transparent and absent
there's a vase on the table
with fresh cut roses
from the garden
you ask where the cat is
and when i started going grey
the rain on the windows
sketches places dirt has stuck
like ghosts of the past
animation cels faded and stacked
like the old stories lost
and new ones not coloured
you drink your tea
with just a little tremor
you ask where the cat is
and when i started going grey
#SmallPoems #Poetry #Writing #MastoPrompt 25 May 2025 - glass
captured the darkness
with light, the dismal haunt locked
in chemical freeze
#DailyHaikuPrompt - 25 May 2025 - snapshot.
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The #MastoPrompt for Sunday 25 May 2025 is:
#glass
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
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each fleeting finger
trails sparks or seeds soft flowers
a shiver, a glow
#DailyHaikuPrompt - 24 May 2025 - tickle.
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somewhere for moonlight
to play through youth, age and die
leaves weep mourning dew
#DailyHaikuPrompt - 23 May 2025 - pool.
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nightingale sings in
berkeley square - bundled into
a van - deported
#DailyHaikuPrompt - 22 May 2025 - nightingale.
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feet sore from tarmac
longing for fields, mind lost
to straight edged rules
#DailyHaikuPrompt - 20 May 2025 - road.
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The #MastoPrompt for Monday 19 May 2025 is:
#expose
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
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The #MastoPrompt for Friday 16 May 2025 is:
#whistle
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
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The poetry drive is failing.
Reserves are low.
Words are slowing.
Do not worry.
Snuggle down warm somewhere safe.
Make sure blankets are available.
Curl into your loved ones
and remember why you're here.
For that skin to skin,
for the language
you only know together,
and the way you reshape
the world for the better.
Whatever may be failing,
you are not.
#SmallPoems #Poetry #Writing #MastoPrompt 14 May 2025 - nestle
