Prejudice

A mass of children

spin their threads

into a blind web

that drums with power

until

one 

voice

insists,

Think, people!

We 

are

not

the 

same

A combined prompt with picture from Magpie Tales

and words from The Sunday Whirl

shared with Poets United: Poetry Pantry

Soul Mate

plans and dreams

shot down

with the scatter gun

of life

are nothing

YOU, 

the soul of  me,

always

give

more

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To Honor All Veterans

For Magpie Tales

(picture prompt provided by Tess)

For Poets United: Poetry Pantry

TO HONOR ALL VETERANS

Words are inadequate

to name the sacrifice 

of our world's veterans

Know the feeling

in these two words

comes

 from the depth of my heart

THANK YOU!

Buzzard Bait...

It was a long night
of barked shins
stick men
and lost dreams
filled with things
you need to forget

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Open Link Night dVerse Poets Pub

The Topaz

Prompt from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie

shared with Poets United

I was the topaz

between two diamonds

a Poe-ish love

Paris was a dream

talked of in tree houses

on rainy days

The passion of young love

the sadness of loss

could be tasted

in our tiptoed kiss

and then

I moved away

All Is Well?

Mindlovemisery's Menagerie-Collage
and
Poets United:  Poetry Pantry

A past summer day
of fireflies apples and daisies
does not cover
the fallen stars of our nation

Some wear many bracelets
but dedicated to none
we swirl and twist our causes
careful to keep them secret

While we still refuse
to remove the glasses
those rose colored glasses
that erroneously confirm
All is well

Japanese Death Poem

Jisei
Hanging by threads
I could have enjoyed more color
As a mother I loved you both
more than life
I let go
stepped back
and wondered
how I could have loved you
better

dverse~Poets Pub presents a prompt to write a Japanese Death Poem or Jisei...the last words before you die.  I have combined that prompt with the collage prompt from MindLoveMisery's Menagerie.

I am also adding a link to Poets United: Poetry Pantry.  Thank you all for encouraging me to write.

My Epitaph

Mindlovemisery's Menagerie
B&P Shadorma and Beyond – The Epitaph 
The challenge is to write our own epitaph.

Here's lies Gail
end of trail swinging
on the gates
heavenward
she's giving the angels hell
no surprise...it's Gail

Also sharing with Poets United:  Poetry Pantry

Time

Weekend Mini-challenge 

For Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

With picture prompt from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie 

sharing with Poets United Poetry Pantry

After midnight we turn
into what we were
party's over
masks are dropped

Locking ourselves
in rooms of regret
we question the realities
of time after time

Like Alice the sign says eat
we do
the hands drop from time
as Poe's Raven screams Nevermore

Sing Back

Old Bank Street, Manchester, UK by R.A.D. Stainforth

Magpie Tales

Sing back a frame 
That did exist
A fiery re-call becomes
A chance to repair
To craft a new deal
From time gone
Add your wishes
This moment
Like a boat's sail
Will billow full again

The Sunday Whirl-Weekly Wordle

Poets United: Poetry Pantry

Attempting a triple prompt...