poet and author of The Light in the Cave
Same old storyline, I saw myself fall for you.
You in every silly dream, a repeating
repeating tragedy, with slipping
slipping reality, I wonder who is cursing me
me sinking in a sea of soliloquy, strangling
strangling silhouettes.
Written for dVerse Poet’s Pub where Grace challenges us to write a loop poem! I picked this variation:
One long stanza, no limit on number of lines, no rhyming scheme, the last word, first word scheme is maintained.
(My rhyme is not ordered, and I like it that way) 😆
He was the #right kind of wrong
and I lost the plot,
goodbye yellow brick road,
find the detour in a dastardly mash
of sugar plum carnage.
Coffee coffee buzzbuzzbuzz
keep it coming –
add the urban bourbon
of soft brown eyes
and change is brewing
*consume unfiltered*
Originally tweeted by Tricia (@triciasankey) on July 27, 2022.
Written for #dVerse #Poetics where I used the prompt ice-cream flavors: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Dastardly Mash, Sugar Plum, Coffee Coffee Buzzbuzzbuzz, Urban Bourbon and Change is Brewing!! 🍨
– The way it spills from the veins of gods
With liquid eyes
we stir black holes
The milky way
never saw us coming
the storm clouds stash
our sighs
in light
cracking / sounds ⚡
then drip
drip
drop 💧
the sky releases
our love
in fractals
dividing land
we’re all the same
we’re drops
we’re oceans
we light the void.
Written for dVerse Poetics where Lisa asks us to write something inspired by fractals!
I brave a song
let the notes soothe
bruised sky
even though my
drink is bitter
and dry
Let’s celebrate
the dawn
before dusk
I predict the rays will
spill and sway
sweetening my cup
in just the right way
as ice melts
away.
dVerse Poets Pub is back from summer break and we are celebrating 11 years of poetry at the pub!! Today Merril is hosting Quadrille Monday where we are asked to write a 44-word poem that includes the prompt word, “celebrate,” or some form of the word.
With eyes like diamonds, the angels appeared. I was a #foreigner in fields of gold. The wheat whispered secrets that left a funny residue.
It wasn't Kansas. I didn't imagine it, but maybe dreams took me there! I click my heels three times, but I'm not home.
Originally tweeted by Tricia (@triciasankey) on July 1, 2022.
I’m so honored that Selma Martin has reviewed my novella, The Light in the Cave, on her popular blog! Check it out here: SelmaMartin.com
I had so much fun tweeting and retweeting about the Wounds I Healed anthology this morning and watching it soar to #1!! Tomorrow morning, I will be participating in the launch party at 9am CST where some of the contributors will be reading poems LIVE! The event will be live streamed via Ingrid Wilson’s YouTube channel here . I am thankful to Gabriela and Ingrid for all their hard word spent in editing and production and thrilled this publication is receiving all the attention and praise it deserves!
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