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August 10, 2022 at 4:39pm
August 10, 2022 at 4:39pm
#1036350
Lines

The lines upon my face,
engravings of the years,
hieroglyphs of history,
battle scars of life and time,
record of the pain and gain,
imprint of the loss and hurt,
the triumph and armistice,
the mirror knows it all.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 08.10.22
Prompt: Lines.

August 9, 2022 at 11:56am
August 9, 2022 at 11:56am
#1036274
Nailbrush

Strong am I
and strong my bristles,
strong to clean
your nails as whistles.

Hard am I.
e’en harder than nails.
I’ll not bend
nor let dirt leave trails.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abcb aded
For Express It In Eight, 08.09.22
Prompt: Nailbrush.

August 9, 2022 at 11:35am
August 9, 2022 at 11:35am
#1036272
Gravy

In the land of Mashed Potato
where the peas roll from Laredo
red the carrots round the edges
roasted beef all sliced and wedges
there the gravy rains as blessing
brown and rich the taters dressing
down the canyons hot and steaming
to fill the mind with mealtime dreaming.



Line count: 8
Trochaic tetrameter
For Express It In Eight, 08.09.22
Prompt: Gravy.

August 8, 2022 at 4:06pm
August 8, 2022 at 4:06pm
#1036247
Physics

The balance teeters in the wind,
weight shifting slightly
from one side to another,
but compensation rules,
equilibrium returns
and movement ceases.

In the distance, waves crash upon the shore,
obeying their own instructions.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 08.08.22
Prompt: Illustration of rocks in balance on the shore.

August 7, 2022 at 12:18pm
August 7, 2022 at 12:18pm
#1036206
Scribble

If the muse is perhaps a type of sybil,
a lady of great wisdom and foresight,
then I might not feel the need to quibble,
could avail myself of her famed insight.

Perhaps make sense of my lit’ry dribble
to raise me above all this common blight,
invigorate my usual scribble,
transforming it to a vision of light.



Line count: 8
Rhymed abab 10 syllables per line
For Express It In Eight, 08.07.22
Prompt: Scribble.

August 6, 2022 at 11:42am
August 6, 2022 at 11:42am
#1036178
Westward

Wanderlust drove them,
westward, ever westward,
their slow caterpillars
of wagons creaking, creeping,
across the empty plains,
blue mountains distant
draw them to the pass
and hope beyond to settle.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 08.06.22
Prompts: Wanderlust and Settle.

August 5, 2022 at 4:05pm
August 5, 2022 at 4:05pm
#1036151
Monolith

A single stone,
monolithic,
raised like an accusing finger
to the sky,
its companion
and crossbeam
fallen at its feet,
gateway to an age lost.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 08.05.22
Prompt: Monolithic.

August 4, 2022 at 11:57am
August 4, 2022 at 11:57am
#1036101
Life

Reward or payback,
sweetener or switch,
carrot or stick,
so the daily round
revolves once more,
eternal karma,
the wages of sin
and blessings abound.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 08.04.22
Prompt: Reward.

August 3, 2022 at 10:15am
August 3, 2022 at 10:15am
#1036056
Close up of a Mantis head.


Mantis

It’s so easy being green,
here amongst the leaves,
to be silent and unseen;
you’ll not have time to grieve,
these folded arms will spring,
as samurai swords unsheathed,
to my embrace will bring,
and ease my hunger’s need.



Line count: 8
Rhymed ababcdcd
For Express It In Eight, 08.03.22
Prompt: As per illustration.

August 2, 2022 at 9:10am
August 2, 2022 at 9:10am
#1036006
Illustration for blog post 03.21.22.


Inscrutable

The tuxedo fits him like a glove;
he wears it as though born to this,
these privileged environments,
his natural habitat, his world,
and he still, silent, immovable,
as his gaze falls on you, a glance
penetrating to your very core,
his cat’s eyes narrowed in disdain.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 08.02.22
Prompt: As per illustration.


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