standing under
a streetlight
one New Year's night

kissing on a corner,
thinking being
that in love
was a right

not a privilege
we'd learn
to squander

#sensewords #prompt 137

In the dwindling fire’s warmth doomed to grow cold
We still sit round the hearth we knew from old
Bound to this mournful grate while mornings break
You sigh and from ashes some cinders take
But you can’t save and hold what was the fire
You’ll just blacken the day with that desire

#sensewords 108

single life
savoring every hug…
warm jeans from the dryer

#haikusaturday #senryu
#sensewords #haiku

#sensewords 101
beaten as a child
i get along pretty well with others
with rough weather & the like
bad people can’t hurt me now
cant feel intimidation i just feel my mommas dead hand on my shoulder tight
Guide me guide me
We pass it all
we pass squalls
choppy seas pestilence and blight
I’m alright

MEDITATION
Within the silence
of suspended thought, the storm
dissolves. Peace descends.

#sensewords 101 storm #haiku #haikupoem #3lines
#senryu #poetry #inkmine #meditation #mindfulness

hand in hand
we walk
on cobblestone
tripping and laughing
drunk on each
other's touch
midnight fading
on a summer breeze
scent filled with jasmine
he muses
your place or mine

#SenseWords
Prompt 94

pregnant clouds
threaten to storm
haunted melodies
give way to
fallen limbs
the willow sways
as if to dance
threadbare songs
petrichor perfume
the goddess sighs
the fallen lover
pains her side

#SenseWords
Prompt 95

the magic
of opening doors
a world of freedom
self help & herbal cures
a hot latte in her lap
full of fall flavors
scent of roasted fruit
in a leathered jacket
healthful snack
her mind travels
to foreign lands
suddenly
a genie's lamp
appears in empty hands

#SenseWords
Prompt 93

As the heat
of summer
approaches
and days
stretch longer
and moments
feel like hours
in the increasing
humidity,

As more light shines,
the truth bares,
what a mess
I’ve made,
and now, and now,
there’s seemingly
endless daylight
to be confronted.

#sensewords #prompt 82 #poetry

In this dream,
I am floating,
free,
feathering flitting,
through
the forest
with fanciful
faeries flying
around me-

Ferns,
fir trees,
flora and fauna
galore,
my eyes fixated
on the fantastical
lore-

Finally,
I rest, fulfilled.
#sensewords #promot 81 #poetry

They were all fragments, pieces of pictures torn, papers twisted and ripped, their meanings attacked, defaced; but he heard them still, tiny voices he needed to lose, to drown, to push so far away their smoldering remains would never spark anywhere, for anyone, ever again.

#SenseWords 81

Temptation

Eyes beckon,
pretty words,
soothing moments
await-

He is calling,
answering,
answering.

#sensewords #prompt 80

a heart sets sail
amongst
shifting shadows
in a night sky
that holds
empty promises
detachment
takes out a pen
to write something
in the captain’s log

#SenseWords #poetry
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Midnight(ish)

Awakened again,
by twisty twist,
knotty knots-
I search the
darkened room
for
sparkly sparks,
glittery glitter-
beauty escapes
at this hour
and
stressful stress,
jittery jitters,
is all
I find.
#sensewords #prompt 79
#poetry

Mt. Tahoma, Revisited

You follow me on my drives,
almost anywhere,
until I’m so far north,
I see Mt. Baker-

You haunt me on my runs,
seeming so close,
but hours away,
your jagged crags,
massive glaciers-

You create your clouds,
and beneath you,
still lives,
active magma.
#sensewords #prompt 78

First time he sang for me,
playing his guitar,
I was entranced-

As we grew,
together,
apart,
together,
we sang our songs,
those melodies
dancing in the years.

#sensewords #prompt 77

her hands
fluid as a spring
river stream
Mozart and Ravel
and Chopin

all breathing
in shallow and
awful suspended
we forgot it
for awhile

sweet magnolia
blossom streets
traffic cops in
Jazz slippers
beautiful temporary
madness🪶

#SenseWords 56

Tiny silver stars
Jacks tossed on the kitchen floor
City songs
Summertime

#SenseWords 55

#Sensewords
Prompt 50

The vase, a gleam of untouched light,
On the table, holding blossoms bright.

But time, a sculptor, with careless, heavy hand,
Brought an abrupt end, it could not withstand.
Shattered fragments, a scattered plea,
Now cast aside, where no one can see.
#Writing #Poetry #Time

at vesper’s hour
dreams brush against
amethyst palaces
whose light
softly decreases
touched by regret

she walks through
the gates of night

her hands gathering
weight of absence

in lavender mist
a melody of devotion
begins & lingers
unconcerned
with upcoming end

#Sensewords 49 #poetry
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