This was written for the One Single Impression prompt (Melody). Here is my take on the prompt, written as a pantoum. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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A T C G
four notes to compose
every organic living thing
cellular symphonies Continue reading ‘A T C G’
This one *is* actually for the Simply Snickers prompt: write a poem which includes the words “father” and “find”. I decided to take a spiritual take on the word
“father” and wrote this kyrielle. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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O Father God, I find forever encoded in all flesh
Your handiwork, and I see that in Earth below
together in perfection chromatic elements mesh -
Gloria in Excelsis Deo! Continue reading ‘Gloria in Excelsis Deo’
This poem can be read in the June 2008 edition of Word Catalyst Magazine:
This was a poetic reaction to David Pitchford’s “Song to Bathsheba”,
-Nicole
Four foot eleven,
One hundred and ten pounds -
And she fights like an army
Of a hundred thousand
At the gates of Hell. Continue reading ‘Four Foot Eleven’
The Lord’s handiwork -
Does the human frame count as
A poetic form?
Written 4/29/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Dance, flame. Dance.
Dance and undulate.
Lick, flicker, and prance -
Rotate, jump, and gyrate. Continue reading ‘Flame Journey’
Red rocks stand in regiment lines
Against God’s painted skies;
For desert beauty my mind’s eye pines,
For canyons wrinkled like the wise
And grand rouge stands in childhood eyes.
His paintbrush dances on rocky faces -
I yearn for those exquisite places.
Raven Feathers
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