Jen Thorne

#poem #terse

Thank you ☺️

Who wouldn't be inspired by that cute little fellow?

glistening
softly
fleeting
spherical dreams
swirling around her
less crowded mind
rolling off
her tongue
born of light
and shadow
alike
she kisses
ephemeral
ethereal
moments
farewell

#SenseWrds 180 #freeverse #poetry

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Women on Wednesday

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"and still insists he sees the ghosts" ❤️

Terrified but Holding The wave of butterflies That pound my stomach With anxiety powdered wings Have fluttered off for the moment I put my breath in the box And counted to whatever number I got to, and wondered what noise A giraffe makes, put my index finger against my thumb and focused on their touching. And I am told it helped. The butterflies flew off And the pills made them less colorful But nothing makes them leave all the way So I write in my book about what the worst thing would be, and is it so bad anyway, to gaslight myself about directionless worry By following directions, and directing thoughts to other directions. Count, finger, thumb, boxes, giraffes, and pharmaceuticals Step 1, step 2, step 3, steps and steps Attack the panic, and keep your hands up Swatting butterflies

#Emoetry #Terrified #poetry

"He thrusts his fists against the posts.."
Here is a #poem

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You need a special spoon

It scares me when our minds work the same.

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#emoetry #triolet #poem #silly

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#sandpiper #petrarchan #sonnet #wildwalkprompt

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Thank you ❤️

Well, with Dave about, I am glad of the mistake!

I think you need to change your tag to "triumphantly returning"

This is great 👏👏👏

scrapping yet another draft nothing good enough unable to cut the fog if only that one word would return — dancing across his tongue when he returned from sleep sizzling and incisive banishing apathy jolting him awake medicine meddling misery matthias geh

new poem in picture/ alt-text

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#mentalhealth #medication

Just in case you missed the rules:

five(or more), four line stanzas and every stanza has to have every letter of the alphabet in it at least once.

That's it. No other restrictions on meter, rhyme or syllable count.

Thank you ☺️

I just panicked now in case people don't realise I was being sarcastic! I am very much a socialist.

I don't know why you're complaining. I've only got two kids, and I like a drink and a smoke so I will be fine!

Disobedience Would this refusal to conform still be called disobedience if I were a man? Would they name me trailblazer, visionary, if my body brewed more testosterone than progesterone? Or would my contrary nature rise in them like a warning flare? Would the same defiance they now wave away be met instead with fists, with fear, with the need to put me back in place? Disobedience has a cost, always. The only choice: whether obedience costs more.

#RetroArtPrompt #disobedience

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They are creepy though!

Thanks. I'm not sure I like it.

Thank you ☺️ personally, I credit the excellent prompt ❤️

a tight crop of black-lipsticked lips holding a red strawberry. The skin and lipstick textures are sharply defined. The Broken Spine logo appears in the top left, “@thebrokenspine.co.uk” in white at the top right, and the lower right text reads: “Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #MOUTHS”.

#PoemsAbout #Mouths starts Friday.

Write the wanting before touch.
Breath shared.
Words swallowed instead of spoken.

Teeth.
Tongue.
Silence that leans in.

Draft now.
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