Dusk

uncoupled
from the winter dark
embarked with a giggle
on a drifting quest

dusk
adeptly hugged
the southbound sun
crossed the basin
of the great Mojave

dusk
hung on with a grin
hooky bobbed
across the sandman line,
returned with yesterday

Michelle at Poefusion Friday 5 offered these words in prompt: adept, basin, uncouple, giggle and dusk.
My response takes a short flight into the not-so-real...

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Dear Isadora

Dear Isadora

pursuit of the exotic
pointing toward the dark

your barefoot wildness
swirling under scarves

while madcap friends
sing havoc for your dance

~

on that decisive ride
you fell across the void

like a mindless curl of wind
merging with the nub of night

we wait with bated breath
for your encore curtain call

Dear Isadora.


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Totally Optional Prompt this week: write a poem about a first in your life.

I must have had seconds rather than firsts so I'm taking the optional route...although this poem reflects a first for Ms. Duncan.

In a Nutshell

He rarely hesitates when one dash of neglect will make her jealous.




The 17-syllable sentence above is an American Sentence. An interesting exercise.

The image was created in Adobe Photoshop with Bamboo Fun.

Thanks to ThomG at 3 Word Wednesday for the prompt words of hesitate, neglect and jealous...

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A Round of Moon

they say
she glows full

dark, deep clouds
hide her light

who would ask
who would tell

if the moon
spun away
left us far behind


Today's prompt from Heads or Tails: Anything Round. Thanks, Skittles.
HEADS - Anything round

Watercolor sketch by Sue...

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