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Literature
The Gentlemen's Alliance #1
Mr Sensible
Mr Sensible likes his coffee flat and dark, the same tongue-searing temperature every single morning. He gets up before the birds do to have his shower, and thus always smells of a mix between roasted coffee beans and that strange almond stuff he uses for his hair. He is clean shaven, and his hair doesn't flop down over his face. He looks his age and acts his age.
When you first meet him, you don't like Mr. Sensible much. But he can carry good conversation and he admits he has a smile he saves just for you. He never has to chase you because unlike most men he can keep up. You go out together without the company of others as frie
Literature
Counting the Rings
i
near my sick bed
he murmurs of how he's crumbling
but I'm still here
I've fought so long, I'm here
for a while I trust
I believe this, I must
even when it's bad, because
his faith alone is not enough
my random thoughts of how long
I have, and his thoughts of
"will she be able to outlive me" -
even at moments like this
it happens that
we hold on and speak of a future
ii
rolling restless this early morn'
you exhausted and I
drying up from a virus
spying through the shredding
of 250-thread count bedding,
between the hillocks of your shoulders
we never can sleep
in anticipation for what's to come
to plant the seed and watch it grow
Literature
A Cup of Sun
Since dawn smells of dew
And light blends with my tea leaves,
I can taste the sun.
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A prompt from prompt journal. Check it out for inspiration. 1/23/2013.
Preview image by `SylwiaTelari . Be sure to see this lovely, moody illustration at full size. It's loosely inspired by my "Tea Leaves" poem:
She's an amazing artist, and I'm both pleased and flattered. Definitely check out her work.
Poetry PromptsFor those participating in the :iconGlory-Be-Project:, here is a short list of prompts I came up with to help stir your muse. Actually, any writer is free to use them. I tried to come up with some random ones...
blood oranges
blood moon
onions
cremation
venus fly trap
wind chimes
porch
overheard conversation (eavesdropping)
suitcase
tea leaves
inertia
skinned rabbits
hats or hat
gloves
shadow
the flu
snowman
sand dunes
pig sty
bathrobe
photo album
salad
lice
seaweed - kelp
monogram
paper bag
identity
hairballs
insult
medicine
drama
ballet or ballerina
puppet
hot house
vaccination
engines
vacation
plums
vines
brainwashing
underbelly
sidewalks
chalk
pelican
cruising
black dahlia
film noire
Preview image by `SylwiaTelari . Be sure to see this lovely, moody illustration at full size. It's loosely inspired by my "Tea Leaves" poem:
She's an amazing artist, and I'm both pleased and flattered. Definitely check out her work.
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good golly...
your poem is stunning!
i just...wow...i'm stupefied...
your poem is stunning!
i just...wow...i'm stupefied...