Category: poetry

The Unicorn Challenge 13th September

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A magical new weekly writing opportunity from Jenne Gray and  C. E. Ayr.

The rules are:

Maximum of 250 words.

Inspired by photo prompt below.

That’s it.

© Ayr/Gray

Lands of Death

The moon is out the stars on high

Pillars of stone reach towards the sky.

Listening softly you hear your breath

In this land of such loss and death.

In the coolness of dusk your breath is steam

Soft puffs reflecting the twilight gleam.

Thinking the lives below so long gone

Sadness so great, you barely carry on.

You say some prayers, think good thoughts

For great winners here and the have-nots.

Walking silently, by the chiseled grey stones

Contemplating, most inhabitants here, are merely bones.

Talking in your mind, no words out loud said

Reverent silence, in respect for the dead.

You should be leaving soon you know 

Impending darkness, stars are beginning to show.

You say your goodbyes to loved ones at rest

You miss them dearly, they’ve finished life’s tests.

Prayers complete, you leave briskly with intention

As these places at night, bear creepy mention…

-AAA 09/12/2024

Getting Through Thursday

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Can’t keep my eyes open

I’m in dire need of a nap

Up early, and I’m still coping.

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I feel slow and thick like tree’s sap

Only caffeine can get me through

Feeling dried out like a pen without cap.

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A latte or Monster Energy will do

Wake up juice is needed now

After consuming this magic brew.

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I feel light and airy in my brow 

Really getting my second wind

Moving with determination and how

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My tiredness earlier doth rescind

Meetings and projects, so much to get done

As I finished them all, I happily grinned.

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Knocking out task lists is always fun

Satisfaction, at the end of my day 

Now once and for all, my work is done

I’m not a Jack, dull, boy, it’s time for play…

-AAA 09/12/2024

Seasons Unique 

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Springtime everything’s alive 

Green teaming with such life

Longer days promised.

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Summer’s endless adventures

Vacations reunions cruises, time off

Beaches deserts mountains.

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Falls cooling breezes

Promises of winter goodbye heat

Hello pumpkin spice.

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Winter had arrived

Rainer cooler days, longer nights

Holidays and birthdays.

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Four seasons yearly

Each with its own personality

And quite unique…

-AAA 09/12/2024

1/0 = ?

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How long is infinity?

Can we drive there?

The existentialist affinity

With nothing to share.

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Is infinitesimal far?

I can’t count the miles

Surely, you can’t use your car

Journeying all the while.

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Can ginormous be calculated?

My computer can’t compute

Its circuits get exasperated

As the endless is a brute.

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Try as you may to divide by zero

You’ll never get the answer

If you could you’d be such a hero

But the larger numbers, hamper.

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When will the end be reached? 

I doubt we will ever know

With the sands of time besieged

Ebbing endlessly, to and fro…

-AAA 09/11/2024

Marianne Martian and The Space Cadets 

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When my sister was eight

She’d earned a new nickname 

Marianne Martin, which was great 

With each song, she’d play a game.

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Many singers long ago 

Really slurred their words

Minus the lyrics, no one would know

And the songs would sound absurd.

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My sister sang what she thought she heard

My aunt and I would laugh and listen

As she made up nonsensical words 

And Martian and the Space Cadets were christened.

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My aunt and I were the loyal space cadets

Our number was only two

We made a trio instead of quartette

But that’s what we had to do. 

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When Marianne martian sang a song 

We’d do our best to accompany her 

Even if the words are lyrics were wrong

We’d sing them all wrong for sure.

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So if you ever passed a brown mustang 

In the late nineteen seventies for sure 

No, you you were not going insane

We were just starting our world tour…

-AAA 09/10/2024

Bravery on the Campus 

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He went out on a limb and expressed interest in her.

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It’d been a long time since he’d connected with anyone.

The fears of rejection were always present but he was brave and moved forward. 

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She was very much out of this league but her pursued her anyway.

Quietly but surely, walking up to her with a single long stemmed red rose.

Presenting it to her as a gift, he asked her to join him for soda pop later that afternoon at the student union…

AAA 09/10/2024

9/11 💔

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I don’t want to remember

All the deaths that they suffered

It was one bright September

Tragedy was not buffered.

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I’ve done all my figuring

After many years later

No magic conjuring

Will ever make it waver

-AAA 07/20/2024

Originally Published 07/20/2024

A love that Almost Was…

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Originally Published 05/03/2024

Fire was in your eyes.

Embers spreading from your soul.

Fire’s out of control.

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Love was in your heart.

Sweetest dreams were in your mind.

The passionate kind.

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Gentle was your touch.

Your soft hands are everywhere.

Touched my face and hair.

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Quite warm was your smile.

It would stop and melt my heart.

Adored from the start.

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Velvet was your skin.

Silky-soft freckled and tan.

I once as your man.

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So girly your laugh.

Higher pitched and very sweet.

Your humor a treat.

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I’m so glad we met.

Those times I’ll never forget.

I have no regrets…

-aaa

MADE OF LOVE

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She glows like glycerine sunshine.

Lighting up any room as she enters.

The radiance is almost blinding.

So much beauty one can barely stand it.

An angel among us mortals.

Fortunately she doesn’t know this.

And her modesty a refreshing taste of sunshine.

Warmth from her smile could thaw the Arctic.

My words do not do her any justice…

AAA 09/08/2024

Missy’s MAD Challenge # 006

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Welcome to Missy’s MAD Challenge!

Welcome to Missy’s MAD Challenge!

Every week, a creative prompt will be offered for you to unleash your imagination and artistic skills.

You can share your response in the form of art or any creative expression that the prompt inspires.

There are no restrictions no deadline, so feel free to take your time and enjoy the creative process.

Remember to label your response with #missysmadchallenge.

Your Prompt for the week

  • Out of the blue

OUT OF THE BLUE

Out of the blue

I did find you.

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Didn’t look hard 

In that regard.

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And they you were

And now I’m sure.

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That I am blessed

And less depressed.

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So I contend 

You’re a great friend.

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Very aware 

Full of such care.

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Creative too 

In all you do.

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Syllable lines

Just might confine.

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Challenge is more

Limiting four.

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But I just might

Finish tonight.

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Feeling so bright

These words, are right.

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To my delight,

Adieu, Goodnight…

-AAA 09/09/2024

The Lizardinator

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Baby alligators big or small 

With a tail or none at all.

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I can catch them as they crawl 

On the ground or near a wall.

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If they’re close or rather far 

She’ll capture and place them in a jar.

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You needn’t be vexed

About what happens next.

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You’ll place a retraction

On your knee-jerk reaction.

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For you will see 

She sets them free.

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Her intentions are always mild 

Releasing them back to the wild

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So if lizards catch you unawares

Use the lizardinator who truly cares…

-AAA 09/08/2024

Softly, She Went Away

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Nothing I can do or say 

Wink if an eye, you’re far away

I’ll never forget that day

The way you held me at bay

A very dark day that May

After promises you wouldn’t stray

So sad the games you played

You were so afraid

So your decision was made

You couldn’t of stayed

Your self interest cut like a blade

A great thing was completely unmade

I gave up trying to persuade

A love that you forbade…

-AAA 09/07/2024