A River of Stones: One daily observation.
Parallel lines traced upon the paper are the beginning of a grid.
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Today Jae Rose wrote a beautiful poem, Scratch Card. And she used the words anchor, bell and cherry. I love those words, and decided to write using those words, too.
Deadman’s Float
The anchor takes me back
Years back
All the years growing up beside the sea
The end of it all
The closing of the door
We never said good bye
The anchor broke
And you left without warning.
The bell rang
The first day of school
The first day of the rest of my life
And now the bell rings
Regularly
On the hour
At the church
In the town
Floats up to the mesa
Cherry red and sweet
Spilling over my fingers
Which I run through my hair
Before I reach for you
I lick the sweetness from your face
As the bell signals the broken anchor
Cherry sweet goodbyes
Dead-man’s float upon the waves
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Wordgathering prompt: Epiphany
Epiphany
The light came on
And for the first time
Saw what was before me
Stood in this spot before
Looked but did not see
Saw something different
Today
Eureka!
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Prompt #64 Parallel Lines
Parallel Lines
We draw parallel lines
Of our own
Lines which should not be crossed
We carefully stay within the lines
Ask others to respect
Side by side
We walk
Calling to each other
Expressing ourselves
With the intent
Of knowing
And being known
While remaining
Within the prison
Of our own making
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dVerse prompt: empty
Empty
You tap on the wall
The sound comes back to you
You determine it is empty
All the while I hide inside
Hoping you will find me
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