Another Porch ...A Poetry Blog

Poetic Blooming Prompt; a week in haiku Monday: Weighted words waiting To-do list lacks curb appeal So I go outside ...

Poetics Aside Prompt : Write a paradise poem. What is your idea of paradise? Is it a person, place, or thing? Maybe it is an idea which cha...

PAD prompt: Full Moon Beneath orb pallor the earth is a silver sea where we drift homeward *** beneath harvest moon...

Pure sunflower gold Clarifying absolutes Like the color blue *** Morning glory spills In gleaming translu...

Premature stragglers Scatter on green piazza Prelude to gold rush © Janet Martin Our walnut trees are the last to leaf and the first ...

Liquid miracle Colombian pleasure melts Early morning fog  *** Satin edges trim Unyielding shrouds of darkness Reveal...

Image Source:  123rf.com Poetics Aside prompt: under the microscope From umber granules Laced with countless miracles Everything begins ...

It’s safer that way She says, locking herself in Or, is she locked out?  *** A wall with no door Is a barrier to flesh But never to love ...

Digging and dreaming, Peas, beans, squash, greens, tomatoes Perfect spring garden Weeding and hoeing Pruning, staking, gathering Summer s...

Poetics Aside Prompt: For today’s prompt, think of a favorite regional cuisine, make that the title of your poem, and then, write the poe...

Morning wakes, pristine Perfection awaiting tracks Marking history Grace gently bestows Sparkling opportunity Gift-wrapped in new day ...

The Chestnut Prickly exterior Time breaks through its hardened shell Smooth, genteel heart 0~0~0~ Winter Wind Icy white fingers Clawing ...

It falls soundlessly In profound transformation And then we are old   Limbs supple; fruitful Surrender to time’s wisdom White crowns yout...

In the quiet night the sky parted her dark lips exhaling white grace

Cantankerous sky Mouth open wide, full sun smile Returns to sealed lips Janet~ I’m cleaning windows and trying to decide if it’s a   ‘h...

The sky slipped upward Lifting her bronze morning gown Naked dirt fields weep Janet

The sky fell at dawn Metallic, molten fabric On a frozen field Janet~

Blissful caffeine jolt Pianist seeking pleasure Painful notes collide Knitting needles click Rush of rain beneath traffic Supper sizzling Da...

Groceries put away Produce washed; ready to eat Little boys playing ‘fort’ Rain-song on driveway Heaven mirrored in the grass Fog clothes ba...