The ultimate freedom is flight above cover of night. I glide to provide a blanket of darker shade to the itsy-bitsy crawlers trying to hide from the stomp of a crusader's sabaton. I am unclean vermin, the faith-filled bishops rage, while I barely flap elongated fingers like needles amidst skin wings woven by nature allowing…
Lay your eggs, Nature says. Lay your eggs, Biology says. Lay your eggs, Fate says. You’re the youngest you'll ever be again And that's not long at all. Not anymore. Caterpillars can't see the horizon But you're almost at the finish line. With only days to fly, Your flaps are numbered. Wings irrelevant after a…
As a little girl, I said I didn't want to be a princess. I didn't want to be Queen Guinevere strolling in silken dress, breathing the stale recycled air of other nobles, at home in a castle. I want to be nameless Lady of the Lake adorned in scallop shells and rock shards and fish…
For the last day of NaPoWriMo, I wanted to return to my initial intention for the month: a poem for/about the goddess Idunn. The included lines of Old Norse are from the poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins (stanza 6) and transcribed from the song Iduna by Faun—which is also the melody of the "song" attested in my poem.…
Today I found beauty in depression, in the pre-Raphaelite art of tragic characters. It is not my intention to romanticize self-harm, but rather see the beauty that lies even in the darkest of outlooks. I find, for me, that gives my depression value, and me a boost of confidence in the expression. 988 Suicide and…
A hint of singing together, and a strong reference to the lyric version of "The Last of the Wilds" by Nightwish. I'm in the early days of attempting to learn Finnish so this is where my headspace is at. Enjoy! Poem prompt: "Today’s daily resource is the Art Institute of Chicago, where just searching the collection…
An antisocial anti-establishment poem in the guise of an angry bird. Just because. CW: contains swearing. Poem prompt: "Our resource for the day is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum’s online image collection is practically endless, and to call it varied would be an understatement. There’s over 2,000 images just of baseball cards! To say nothing of candelabra…
Today's prompt is so fun and unique! I'll be revisiting it in the future. I have so many ideas that could fit into this conceit. Many thanks to Sawako Nakayasu for coming up with such a concept in the first place with her original prose poem! Poem prompt: "Our daily resource is the Shanghai Museum, where…
Well, this was fun! I haven't rhymed this much in a very long time. Let's just say, I'm very grateful to my Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus of the Senses for bolstering my recall of words. I used an older idea I hadn't worked on yet, involving a metaphor for two people in my life. Poem…
Yes, yes, this is a day late, but I didn't care to combine days a third time so there will be two posts today. I didn't get around to writing yesterday and I'm honestly impressed by the people who have, or at least find, the time to write, and write well, every single day. I've…
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