On Aging

photo by Mark Haley
courtesy of The Mag 188

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I never thought my life

solitary, never wished

for anything more, until

 

gray appeared, one

strand at a time, wiry

springs a bird's nest

 

locking me within

the confines of my home,

and then I wanted

 

to go out and live my life

among people, celebrate

my remaining days. Instead,

 

I followed the footpath

to your shore, hoping

the horizon might not end.

 

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October Orange

Photo by Drew Loker

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Prompt inspiration:

Poetry Jam- OCTOBER

Battles of the Mind

I am; how did you guess?
Was it the fact I cried out

in the middle of the night
for King Kong, declared

him handsome and easy-
going as if he were Jesus?

Or was it the fact a lesser
god promised to center me?

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Prompt Inspiration~
 Poetry Jam: Battles
3WW: easygoing, fact, handsome
PU Verse First: Just Past Center

Siren Songs

artwork by Jeanie Tomanek
courtesy of The Mag 184

she conversed with birds

perched in trees, she made music

 

with branches strummed, the strings

plucked like a harp, heard for miles

 

luring men she scrambled

on the sidewalk below