“No Words” five poem sequence kindly featured by Jamie Dedes in The Poet By Day

“No Words” five poem sequence kindly featured by Jamie Dedes in The Poet By Day

response to the most recent Wednesday Writing Pompt https://jamiededes.com/2017/05/23/the-doctrine-and-other-poems-in-response-to-the-most-recent-wednesday-writing-pompt/ via @JamieDedes

“the doctrine” and other poems in response to the most recent Wednesday Writing Pompt

Source: “the doctrine” and other poems in response to the most recent Wednesday Writing Pompt

Nothing (for Manchester) by Paul Brookes

Many thanks to Reuben for publishing this in I Am Not A Silent Poet

Source: Nothing (for Manchester) by Paul Brookes

Nothing (For Manchester)

is real.

My smile was a pink balloon
floated above me. I sang.

A big bang.
Blood on the balloon.

I find metal nuts and bolts.
I can’t sing. It isn’t real.

A Life Adrift

in uncut green glitter donned by chequered flat cap on black ant heads in shadow clock plastic skyscraper binding long days into century after century a vast bustled empire birth place embryo where money dramatised into kisses and betrayal and anguish among bright blades and discarded things.

via Daily Prompt: Adrift