For this poem I had a few ideas. I was gonna talk about missing a lover/boyfriend but then I was like, "I've done that", then I was gonna talk about missing a love one like my father but then I said, "I'm not in the mood for crying" then I had a like bulb moment and I was like AH HA and it came to me. Now this was a tearjerker for me as well because I REALLY do miss it but I like the end result so...ENJOY!
135th and Crocker
That’s the corner that tells the story of my childhood
If it was a movie you would see scenes
Of my sisters and I running up and down the streets of the neighborhood
So I'm back and today's prompt was taking a word and running with it so I was trying to make a nice, legible map on my computer to show how I got the words I chose to used but that didn't work out so I hope this little diagram works:
So for today's prompt we were given this Wordle: I couldn't get all the words in there, and I didn't just wanna start forcing them in if they didn't fit because I really like where this poem was going and I didn't wanna ruin it so I included what I could and I really liked the outcome. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it:
I take him back to a familiar hotel
To a room that always has the same smell Where we play a game of show and tell He tells me what he wants I show him my body And he climbs on top of me And I can do nothing but stare at the ceiling With the green chipped paint But I divert my eyes when I find myself getting nauseous Feeling like I want to faint And I’m almost pushed over the edge When his briny sweat I can taste in my mouth And then he cums And I’m done And the jubilant look on his face I wish he could share with me Because maybe then I wouldn’t feel so dirty Wanting so desperate to become clean I contemplate jumping into the pool From the balcony But I don’t I just follow my regular routine Jump out of bed Run a towel between my legs And call that clean Evidence of my acute shame has been wiped off of me My value is folded up in the crumpled 20s he tossed at me So I walk out the door and back down to the streets On my way home Cuz baby gotta eat
OK...so...I've missed a couple of prompts but it's been a busy weekend for me. But tonight I was able to check in at Read Write Poem and I loved today's prompt of Where Do You Come From? I kinda sort in a way followed the prompt but I took it elsewhere of course so...ENJOY!
Where do I come from?
I could tell the same tales
Of trips to hell and back
And the tattered sidewalks with cracks
And the crack heads
These streets never seem to lack
But for once
I don’t feel like talking about that
Instead I’ll tell you about my mother and father
Who bore and raised 2 sons and 5 daughters
Who bought a house and built a home
For us to dwell in
And in these walls the stories were written
That I’m telling
They’re the ones that taught me
That failing was not an option
And I’m opting to uplift them
Because they’re the roots to the tree that is me
They’re my walls, roof, and ceiling
They’re the source of my pain and my healing
I feel like trying something new
I feel like taking you all on a walk down positivity
YAY! Another fun prompt. I always joke around with my boyfriend about how I can remember ever crush I've ever had and FINALLY I get to put it to use (lol). I tweaked the original prompt a little for today's poem but but I didn't stray to far. So....ENJOY!
I guess you can say I’ve always been a little boy crazy
This was another good prompt for me because I knew what I wanted to write about right away. I have a lot of nicknames and to be honest, I don't like most of them. This is probably because I like my real name so much so I implore everyone to use it (lol) but I do have 2 nicknames that I adore because they came from my parents. My mom calls me "Nuri" and my Daddy used to call me "Pumpkin" and that's the name I chose to use for this prompt.
A lil' backstory, my dad passed away in October 2004 after battling Parkinson's Disease for years and I miss him terribly and think about him everyday so any chance I have to incorporate him into something I do I jump on it, so....ENJOY!
Ok, so I missed Day #5 but not on purpose, I just couldn't get a list of 50 words from anyone but it WILL get done. But moving on, I love Day #6 prompt. I didn't really like the picture provided so I looked through the rest of Pensiero's pics and when I saw this one it just jumped out at me and I HAD to write about it so I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I need to figure out how to make the image a link to it's original source but until then I'll just give this information because I definitely wanna give the credit for this gorgeous picture where it is due.
DAY 4! So I'm not the least bit interested in paint but I do love make up so to MAC Cosmetics website I went because they give their eyeshadow some pretty interesting names so I knew what was in store. I selected an eyeshadow called "Beauty Marked" and I knew right away what I wanted to write about so...ENJOY!
(this is the color, just in case you're wondering)
DAY 3! So today's prompt was pretty much to take something in your life that's in 3's and incorporate it into a poem so right away I knew this would be a "relationship" poem because I've had 3 meaningful relationships and it just came to me so I ran with it. I usually don't title my poems (at least not right away) but the title came to me before the poem so I went with it but it's subject to change...ENJOY!
Three Loves, One Heart
He jump started it all as my first
First kiss
First love
First…you know what
And it was cool
But I couldn’t fool myself
Into believing this was as good as it gets
And that’s when I met Mr. Next
And he was good for over a year until he became an ex
OK, It's Day #2 and today's prompt was to take 5 nouns and verbs related to something else and put them in a poem about something completely different. So, for whatever reason math was on my mind so that's where I took my verbs and nouns and incorporated them into a poem about....life I guess you can say? The hood? Ghetto? Inner city? Whatever you wanna call it....ENJOY!
*NOTE* The bold terms are the 5 verbs and nouns
Some say I come from the wrong side of the tracks Like I don’t already know that Like I haven’t been putting pencil to paper Thinking of ways to turn my dreams into schemes Calculating an escape That’ll get me outta here This concrete jungle Where I struggle to tune out the sounds of gunshots Concentrating on the words That are scrawled across the pages of books Hoping that when I finally take a look I won’t be here any longer Hoping that the clichés that teachers spew of believing in yourself Manifest into truth So I can stop thinking I’m here by mistake And start believing I’m working to determine my own fate Writing my own happy ending