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Printed from https://shop.writing.com/main/books/item_id/2299350-Promptly-4-and-5/day/5-30-2025
Rated: 13+ · Book · Cultural · #2299350

Poems for years 4 and 5 of the Promptly Poetry Challenge.

A year's worth of poems, every week for 52 weeks, spanning 2023 and 2024, plus the year following, from August 2024 to August 2025.(provided I live that long, of course).
May 30, 2025 at 1:41pm
May 30, 2025 at 1:41pm
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May

Emptied box upon the bed,
clutter on the blanket spread -
an open book long half read,
notepad, specs, and roses (dead),
bottle with some green perfume,
forgotten scent fills the room,
morning coffee gone stone cold
calendar speaks of times now old,
a note I thought thrown away,
long lost greeting, “Hello, May.”

I remember well that day -
you smiled before you went away;
gone for years and once returned,
wrote that note before I learned
you were back but left again.
Memories I counted slain,
ceased for me to dwell upon,
stir, and rising with the sun,
awoken just to spoil my day,
remember me, my name is May.


Line count: 20
Rhymed aabb
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 39
Prompt: As per illustration.
May 30, 2025 at 12:23pm
May 30, 2025 at 12:23pm
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Obsession

I wanted a slot car set
I was given a train set
it was amusing enough
but far from favourite
slot cars came much later
in that no-man’s land
between child and adult
but so fierce my desire
it stayed with me always
through combined sets
with friends afire the same
and self made cars
correct in smallest detail.

Still I watch the races
and dream.



Line count: 15
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 38
Prompt: Write a poem about your favorite childhood toy.


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