Still More Express It Eight Poems

Absurd Situation

Watching Fireflies Dance at Night

Watching Fireflies
Dancing at Night
Fireflies
Caught Between
Dusk and Moonbeams
Dancing the night away
Looking for love
In all the wrong places.


EIGHT – 12. 17, 18, 19, 20 .25

EIGHT – 12. 17 .25
Write a poem that includes this phrase:
Fireflies caught between dusk and moonbeams

Grave Disappointment

Every day
When I turn
On the news
I am faced
With grave disappointment
Hoping the President
Would become a real leader
Knowing he is incapable

EIGHT – 12. 18 .25
Write a poem about disappointment.

Snarling Cup of Coffee

Every morning
I start my day
Drinking a hot cup
Of Java Joe
A snarling sarcastic
Cup of heaven
And hell in my cup
Kickstarts my day.

EIGHT – 12. 19 .25
Write a poem about coffee or tea.

Absurd Situation

Hearing the news
That the Kennedy Center
Will now be known
As the Trump-Kennedy Center
And the Institute of Peace
Will be the Trump Institute of Peace
Is just another absurd situation
In these depraved times we live in.



EIGHT – 12. 20 .25
Write a poem about an absurd situation.