Poetry Prompt 1: Air
Deadline: 2 February 2022
Please do not post before the deadline.
Some would argue its importance, Saying it is minor, barely noticeable. Without it, for all sentience, Life and fire would be impossible. A deep breath, a lungful, Wanting to explain it all, To the world, not just a handful. Don’t…...
BREATHING MAKES SENSE Last night, for one long moment, I was nothing more than the rush of air being dragged through my nostrils by swelling lungs and thrust out again, making my head spin with sensations that spiraled…...
Give me an N for nitrogen, the most abundant gas in the world. To breathing man, it’s not a vitamin, in and out of us, untouched it does swirl. Give me an O for oxygen, it is the breath of…...
Two herring gulls, suspended, glass-eyed, scream at sunsets. Dewdrops swell with inaction in a mist of motion. Finger-bones click with emotion. Small explosions of vapour, weighed down with saturating stillness. With murk smeared moisture. Take a mouthful. Hold it under…...
‘Air on the G-string’ Candlelight flickers Slow and sensuous, measured beats Empty glasses. Easy kisses. Touches generating heat. Straps slide. Silk slithers. Slow and sensuous, measured breaths send candlelight flickering… air on the g-string… This content is for members only.RegisterAlready…...
The air is still, silence lurks all around The tranquility is disturbing for I’m used to commotion I want to fly away, my wings are tied away in prison My fears and my hopes lost in this absence of sound …...
The king is dead, long live the king Your majesty, your majesty, we cannot understand why there’s such suspicion and such rancour in the land. Your majesty, your majesty we but perform our role so tell us, please,…...
The Witch in January Air witch glitters in the frost, circles trees lichened and mossed, laughs when mortals brave the weather, cuts through their fleece and wool and feather. She drifted first the powdery snow then froze it to…...
