oak tree

upside down I climb
along rope and tire swing
james bond spy movie

Check out the others at 15 words or less.

Friday 5

Friday 5 is a collection of five words which can be found each week (middle column) on this page and inside this post. If you choose to write a poem or story with these words please leave your comment below. I hope everyone can find the same inspiration with Friday 5 as they do with 3WW. Hope to see you around and don't forget to post your comments below. Have a nice day.

Friday 5

string
mural
kempt
dilated
vinegar

Monday Mural

by Mariposa Viajera
artwork Fairy
from Photobucket

Monday Mural will feature a picture/ artwork for you to lend your words (poem or story) each Monday. I want you to ask yourself what images are provoked here? What words would you use to define this picture? If you choose to write for Monday Mural please leave your comments below. Hope to see you around.

Fairy was originally uploaded by Mariposa Viajera at Photobucket. I thought this was a beautiful piece of art and had to use it. The reason for choosing fairy art was because I went to see Spiderwick Chronicles today and absolutely loved the movie. Happy Writing~

Harmonic

MyKiah playing the harmonica while Mateo (our dog) sings.

Photo Hunt- wooden

Winter wind scuds past my face with agitation as I stand inside the parapets of one hundred hands. I feel the winds inflicted numbness on my fingers before I take the picture of a lone sycamore tree laying inside Maysville Landing's foyer.


Above, a trains tresspass cues me to walk along the small embankment behind me. When I reach the top I see my daughter. Her ebony hair whittled from a crow's feather cascades her shoulders, full quotation. I yell down to her we're leaving now as I turn inside the margin of the tracks and snap one last picture.



Friday 5 words are in bold. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and taking the time to comment. It is appreciated. Have a nice weekend everyone. Happy Photo Hunt and Friday 5~

Friday 5

Friday 5 is a collection of five words which can be found each week (middle column) on this page and inside this post. If you choose to write a poem or story with these words please leave your comment below. I hope everyone can find the same inspiration with Friday 5 as they do with 3WW. Hope to see you around and don't forget to post your comments below. Have a nice day.

Friday 5

inflicted
agitation
scud
crow
margin

minute mannequins

minute mannequins
human expressionism
outside the window

My haiku was inspired by a video from You Tube posted over at Big Window. Check out more about the group featured in the video at Improv Everywhere blog.

favorite t-shirt

favorite t-shirt
never felt a sucker punch
unraveling threads

3WW words are in bold.

Eclipse

photo eclipse
by Michelle Johnson

Monday Mural

by Dreyertjie
art Birds
website Photobucket

Monday Mural will feature a picture/ artwork for you to lend your words (poem or story) each Monday. I want you to ask yourself what images are provoked here? What words would you use to define this picture? If you choose to write for Monday Mural please leave your comments below. Hope to see you around.

Today's Monday Mural is called Birds. The artwork was originally uploaded by Dreyertjie at Photobucket. Happy Writing~

Unconscious Mutterings

Passport:: travel
Small world:: Disney World ride
Radio:: station, iPod
Marine :: my dad who fought in Vietnam
Wall :: entrapment, prison, shelter
Wanna be:: a better writer, photographer
Pigtails:: little girl
Hyphen:: connecting
9.99:: why can't it be an even dollar amount?
Unrated:: my life, movies

First attempt at Unconscious Mutterings offered at LunaNina.

Photo Hunt- free

photos John Johnson
art Free Stamp, 1991
28 ft. 10 in. x 26 ft. x 49 ft.
Willard Park, Cleveland, Ohio
artist's website




Free Stamp
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen
1991- Planted Steel and Aluminum
Gift of BP America
To the City of Cleveland
Michael R. White- Mayor
Jay Westbrook- City Council President

Friday 5

Friday 5 is a collection of five words which can be found each week (middle column) on this page and inside this post. If you choose to write a poem or story with these words please leave your comment below. I hope everyone can find the same inspiration with Friday 5 as they do with 3WW. Hope to see you around and don't forget to post your comments below. Have a nice day.

Friday 5

skew
foreign
wailing
travel
arithmetic

Theme:
Someone Moves the Ends

Use the above theme in your poems for an extra challenge. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and making Poefusion what it is. Happy Writing~

Wordless Wednesday

What do you see?

Happy Hollow

A white house still stands
With a raised black brow at the end of
Happy Hollow's cobblestone road.
I remember the eight pocket corner
With its white picket fence
Lining the gray sidewalk.

Memory has me playing with my children,
An aqua blue tricycle
And an orange basketball.
Wrapped inside Tide's wafting odor,
I point my four year old finger
At each child as I pretend to be my mother.

"Don't you do that again!" I said
"Do you hear me?"
I decide to take the oldest by the hand
Pulling her down the thin
Sidewalk
While holding my youngest in my arms.

At sidewalk's end, I look both ways before
Retracing my steps towards the swingset.
Safely on board the two-seater train
We began our journey to places like
Vietnam where my father
Served his country.

Monday Mural

by Perpetually
photo Photo Synthesis
from Flickr
original link to
photo here

Monday Mural will feature a picture/ artwork for you to lend your words (poem or story) each Monday. I want you to ask yourself what images are provoked here? What words would you use to define this picture? If you choose to write for Monday Mural please leave your comments below. Hope to see you around.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. I have decided to have everyone write a valentine poem to their respective other, friend or me. Write your poem using the provided phrase as the first line, softly we met with a kiss. Here's the kicker- you can't use the words heart, love, rose(s), candy, chocolate, red, cherubs/ angels or anything commonly understood for Valentine's Day in your poem. Happy Valentine's Day Writing~

Manic Monday

What is the most romantic movie that you've ever seen? Love Story-1970, The Thorn Birds- 1983, Untamed Heart-1993 and Bichunmoo- 2000 are four of my favorites. Bichunmoo is a South Korean, subtitled movie with a well groomed love story and lots of sword fighting.

If you could be the lover of any person alive other than your current lover, who would you pick? Being happily married I don't need or want a lover.

What scents remind you of a loved one? Gillette Aftershave Lotion reminds me of my husband, John. Fresh broken dirt reminds me of my mother. I know that sounds funny but, she likes to build houses. Creosote is what reminds me of my father who used to work on the railroad.

Thanks to everyone for stopping by. Happy MM~

Friday 5

Friday 5 is a collection of five words which can be found each week (middle column) on this page and inside this post. If you choose to write a poem or story with these words please leave your comment below. I hope everyone can find the same inspiration with Friday 5 as they do with 3WW. Hope to see you around and don't forget to post your comments below. Have a nice day.

Friday 5

synchronized swimming
whalesong
fluidity
river
age

Monday Mural

by Michelle Johnson
pictured Pylon
bridge Hope Memorial

Monday Mural will feature a picture/ artwork for you to lend your words (poem or story) each Monday. I want you to ask yourself what images are provoked here? What words would you use to define this picture? If you choose to write for Monday Mural please leave your comments below. Hope to see you around.

Pictured is one of the pylons from the Hope Memorial Bridge in Cleveland, OH. It's holding an old time car- perhaps a Ford. Each pylon holds a different piece of transportation in his hands. These beautiful structures are the "guardians of traffic." For other pictures of Hope Memorial Bridge click on the link above. Happy Writing~

mosaic moon

my mosaic is the moon,
broken off like ripe flower petals
from a red flower brilliant as
one thousand suns.

her fingers delicate as
dried Tenuifolia
breaks medium glass pieces
and places them where
the island stretches off the coast like
reflections inside a sepia afternoon.

your backbone rigid like
the KY mountains you used to climb,
aches as you lean over the vivid canvas.
colors are spinning inside your head
similar to the bicycle
careening down the hill like a child's cartwheels.

my landing isn't as soft as
the smoldering dust but,
i brush off broken glass residue
from my fingers and keep going.

crazy bird its song like sweet nectar

sips through my throat
until the cement river dries
between the bank's shards.
there- she spun off like
white milk over a waterfall

and, held his monotonous voice like

like an echo inside my head.

my days pass like
a slow summer breeze
while i gaze upon the moon,
broken off like ripe flower petals
from a red flower brilliant as
one thousand suns.

The bold phrases I used are from a prompt given at The Last Piaster. Please follow the link if you are interested in participating and receiving general critiques on your work.

Photo Hunt- narrow

photos by Michelle Johnson
pictured narrow culvert
and Smidget, my cat






The narrow culvert beneath the road is an expressway for, Smidget, my cat to reach the other side safely. Thanks for stopping by. Happy Photo Hunting~