Photo by Alexander Zvir on Pexels.com Never Again Why did they bleed and diefor your freedom? Never again, we saidyet hate wonand you threw it all away Why did they bleed,among the poppies, row by row? Their ghosts will haunt your choicesall the victims, old and newThey are your consequences Why did they bleed for ..read more

It's poetry's turn under the midnight moonlight. Here are three dark poems for day four. Don’t Take Candy From Serial Killers Madness and a murder vanwith pretty little lollipopsNever trust the scary man,madness and a murder vanBloody slaughter is his planand your corpse for the copsMadness and a murder vanwith pretty little lollipops Ghastly Graves ..read more

It's the last day of National Poetry Month and the final poem is free verse and fantasy themed, from the prompt, Sword of the Moon. Enjoy. Photo by Tom Fisk on Pexels.com Sword of the Moon Prophecy entwined in gossamerthat bloodborn radiance of gods,to win and wear the gilded crownand wield the sword of the ..read more

Here is today's poem, a catena rondo, from the prompt, Soft Rain in Lavender Fields. Enjoy. Photo by Kelly Rabie on Pexels.com Soft Rain in Lavender Fields Under grey skies of blessed rain,supple, sweet flowers bloom;delicate stalks of lavender plumeUnder grey skies of blessed rain Supple, sweet flowers bloomin mellow fields of scented bliss,touched by ..read more

A tanka poem today from the prompt, Malignant Masque. Enjoy. Malignant Masque In the gilded duskunder candlelight glimmerbeware the masked smileunderneath hides the wickedspinning his dangerous lies ..read more

A triolet today from the prompt, Ocean's Perfume. Enjoy. Photo by Josh Sorenson on Pexels.com Ocean’s Perfume For the briny scent of uncharted seaand that sharp tang of bitter breezeI would leave you, my dear, and fleefor the briny scent of uncharted seaHer sweet perfume ever calling memy eternal mistress, my wayward teaseFor the briny ..read more

I have another cascade poem today from the prompt, Luminescent Breeze. Enjoy. Photo by Asad Photo Maldives on Pexels.com Luminescent Breeze Glistening sunlight off cerulean wateras we dance alone over alabaster sandwith the rolling ocean drowning Time scattered away as we laughed,we are invincible, we are the golden ones;glistening sunlight off cerulean water Radiance rides ..read more

Another free verse poem today, but with a touch of the macabre. This one is from the prompt, A Postcard Most Peculiar. Enjoy. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com A Postcard Most Peculiar It came in the mail today,this postcard most peculiara picture perfect missivefrom someone I used to know It came in the mail todaythis ..read more

A free verse jumble of weirdness today with a poem inspired by prompt, Inversion Dreamscape, and the phrase, tinkety-tonk. Enjoy. Photo by Luis Quintero on Pexels.com Inversion Dreamscape A panorama of possibilities drapedagainst flibbertigibbet, wanderingby subconscious meanderingstowards the egress, wheretinkety-tonk means goodbye Do bears dance in tutus?Or flamingos fly upside down?What hue colours your starlight?In ..read more

An attempt at a Welsh form of poetry today with a gwawdodyn, from the prompt, Silent Mystery. Enjoy. Photo by Wendelin Jacober on Pexels.com Silent Mystery Secrets wanting in abandoned nightbeyond the soundless dawn, out of sightquestioning kills, beneath the guise of thrillstruth turns madness, while reason takes flight ..read more