A collection of 8-line poems written for the Express it in Eight activity. |
This is a place to house things written for "EXPRESS IT IN EIGHT " hosted by Solace.Bring . I plan to start participating in this activity more often! |
Tomorrow knows Where today goes How far the coin fell Tomorrow dreams Of midnight scenes Abandoned carousels The secrets would sell But tomorrow won’t tell Prompt ▼ |
Mark went out to see a show Over-hyphened, he didn't know Colonial times, a period piece He didn’t tell his parentheses The show was an apostrophe Mark questioned the accuracy Late, he tried to emdash home Ellipsed and fell into a comma Prompt ▼ |
Wires tangled, buried under Six feet of muscle and scales Soft hiss of pressure building Anxiety is a coiled python Constricting slowly With each breath Squeezing, crushing Until there's no sign of life Prompt ▼ |
If you fall into a black hole: Tap dance across the years, put on your best silk, and walk the red carpet of stars; tightly woven minutes, seconds etched in Braille, so you can feel your way back across the milky highway. Prompt ▼ |
Tell me have you met A lightning bolt yet? Sparks will fly, the air will bend Mind on fire and hair on end Branching tree of light Shocks you back to life A crash so sharp and violent Then pitch-black, static silence Prompt ▼ |