#writtenriver The truth fought to break free but he kept silent & his silence protected his son. – The More Epic V #IntrigueVerse When Life storms You can rage against it From inside Or get out in it and live. Life’s for the brave Not the bench warmers #hangtenstories When enchanted trees lean, run, for the dark Lord cometh. – The More Epic V #DarkLines He fingered the prayer beads Each one was a separate promise 2 a broken child struggling 2 breathe -CB3: Haunted coming soon #haikuthrowdown #mdspoemaday4 #haikuchallenge Dust bit another One–sent him six feet under A blanket … Continue reading Truth, gems and the American way

#MSpoetry Unmasking the villain broke his heart. He should have listened to it’s warnings. – The More Epic V #TastyPoem Stopping the villain Had taken all he had he was a burned out candle Guttering in pain –The More Epic V #microprompt Weak from searching, he hugged his bold little boy & took strength from his adoration –The More Epic V #BeautifulMess He had to go back out there, separate fact from fantasy or he’d never resolve this –The More Epic V Continue reading Cursed lines

#hangtenstories They marched, the reverent dead, heroes on parade. #rememberthefallen #urbanku #CHIku #RememberTheFallen Honor them by caring for Those they left behind. #TLPoetry Tender as the dawn She wakes soft sheets slide as she unfolds And raises delicate arms To greet the sun Firing her heart w/dreams #inkmine His blues have a rhythm A melancholy kind of swing rhapsodizing his ill-fated affair W/a heavy metal dominatrix & a daring debutant. Continue reading Remember the Fallen

#dimpleverse In clean water we are blessed Though rarely do we assess Our impact on those crashing Waves or what life spent clashing Over thirst’s reprieve could do To placid shores. That’s fooey You say, water’s plentiful it’s ruffled, beautiful Surface Draws dreams. They linger Until a starry finger Disperses them on the waves Rising to carry, to save Then sinking under the swells Where all ideas go to dwell. In and out the tide pulls all Leaving nothing there to fall. Inspired by: @Dimpleverse @SemperSum @PromptAttn @MadQueenStorm Poem by Gary Freeman THE LAKEhttps://t.co/31A4yX6OIahere is the link to read better#DimpleVerse … Continue reading A conflicted lake

#dewverse Restless adoration led Insect Man, a demon-made construct, & the Rangers’ apprentice 2 become 1 entity 2 protect the Curse Breaker #dewverse Maybe she should have seduced w/fire but all she had was a horde of rats. She was a demon-made construct in love w/his best friend. #dewverse A blind leap into a fire-ravaged body Trapped by scarred flesh when the portal closes Last request of his mortal host- Save my Angel. –based off events in The More Epic V #dewverse In wells of passion, he drowns I walk away Competition’s my thing Hands off while I play the … Continue reading Restless adoration

#hangtenstories Chilling on the porch with glitter to attract fairies. #madVerse Fragments of time drift in the Oort cloud Pieces of the big bang Icy records untouched by human hands Eternally spinning #madVerse Inside out life twisted me Rain kissed my innards Soothing a heart broken But still beating Still fighting to set all to rights #oceanofpoems Are they shooting stars or aliens zooming past in space-faring cars? Ground-bound, we watch in awe. #horrorprompt She lies in an unmarked grave clawing a way out the shifting earth dampens her screams 4 blood Here resides the 1st revenant #microprompt Are you … Continue reading Mad thoughts and fairies

Nighttime in the switching yards of London, a cyborg struts, hips swaying, her target’s locked. The gun implanted in her hand’s ready to fire. A pack of crooked werewolf lawyers howl for money as she sashays toward them. “Keep me in your heart, yeah right.” Said the headless gunner, shaking her hand to disengage the safety. She accidentally died like a martyr, torn apart by wolves. Technology brought her back wired with a new purpose. This steel rose won’t fall ’til every last bullet’s spent. Want to add a dose of zaniness to your inbox? Sign up here and we’ll schedule an invasion soon. … Continue reading Last gunfight of the steel rose

#writtenriver “Promise me you’ll come back, Papa.” His son would ask for the one promise he couldn’t make w/out modifying. The More Epic V #TastyPoem How can you countenance failure wen it means the end of the world as we know it? #haikuthrowdown #mdspoemaday4 use glass animals stare The shopkeeper hums a tune His hand guides the cloth #CStarPrompts Her mission done The steel rose fell A jewel spiraled down 2 a photohraphic finish 4 her storied carrier Protecting our skies #MSpoetry A team of professional liars is earth’s only hope Can they swindle aliens out of destroying our world … Continue reading Promise me…

#IntrigueVerse From Vertical to the Vertigo stagger tripping from the optical Illusion Real 3-D, virtual reality messing with my light head. L’alchimiste A bewitching dance from beaker to flame steady hands tame the philosophers’ stone turn lead to gold as Hypatia foretold #DimpleVerse Nephthys, Lady of the House Daughter of Nut & Geb, spread your falcon wings protect us as we descend into death & ascend to rebirth. Death’s web catches all souls spider up the silk strands spinnerets spitting Filaments crisscross the starry night catching ghosts earth’s not theirs to roam Trapped in a glass tube sleep comes, carries … Continue reading A bewitching dance from beaker to flame

#lunagemz Always swirls just out of reach Like the happily ever after Disney promised there’s no prince charming No crown for this princess. #SummerPoems Summer lips shimmer Glossy hair bounces toes dig into warm sand The sun smiles on bikini clad hips Rolling with the waves #inkMine Pretty little liars With plastic smiles Operate pretty hate machines making all pretty Put the scalpel down I’d rather be unique. #becomingfragile A soldier’s silence hides a heart with shrapnel scars, stitched together by brotherhood. #madverse Her gunslinger smile kept his eyes focused on her trigger finger He never saw the stiletto sheathed … Continue reading Always swirls just out of reach

How can I summarize those sultry SUMMER EYES? I’ve got 90 seconds to try before blasting off into the wide blue yonder. #SummerPoems Winter slept in her smile Frosted her fingertips in spikes made her colder than the methane seas of Titan but she was our goddess. #inpoems #TastyPoem From this vantage I see which army has the advantage It isn’t mine. Magic crackles, flares Do I dare return To face death & defeat? #DarkLines Evil shadows the soul Never allowing its sunny side to go far Without hearing its whispered proclamations of doom. Can a plastic world addicted to … Continue reading Winter slept in her smile

#writtenriver Moved by inspiration I create worlds tuck them between pages Wrap them in a cover Deliver the completed tale For your delight. #kissedwrists love’s art form Inks calligraphic swirls Tattoos swatches watermarking his skin Copyrighting it So it can’t be plagiarized #lionsighs Two fighters bow pirouette twirl deadly blades sending chocolate chips flying onto lace tablecloths where two cuisines collide. #NatureVerse #MSpoetry #TheSmellOfWords A sweet synthesis in a soft cocoon We lay on Eiderdown & Gave into insatiable urges. #TastyPoem I sip blackberry Sangria While studying star charts Searching for a new world Somewhere to land the Intrepid colony … Continue reading A sweet synthesis in a soft cocoon

#BentHalos We’re the dust of stars. One day we’ll rejoin their fires & form new worlds, new civilizations. From dust to life, we’ll live again. #writtenriver Break the mold Spread your roots Grow beyond your wildest dreams. #hangtenstories Even the wisest seek wisdom From horizons beyond their own. Continue reading From dust to life, we’ll live again