Pint-sized, green cacti inside tiny pots make me wish for home again.
Written 8/24/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Daily Archives: Sunday, August 24, 2008
She Moves, Softly
she moves, softly
trailing her midnight cloak behind
indigo and gold
sweeping across the
sky, an obscuring curtain, a
star-spangled banner
which Creation salutes
some with hushed, black stillness
others with noise
a chorus of
cricket fiddles, hoots and howls
the nighttime choir
joined some nights
by crunk superlatives, thumping bass
and couples laughing
moon crowned lady
casts her soft, silent cloak
over our heads
while I worship
her age and era with
my bleeding pen
Written 8/2/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Marionette
Strings by Lady Snape 09
This chained lune was written for Poefusion’s “Monday Mural” prompt. Another foray into the darkness. This might be a bit disturbing, but I hope you enjoy anyway.
-Nicole
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The Archer
This chained lune was written for the One Single Impression Prompt this week (Resolve). Enjoy.
-Nicole
her eyes, steel
twin orbs of fire focus
on her target
taut, yet quivering
faintly, held by pinching fingers
the arrow waits
she releases both
breath and arrow in a
single, swift motion
years of painful
perspiring practice pay off as
the arrow sails
and plunges its
sharp head into the red,
round center bullseye
Written 8/23/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Assent to Darkness
This week at Read Write Poem, prompt #41 was “Bare Bones – Stripping the Work Down”. We posted skeletons of our poems – stripped down works with some nouns, verbs, and so forth removed. We invited others to use the skeletons to compose new poems.
I chose a skeleton that Nathan Moore posted at Read Write Poem. This is what I composed off of his skeleton, with a few minor changes (words in bold are the words I inserted into the blanks).
This poem seems to be another foray into the darkness. I did this kind of like Mad Libs – that is, I inserted the first word that came to my mind in the blank. I hope you enjoy. Please feel free to comment.
-Nicole
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