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 |  Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present . |
| The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page. |
| Daydream 2 Out on the summer breeze from the shade of the maple tree into the bright sunshine of a cloudless day and so to distant lands of white sands and turquoise seas lazy hammocks between palm trees slung and cries of gulls from the heights let us wander free. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 01.31.24 Prompt: Allow your mind to wander. |
| Cordon Bleu The culinary arts are my delight and my kitchen the scene of wonders bright, microwave the implement wielded well, and the freezer source of many a spell. Oh, the cheese toast of my clever design, the corn flakes in ways that are only mine, but the recipe best of my cuisine needs spices and a can of baked beans. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 01.30.24 Prompt: Kitchen. |
| Wayfare Uncertain, we set out on life’s journey, guarded, as though we enter some tourney, announced our names on the list, adieu on our lips as we kissed, then boldly we set foot to path, armoured ‘gainst deception and wrath, creating a magnificent past, till we come to Bitter End at last. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 01.29.24 Prompts: Uncertain, Texas; Bitter End, Tennessee. |
| Imagine Ya gotta love geography, for me it’s biography. My nose was always in maps while waking hours elapsed. So I travelled in dreams to places with magical streams and jellyfish lakes far away; the world was my turf for a day. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 01.27.24 Prompt: Article about a jellyfish lake. |
| Foreboding Sometimes I feel we’re like ants, with our philosophy merely a rant, and the future over us looming, dark thunder ahead just booming. We gather and swarm in our cities and dream that we’re all sitting pretty, but the devil laughs at our notions, as he mixes the next evil potion. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 01.26.24 Prompt: Looming. |
| Green Door Green door, what’s that secret you’re keeping? Windows, to the inside I’m peeking. Latch key, under welcome mat hiding. Unlock, patience no longer biding. Line count: 8 Rhymed abcb For Express It In Eight, 01.25.24 Prompt: Photos of green doors. |
| Self Care Buy yourself some flowers or, even better still, spend some happy hours stealing them from Bill. Go drink some herbal tea - making sure it’s hot, but me, I’ll have coffee, black and from the pot. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 01.24.24 Prompt: Self care - buy yourself some flowers, drink a cup of hot tea. |
| My Hair’s Still Long Oh, bless you, Jenny Joseph, with purple dress and red hat - I love your late rebellion and rage in age like that. I know exactly what you mean and hear your freedom song, for my life has been rebellion and my hair is still too long. Line count: 8 Rhymed abcb For Express It In Eight, 01.23.24 Prompt: The poem Warning by Jenny Joseph. |
| Soma My father was a pharmacist but science never kissed my lips - instead I was forsaken and by writing I was taken. So now I sell a different drug to put a smile on mugs to take you from this hurtful world and in escape you’re curled. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 01.22.24 Prompt: Escapism. |
| Time 4 Sometimes the weight of years lies heavy on the backs of the old and the pain of living tests our patience. And then a day dawns with fresh resolve life shining with smiles as we consider our blessings. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 01.20.24 Prompt: Sculpture of old and broken people. |
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