Shield Maiden

Poetry Challenge Week 32 To Be Continued... There's more to come she whispers, dangling defeat over the page. ... The author teases,...

Poetry Challenge Week 31 My body feel worn and tattered. Shredded drapes, left hanging, frayed, long after the cat has grown tired of...

Poetry Challenge Week 30 "Ding." The tape reminds me it is time to turn the page. I am captivated by the image, waiting on the page....

Poetry Challenge Week 29 I have plans laid out before me. to prosper, not destroy A map with the route marked out in red ink. for a...

Poetry Challenge Week 28 Summer is my favorite season because I put on rose tinted glasses, to block the sun's harsher rays. I see the...

Poetry Challenge Week 27 The trick is to wrap it up in something they know is true. The magician lifts his top hat, for inspection. Just...

Poetry Challenge Week 26 Life in all caps running, screaming, leaping. We live in between, in the lower case letters, afraid to dance to...

Poetry Challenge Week 25 He walks here and there they say. A mystery. Shrouded in smoke.

Poetry Challenge Week 24 I occasionally wonder, if depression can be seen, seeping from my skin. A thick dark cloud pouring from my...

Poetry Challenge Week 23 During my third year at Whitworth University I took a poetry writing class. As one does when they major in...

Poetry Challenge Week 22 Memories are fuzzy. A voice echoing back and forth in an empty room. The speaker has long since left their words...

Poetry Challenge Week 21 "All of this has happened before all of it will happen again," the wind whispers over and over "again." Again....

Poetry Challenge Week 20 "Hello," is never hard. It asks for nothing, Promises more. Just, "hello," an introduction, page one of a book...

Poetry Challenge Week 19 I don't make the rules. I break them. We don't get to choose the rules of the game, or read the instructions...

Poetry Challenge Week 18 Error! Poem not found! I'm going to be honest with you guys... I've got nothing for this poetry challenge....

Poetry Challenge Week 17 A tear drop clings to my eyelash, ringing the world in a halo of blurred light. Cool and soft against my cheek....

Poetry Challenge Week 16 Cold water trickles down the window pain, dripping off of pine needles, washing winter snow down the drain. Warm...

(Poetry Challenge Week 15) Some things we never meant to be permanent: The taste of your words (dancing on the tip of my tongue, just...

Poetry Challenge Week 14 The dog does not walk. He runs! Paws against hot concrete, ears pricked, listening for the sound of children...

(Poetry Challenge Week 13) The last puff of steam pours over the side of my cup, clouds over the night sky, as she takes the cup from me....