Twitter Poetry Week 7

Day 43: Grandma’s House

Tea and sympathy
coffee and bitterness
soothed by
sweet mints and
dried roses
chintz-pattern painted on upholstered sofas
memories of flowers and photos of
old friends in boxes
all now laid to
rest.#APoemADay #poetryparty pic.twitter.com/yXbGxOJYJi

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 12, 2021

Day 44: Internal warfare

All conflict stems from within
without war with ourselves there would be no war
why can’t we make peace with ourselves?
It should be
as simple as
breathing…#conflict #vsspoem #APoemADay pic.twitter.com/6YMkvONzVG

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 13, 2021

Day 45:

Sing little bird,
little bird tweet me a song
of the dazzling springtime that’s coming along
for to melt all our hearts from the depths of despair
and to banish the winter
to his frozen lair.#APoemADay #poetryparty pic.twitter.com/5o53lvTzMY

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 14, 2021

Day 46:

The sun mocks with appearances of heat
that does not reach
and cannot pierce
the iciness within
but still with more faith than belief
I wait for spring.#APoemADay #poetryparty pic.twitter.com/KzxdgGYv1O

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 15, 2021

Day 47:

Quarantine light streams through my window
in a broad sweep the sun
paints an arc across
the canvas of the sky
awash with golden light
a liquid-golden
locked-down
day.#APoemADay #poetryparty pic.twitter.com/LdFtNlWGgf

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 16, 2021

Day 48: #PMDD hell week

Sunk in the squid-ink black of night
my heart
fights to find the inner light
knowing full well the only way
is to stop fighting
and look towards
horizons bright:
this too shall pass.#APoemADay #poetryparty pic.twitter.com/YkRaB1lexq

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 17, 2021

Day 49: #PMDD (again)

Don’t mind me
I’m just slightly dying
but it happens every month so
no big deal really
just another ‘women’s problem’
keep your mouth shut dear,
don’t make a fuss, here
have a tablet
AKA a
sticking plaster
for the soul.#APoemADay #poetryparty pic.twitter.com/GOvKVmz36E

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 18, 2021