Bayou A full moonglints throughSwamp Willowand a reticentbreezewhispersits secretsonly to the nightBurning sunconcedes toa heavy, hanging,suffocatingatmosphereas the cricket chorusbeginsBeaded sweatgathers quicklyon weary foreheadsand fans rotatestagnant airin wretched roomsReliefImpossibleElusive Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word PromptsQuickly – Word TheDayImpossible – FOWCPhoto by Mathieu Cheze on Unsplash
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Haiku
Haiku As she lays in waitBeautiful and seductiveVenus traps the fly Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Written in response to MLMM’s Heeding Haikuwith Chèvrefeuille who prompted us with a flower
One Liner Wednesday
Good morning! Another Hump Day rolls around and time for Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday. I found this cartoon the other day and I have to say it ‘cracked me up’. Hope you like it. Enjoy your day.
Color Outside The Lines
Color Outside The Lines We breathe the same airand bleed the same bloodYou see what I seeIt sticks in your crawand we will disagree Your skin is lightAnd mine is darkOur pigments differingGeography determinedTempers simmering The Mighty WhiteyRuled the roostWe lived under your thumbFearing the whipTaken from whence we come We still pay the priceFor not being likeContinue reading “Color Outside The Lines”
Apocalypse – A Quadrille
Apocalypse Clouds fillthe skydarkening the daysA somber moodcovers the earthin a blanket of disdainNo animal makesa soundnor a birddoes singThe oceans areon raging firemarking earthwith a blood stain The end is nigh Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©De Jackson (aka Whimsy Gizmo) is hostingD’Verse Poets Monday Quadrille and has prompted us with the word “Fill” Image by code404 from PixabayPromoteContinue reading “Apocalypse – A Quadrille”
Song Lyric Sunday – Be Without You
This week Jim Adams has given us the following prompts for Song Lyric Sunday. I/Me/Them/Us/You/We. It was more difficult than I thought! In there end I settled for “Be Without You” by the fantastic Mary J. Blige. I hope you enjoy it. Be Without You” is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige. ItContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – Be Without You”
Whitewater
Whitewater Listening tothe gentle soundof water tricklingover rocksGoing in different directionsEvery bumpEvery twistand turnSlowlyQuicklyForever changingits courseas the stoneswear downwith age Today the riversmelled of himReminding herof their lifeHe had taken herthrough whitewater Gasping for airat every bumpReaching heightsonly to splashhard on the downExhilarating Backbreaking Numbing The bare treesNow stripped oftheir leavesNaked and aloneWaiting for newgrowthShe understoodas she struggledto maintaindignity in theaftermathof hisragingContinue reading “Whitewater”
Unraveling
Unraveling As I watchmy world unravelbefore my eyesI am paralyzedunable to moveIncapable of stoppingwhat is alreadyin motion How can one instantchange what ischiseled in stone?A look, once of lovenow that of contemptForeign, alienTender wordsexplosive, weaponized One person’sprerogativesabotagingwhat was preciousDestroying happinessand for what?Sadistic pleasureor masochism? Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing Grace is hosting Open Link Night at D’Verse PoetsWordContinue reading “Unraveling”
One Liner Wednesday
Another laugh out loud moment this morning when I came across this. Shared in response to Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday. Have a great Wednesday!
Possessed
Possessed A centuryof thoughts, desiresA lifetime of hopesand dreamsFeelingsfelt foreverAromatic scentHeady, intoxicatingTraveling with meinto infinity UnshakeableResiding in mybody and soulBreathing my breathlike a possessionof the devilI prayfor exorcismso you haunt meno more Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©Word Prompts:Devil – Word of the DayAromatic – RDPCentury – FOWCGo Dog Go Cafe – Promote Yourself MondayImage by PeteContinue reading “Possessed”
Poetry For Healing 