This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too. We've even been so generous to accept poets from other parts of the USA and the entire country of Canada!
Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy. Just put your poem or short story in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem. It is there on another page.
Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy. Just put your poem or short story in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem. It is there on another page.
You may need to have a Gmail or Yahoo or AOL account to post in the comments section. Most of you do have Gmail or Yahoo or AOL, but for those of you that don't, it's extremely worthwhile to open up one of these email accounts now! This way you've got a chance to get your work out there in the world.
Today's poem or short story prompt is the word "angry".
Boy, Is She Angry or What?
ReplyDeleteI have stared into the Abyss so often
That it stares back at me
Nerveily, bitchy
Like it knows something I don’t
Which it most likely does
Being the Abyss
But I will tell the Abyss this
Bitch, I’ve handled 100%
Of what you’ve thrown my way
Often at my weakest, too
Alone
Throwing up from anxiety
Betrayed
By those closest to me
Who’d wish my Happy Birthday
Use the cake knife for the stabbings afterward
(You know who you are)
So Abyss
Do your best
Or worst
I’ve got guts
And truth on my side
Keep looking
Hold that gaze
Sharpen the cake knife
We’ll see who blinks first
Catherine Powers
Copyright 2018