Saturday on Sherman Avenue

Burnt wood and a body on the ground.

The palette between black and white.

Milwaukee's dark tonight.

anthonyj12

129 reads

Pacific

Sands retreat through pale

Unshaven feet sift small stones

These peace waters don't handle me

And the waves keep coming back

I tend my mind in tides

To move toward roars that end in lulls

To arrive at sinner's peace

Mother, she's a wave from me

I called her on your dime

The lines are coming faster now

The gulls are close behind

But the waves keep coming back

I'm layered underneath

Cradle me in your arms once more

Excuse my cloudy reach

Challenge

Prose Challenge of the Week #33: Write a piece about your deepest secrets. Poetry or Prose. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge

anthonyj12

111 reads

You May Not Know

Your mouth may outrun the daylight

Your volume might floor its ceiling

But when I etch a crack into my silence

The earth sits down;

Heads pivot

To draw from my silent secrecy unfolded.

Challenge

Prose Challenge of the Week #28: Write an acrostic using the word “Prose.” The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge

anthonyj12

158 reads

Quarantined

Pancaked on a lone dock

Ridden with your aftershocks

Oilyprunedtiptoes sever the

Surface, rippled reveries sink to

Erase the ocean floor we built.

Challenge

Prose Challenge of the Week #27: Write a piece of micropoetry using the following word to inspire: “Farcical.” The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtags #ProseChallenge & #Micropoetry

anthonyj12

140 reads

Prose

Prose Prose Prose Prose Prose

Challenge

Prose Challenge of the Week #26: Write the hottest story in ten words only. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge

anthonyj12

114 reads

Lost Cremation

Trapped beneath pyre coals, a deserted cicada turns to wax.