FREE SPIRITS

#55

Prompt 7> Special occasions

Making parents proud

Our faces are still inscribed
by the dried tears of pride
radiating our face
with immense happiness
which were brought to life once
by you!

Thank you for all the happiness you brought to our lives!

#56

Prompt 8> Wild card

The photographer

We capture stills of bliss
to cherish those perished moments of past
which tend to bring a smile on our face.

Yet, a Photographer has stored
with him
a baggage of photographs
which will make us regret on our irreversible acts.

He would display us the slides of our life
he clicked in absence
to show us those times when we turned evil and never wished to capture them.

PROMPT CHANGE. PLEASE USE YOUR NEW PROMPTS AS OF NOW

#57

1. One animal/one number

A brown tail wiggles in anticipation
as a mop of fur inches toward
her owner's plate left on
the coffee table,

3, 2, 1...

slurp, chomp, gone.

#58

2. Wild card

His flowers wait for him at home,
each one trimmed to perfection,
blooming for his satisfaction.

He dreads the day one begins
to wilt, three more will usually follow.
He can't bare to train another
bouquet of flowers to thrive in darkness.

#59

3. Life

She turns her sputtering car
onto the side of the highway.
Frustrated and confused,
she pops the hood as a
cloud of smoke smothers
her concentration.

Suddenly, her cell phone
rings and her Daddy's
smiling mug pops up
on the screen,

just in time, she sighed.

#60

4. Club name

My notebook contains
fragments of poetry
within the margins of life -

a line merged within a
random thought,
a title smudged in the
corner of a grocery list
that failed to tag along
to the actual grocery store,
a stanza about the love
we once shared stands
lonely, like me.

Sometimes our lives
are just fragments of
poetry waiting to be
shared.

#61

5. Form - Acrostic

Puppy paws bounce
Along the grass
Waiting impatiently for the
Sprinkler to come to life.

#62

6. Alcohol/Drugs

Smoke fills their tiny apartment
as he hits the joint and quickly
passes it to her -

together,
they enjoy a couple hours
of stress free life.

#63

7. 10-13 lines

She watches him
mow the lawn,
change the oil,
take out the garbage,
play with the kids,
pay the bills,
smile at her in the mirror
as he gets dressed for work,
kiss her goodbye...
thanking God she was blessed
with a good man.

#64

8. Metaphor/Simile

He stumbles at take off
like an old crow trying
to fly his last fly -
he grabs the table
for support and slowly
lifts himself up for the
first time in months -

no, this won't be his
last fly, he has many
more adventures to
soar through.

#65

1. One animal/one number

A single doe stands
in a grassy field that
claims the life of
over a thousand.

#66

2. Wild card

Her heart contains
the hundreds of books
that line her shelves,

she thrusts herself
into the scenery of
a paperback book
and suffocates when
reality takes her
hand and ushers
her home.

#67

3. Life

She didn't bother
with holding up a sign
that pleaded for
mercy and stated
religion would cure
her hunger,

she didn't want
scraps of change
in exchange for pity.

She wanted the
kind of change
that didn't cost
a penny.

#68

4. Club name

The Kite Runners once
thrived within this nation
of poets,
soaring within the sky
that held metaphors
and similes.

Stagnant wind
surrounds it's members,
some await their moment
to fly towards the sun.

#69

5. Form - Monorhyme

I can't start
this departed heart.
Since we've been apart
it just can't create art.

#70

6. Alcohol/Drugs

This tumbler holds
the last drop of the
whiskey that will
ever cross my lips -

I've realized whiskey
just won't hold me
together like you can.

#71

7. 10-13 lines

You stirred within your
slumber and I awaited
for your eyes to open
to share your troubles
with me.

When you didn't wake,
I realized I have adopted
your nightmares within
my own insomnia,
praying you would awake
to keep me company.

#72

8. Metaphor/Simile

I dissolved the stars
within a matter of minutes,
pushing each shining moment
over to gather room for
the dark passenger
that resides inside me.

#73

1. One animal/One number

A frost tipped cat
with one large dot
on the center of it's
chin rubs against
my leg and meows
good morning.

#74

2. Wild card

My pages are
filled with words
that I can't fully
comprehend,

my heart is
too numb to
feel anything
besides the
rise and fall
of my chest,
indicating that
I am, in fact,
still alive.

#75

3. Life

I'm on the prowl
for the person who
I'm supposed to be.

Her tracks are fresh
and I can hear the
slight rumble of
her heart...

Yes, I'm almost there.

#76

4. Club name

Somewhere beyond
the dark, I found
myself devoted to sin.

Treading down
dusty sidewalks and
claiming unlawful
events as mine.

-

Today, I awakened
to the nightmares of
my past and thanked
God I was not one of
the forgotten.

#77

5. Form - Katauta

Your name lingers on
my lips as you caress the
tender segments of my heart.

#78

6. Alcohol/Drugs

The meth that courses
through your veins
has turned you into
a zombie that feeds
off the innocence
of your own children.

#79

7. 10-13 lines

At the moment,
my brain hurts.
I can't think
of another
ten to thirteen
lines to write
for this battle.
I need a break.
Just one more...
one more poem.

#80

8. Metaphor/simile

My eyes howl
like a wolf
fighting for
it's pack,

waiting for
the perfect
moment to
attack.

#81

1. Must mention ONE animal AND ONE NUMBER

Another 5 am wake up call
thanks to the dog next door
and the annoying sound of
boots stomp stomp stomping
across the patio - right next to
my window. It's gonna be another
very long day thanks to them.

#82

wild card

I can feel you thinking of me
knowing im thinking of you. . .

I can hear you saying, "Hun,
I can't be there when you need me,
I can't always be there for you. You
know if the world were ending tomorrow,
I'd make it a point to come and save
you somehow, but right now, I can't."

I think that's what hurts the most,
because it feels like my world is ending.
I feel you close, wrapping your arms
around me for one of the best hugs ever
and hearing your laugh when i tell you
that I have

missed you

so much.

#83 Category Life

It isn't meant
to be easy.

If it were you wouldn't
appreciate anything.

Remember this and
please change accordingly.

#84

Club Name

You are the poetry
and I am the words.
Ink is our blood and
pulpy paper is our skin.

We live in poorly drafted
stories and hundredth
attempt letters.

I could get used to
this taste of ink
if only you could be
more like the flowing
river.

#85

Formed Poem: Renga - condensed

I know it's sad that I never
gave a damn about anything
but my heart

But if it helps my heart never
gave a damn about me either.

I don't expect you to
understand though it'd be nice
if you tried a bit

after all your not even sure
where you've been or where you're at.

# 86

Alcohol/Drugs

There you go again
downing a bottle of
something way too strong
for you.

Pretending like it'll
make you as happy
as she once did,

even though we
both know she's
someone you can't
replace with the
bottom of a bottle

or the ecstasy
of a breath against
your neck mingling
with your own.

She tried to tell you
that she misses you
just as much, but
you were too gone
to really listen.

#87

10 -13 lines

Maybe you
were right
in asking me

to move on.

There are enough reasons
presenting themselves and
better people

waiting.

Perhaps you
were right.
Maybe not.

It might matter.
It probably doesn't

#88

Metaphor/ simile

May I have another sip
of your profoundly
bittersweet thoughts tonight?

You know, the ones like
the coffee you've been
serving all day long, like

chocolate baked inside
of a tart, like the person
you haven't been since we met?

# 89

Must mention one animal and one number

You know I see it in your eyes
when you want to light that match
and burn this whole thing to the ground,

you should know better by now.
It's not your fault that she wasn't
the one you could spend forever with.

Neither of you are penguins
mating for life for the sake of
a single egg. You aren't the

center of a daisy, born together
mate together, then die together
undisturbed and happily because

you've never know anything
better. She was your first but
I promise she won't be the last.

# 90

wild card

The life I live is odd,
there's shapeless hope
molding rain;

as sour grapes
poison your favorite
wine.

And here I am,
dying in my own arms,
again.

#91

Life

It's great that you are
patriotic,
it really is a beautiful thing.

But when you start praying
to a flag
and singing
to a ghost

that gains a
new meaning
entirely.

#92

club name

The end, the end,
this is just another
kind of end than
you've ever known. . .

Don't worry, Darling,
you don't need to
do that, your grip on
that trigger isn't as
strong as you think.

There are helpful
strangers in this world
and you can move
beyond the dark
if you want to.

Because I love you,
and that's a powerful
thing, whether you
know it or not.

Sit back, relax for
a moment, how will
she feel if you go through
with it this time, Darling?

How did you feel
when you watched
him take that pill
too many and never
open his eyes again?

#93

formed Poem Epigram

John was a pretty mellow young fellow
but the gun won, he's just feeling yellow