This was written for two prompts, actually: Read Write Poem #36 (“Ekphrastic Extravaganza”) and Totally Optional Prompts (“Ghazal”). The painting is “Nanda” by Rick Mobbs and is from his blog “Mine Enemy Grows Older”. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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Wordless thin lips form a short line on a sunken face -
a folded wire woman draped in yards of soft black.
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This fib chain was written for Poefusion’s Friday Five prompt. This week’s words were: wail, hay, scrawl, clobber, and encourage. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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stones
lay
scattered
tornado
scrawled our homelessness
onto to the land in rock letters
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This was actually written a few weeks ago, but I’m posting it for the ghazal prompt on Totally Optional Prompts. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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The milquetoast father, polite and serene
never dared to raise his voice or holler.
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