but theres a wildness in our hearts that weve forgotten in our march hands like houses

I had hoped to print them out and present them to her as a gift one day. My mother, Jeannette, who passed away very recently, never got to read most of my poems from the last year or so. Mermaid image challenge (mermaid holding a well-dressed man seemingly drowning underwater) prompt - link: With lithesome light burned bright and starkĢ40 words. Like almost all of my poems, this is carefully written to be read aloud. Beautiful Words and Splendid Diction prompt challenge - link: Merwin quote (2nd quote inspiration: 'Your absence has gone through me.' - from Merwin's 'Separation') challenge prompt - link:ĩ0 words. More about the historic women referenced here:Īda Lovelace, Mathematician and among the First Computer ProgrammersĪnd though it seems I leave through doorsĢ07 words. Archimedes quote ('.I will move the Earth') challenge prompt - link: Neil deGrasse Tyson quote inspiration (the universe not being obligated to make any sense) challenge prompt - link:Ĭounting everything, 100 words (the prompt limit).

But theres a wildness in our hearts that weve forgotten in our march hands like houses