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Category: Poem A Day 2022

Trust the Fish

Featured ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

Two bubble floating upward in the glass Born apart while lovers were the toast...

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Saw

Featured ~ Raven ~ 3 Comments

The queues were so long that day And we stood gulping fear...

Simply 6 Minutes – Time and Space

Featured ~ Raven ~ 6 Comments

In ancient wonder I found sacred peace Fair Selene, called my name, I’m not alone...

Inherited Traits

Featured ~ Raven ~ 2 Comments

Today I saw her hands echo in mine Delicate creases and an extra line...

He Is In There

Featured ~ Raven ~ 11 Comments

Hidden secret living with fear Would anyone notice if I wasn’t there...

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – One Foggy Night

Featured ~ Raven ~ 6 Comments

Lamps glow amber on the city streets dim hues of orange framed by rolling fog...

Unravelled String

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Romantic desire and images of sensual lust entwined in muddles like tangled string...

Love not War

Featured ~ Raven ~ 5 Comments

Your fingers grazing my skin As senses explode like mines...

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Biker Dudes

Featured ~ Raven ~ 5 Comments

Each year they would say what would like For Christmas and I’d glare at my old trike...

Simply 6 Minutes – Someone’s Fool

August 3, 2022August 2, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 7 Comments

Around my heart the wall of shattered dreams Each brick concealing another broken shard...

Sunflowers

August 2, 2022August 1, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

From seed steep the sun’s tower Keep growing tall, sunflower...

Payback

August 1, 2022July 31, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

A mystical doll of magic Yet her intent can be tragic...

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Rio

July 31, 2022July 30, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

The one who keeps me going when I can’t And sees through my darkness to see me shine...

What Trees Know

July 30, 2022July 29, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

Dreary green waves hustle and rage...

#Writephoto – Island Mist

July 29, 2022July 28, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 4 Comments

To shed my tears alone While they all laugh with you...

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Landlocked Pirate

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 2 Comments

Toes dipping and dangling into clear blue sunshine ripples reflecting like glass...

Simply 6 Minutes – Fools and Kings

July 27, 2022July 26, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 9 Comments

For the love of the queen he said I should And for her heart, of course, he knew I would...

Sign of Genius

July 26, 2022July 25, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 2 Comments

Why am I standing In this room and thinking...

Coblynau

July 25, 2022July 24, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

The forest path goes To the mine they closed...

Weekly Prompts Weekend challenge – White Roses

July 24, 2022July 23, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 2 Comments

My words are not enough to recall The joy of love you made me feel...

Free of Crying

July 23, 2022July 22, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

Coming of age to stand on my own feet...

#Writephoto – Cupid in Lockdown

July 22, 2022July 21, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 7 Comments

Mischievous child flying the wings of love watch where you shoot those arrows...

Until…

July 21, 2022July 20, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 4 Comments

A love exposed within a gentle kiss Beyond the reach of that orgasmic bliss...

Simply 6 Minutes – Trompe-l’oeil

July 20, 2022July 19, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 4 Comments

Vision of beauty too good to be true And I wonder did I really see you...

Clipt

July 19, 2022July 18, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

She stole his heart and clipped his wings His will fades out to nothing much...

Sporting Chance

July 18, 2022July 17, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

The dream To hit a hole in one...

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Thin Line

July 17, 2022July 16, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 4 Comments

I fear it that existence on the otherside....

The Day She Died

July 16, 2022July 15, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 3 Comments

It reappeared in the heat of summer When rage was frazzled in overcrowded airports...

Meaningless Words

July 15, 2022July 14, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 2 Comments

Still it was a good idea at the time But the heart never seems to think things through...

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Naïve Kisses

July 14, 2022July 13, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 8 Comments

As pink skies shimmer the night lights And city streets begin to buzz...

Simply 6 Minutes – The Future Must Wait

July 13, 2022July 12, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 6 Comments

I hear her calling on the cooling breeze Those unspoken words of the ancient tongue...

Heart of Belief

July 12, 2022July 11, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

Shot in the dark shot in the heart...

Fight Back

July 11, 2022July 10, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

Is there hope in shadows of death The wondering is this that breath...

Writing Prompts Weekend Challenge – As Gloria Sings

July 10, 2022July 9, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 11 Comments

Too long drifting without hope nor desire My heart broken and life starting to fray...

Henge by Night

July 9, 2022July 8, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 2 Comments

time paused poised in stone shadows tremble over grass...

#Writephoto – I Am Not Dad

July 8, 2022July 7, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 19 Comments

Before my journey to me I carried you sweet child ...

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Waterlilies

July 7, 2022July 6, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 2 Comments

Serenity in brushstrokes of paint when all we see is images of war on the screen...

Simple 6 Minutes – Tracking Truth

July 6, 2022July 5, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 4 Comments

Now Mother Nature has covered the past And old truths lie hidden in moss and vines...

Hidden Potential

July 5, 2022July 4, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 5 Comments

Feelings hidden beneath a smile in answer to the well-meaning concerns...

Kiss Lightly

July 4, 2022July 3, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

Her sweetest kiss lingers there on my neck Just beneath where the clippers closely cut...

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Glass to Forget

July 3, 2022July 2, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 2 Comments

Take away the sorrow within Empty my mind of the sorrow within...

Ceramic Love

July 2, 2022July 1, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

Your fingers shaped and moulded in the clay Pulling and pushing it into your way...

Blemished Heart

July 1, 2022June 30, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

The memories return with the autumn leaves And love's old bruises burn in echoes of pain...

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Dusty Cobwebs

June 30, 2022June 29, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 8 Comments

Open eyes, I can’t see the way ahead Just drifting through, listless from here to there...

Simply 6 minutes- Moonlight’s Song

June 29, 2022June 28, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 8 Comments

Mother of tides lend me your song Over the seas echoes of grace...

Daddy and Me

June 28, 2022June 27, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 7 Comments

It’s in our blood he has his father’s eyes...

Twilight Shade

June 27, 2022June 26, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

Again, thoughts of your lips gentle and red The kissing in the twilight arbour shade...

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Greater Reward

June 26, 2022June 26, 2022 ~ Raven ~ 2 Comments

Love cannot breathe in the stale air The mind lost to a broken heart..

Like Fine Wine

June 25, 2022June 23, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

The wisdom of age brings an awareness to the heart...

Gentle Caress

June 24, 2022June 22, 2022 ~ Raven ~ Leave a comment

I cried to sleep last night my heart broken like a compass ...

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Sylvan Sunset

Sylvan Sunset

Amid silhouette trees she stands,
Unseen and silent is her breath…

The Language of Love

The Language of Love

I love you
Three words without reason
Or logical explanation!…

Droigneach Notes

Originally posted on About the Jez of It:
An Irish poetic form, the Droigneach consists of quatrains. Each line is 9 to 13 syllables long but should remain consistent within the poem. Line 1 rhymes with line 3, and line 2 rhymes with line 4. Each couplet should contain an internal rhyme or other sound…

Wizened Crone

Wizened Crone

With her blackened staff, she turns slowly round
As in the ancient days, at the beginning…

Beach Walkers

Beach Walkers

There’s whirling foam gathering sand
Bathing over pebble stones…

Silver Angels

Silver Angels

A winter world of magic greets a child
as they awaken from a night of dreams…

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