Free Verse Friday: 40
Welcome to Another Free Verse Friday. This week’s poem reflects on one of life’s major milestones. Turning forty often brings a mix of reflection, uncertainty, acceptance, and hope. “40” explores the realization that while some dreams may have been delayed and some expectations left unmet, there is still time to embrace change, pursue new beginnings,…
Memory Lost – Prompt Friday: A Crime You Can’t Remember
This Week’s Prompt Friday Challenge Write this scene: A news headline flashes across the screen—you’ve killed someone. You have no recollection of what happened. The police have you barricaded in your house. Who did you kill? And why? My Response to the Prompt I sat down on the sofa after a satisfying breakfast. Before I…
An Old Poetry Style – Does It Still Exist?
I came across a poem I wrote in my early twenties. It plays with the idea of an acrostic, and it made me wonder… do people still enjoy this kind of poetry? Here it is: Below the riverbankElegant sunset ariseHigh above the riverbank the sun shinesInside the river swarm a school of fishNever before have…
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