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question when did the pendulum that works to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice become a wrecking ball april 25 2026 prompt by ashley valencia pate slam poem after today s reading of the powell memorandum 1971 our planet is on fire prior excuses require no revisiting it s a new age let s gauge our impact be explicit solicit true facts capitalism requires buyers for infinite production resource destruction humanity abduction our mother is finite overuse is the twilight of our imminent demise bastardized supplies everything king size authorized wealth gap gets deadlier the rich get filthier our planet gets fierier the poor die sigh before a forced good bye let s aspire to more than they require let s compromise don t brutalize empathize emphasize the poor chastise the rich end vanity bring back sanity tax the billionaires common our shares in humanity april 26 2026 prompt by clayton moon dirt road mystics home this is not my home except for occasional weeks spent here with adult children finding their way with the hope of the next generation with the rivers of blossoms covering springtime with the promise of cherries on the side yard trees with the tonka trucks baring the flowerbeds with the pride flag celebrating a seattle of sexualities with squeaking bushtits cawing crows singing robins with a little grandson saying i ll miss you grammy with thoughts that maybe home is here too pride and tonkas april 27 2026 prompt by dave wooley poem interrupted a poem interrupted i woke an hour before my alarm got me up time to pee for the third time of the night how have i managed to keep my teacher bladder locked tight throughout the day but never at night should i rhyme this poem scribble plants and tea on the crumpled receipt i don t want to forget my tea cup on the garage floor like last time what are poetic devices anyway i never use them these days i don t want to forget the sprouting shoots will i even see that receipt i need to go get my new plants from upstairs packing packing don t forget my water bottle i guess i ll get in the shower before this place gets busy to wash or not wash my hair it s an in between day i ve already packed my shampoo i guess that s my answer now i m out of the shower with a bar of soap in my hand why throw my sheets and towels in the washer not a full load i ll leave it ok i have a minute to sit down before milo gets up what was i needing to do on my computer let me check my email send address to irene fun i ll get some snail mail soon from her how have i never heard that word broadside before that reminds me i haven t said thank you to linda i m so behind on my poetry friday comments and the progressive poem and even verselove comments where do i start how can i call this poetry it s like i just often hit enter while writing prose making short lines but anyway i hear someone stirring oh good morning sunshine are you ready for the day april 28 2026 prompt by jessica sherburn instructions for poems how to write a poem or how to let the verselove hosts speak for me inside me there is a river a landscape slow down merge gently for here is a poem from darkness to light channeling inner birdsong and crystal splashing waterfalls from beginnings to find my way back but now here s april month of light be brighter be belligerent be beautiful in poetry we say what stands what breathes simply is it s the floppy flight of a monarch butterfly excellence for the rest of the world i should take time to write the warmth of the sun shining through the window bless this world with peace hoping to save the world the elements engaged in perpetual play every joy we ve pictured a fragrant curtain falling gently over the story in between the line of this life giving text press play make connections strategize language is my art and this is my declaration stop all way becomes stop all war a place of symphonic sound then the moon appeared so i simply return to our book think critically fight the boxes reveal the backwoods of stories sitting in the driver s seat let the other half of the brain long for it in order of april hosts mentor poems and the cento poem above sarah donovan leilya pitre melissa heaton kim johnson jennifer guyor jowett wendy everard luke bensing linda mitchell bryan ripley crandall susan ahlbrand kate sjostrom rita dicarne ann e burg mo daley erica johnson stacey joy kratijah angie braaten stefani boutelier corinne sharon roy margaret simon denise krebs scott mc ashley valencia pate clayton moon dave wooley and jessica sherburn april 29 2026 prompt by barb edler and glenda funk making the invisible visible commitment you in your contentment to be still me in my restless longing for more you in sleeping and sweeping me in seeking and completing us in correcting in expecting promises in sickness and health in thinking and understanding in clinging and commanding we are in it for better for worse even when our currents seem adverse april 30 2026 prompt by sarah donovan verselove closing invitation poets embrace today in hope fearing not tomorrow pens ablaze with heavy loads we write and cope poets embrace today in hope love and sorrow the full scope of emotions dance in praise poets embrace today in hope fearing not tomorrow pens ablaze posted in ethical ela poetry friday post tagged ethical ela poem poems poetry poetry friday writing 13 replies slice of life a rainbow of colors posted on april 27 2026 by denise krebs 10 i just got home from spending 12 days in seattle and at least nine of those days were sunny and clear i always think of seattle as being in the 50s and drizzly very little of that this trip i ve now got an idea real or imagined that april is one of the best weather months up there here are a few photos of my rainbow week can you see the beautiful rainbows in each bubble there is a lot of pride in seattle chloe ito ward reading her beautiful book chopsticks are at the couth buzzard indie bookstore even the sketchy neighborhoods are colorful relaxing on these beautiful swings at the waterfront park at pier 58 on another note have you been following or have you heard about the children s poem some of us wrote together this month margaret simon facilitates the kidlit progressive poem each april it s finished now check it out here posted in slice of life 10 replies poetry friday verselove week 4 posted on april 23 2026 by denise krebs 12 irene latham is hosting today at live your poem she is celebrating the recent publication of her verse novel some starry night april 17 2026 prompt by kratijah the queen of our kitchens browning sizzling in the skillet sprinkling flour into the meat drippings onions carrots potatoes adding water salt pepper and a lot of time makes this pot roast taste delicious how with these ingredients it was the cow the cow the cow that lost its life for our dinner thank you april 18 2026 prompt by angie golden hinge poem hope inspires the good to reveal itself inspires a flower to grow wings and fly the sinister cult of fear and cruelty are as good as gone when hope arrives to say that is enough you then reveal the hope the wonder the way itself in forming a new legacy of love hope inspires the good to reveal itself is a line attributed often to emily dickinson but i have yet to figure out where she said it april 19 2026 prompt by stefani boutelier press play connections is the world gamifying our systems on this day when we celebrate my hubby s birthday and this community writes poems about games on this day as it draws to a close it seems to be a game with no winners i have four hours left in a 48 hour contest a game of writing a poem in two days with ten impossible words chosen for me it s been a busy weekend and i forgot all about my 2 day contest until i read the 12 hour reminder this afternoon so i came back after a busy day to bring my ten words and an apology to glenda to gamify this poem that i decided not to submit and to consider the gamification of the whole of society is this world maneuvering us into a zugzwang where we each risk losing our way alice drunk and grieving in the kroger parking lot deals with her partner s recent death by shouting with pizzazz and passion her progressive values if she d have had a megaphone at a no kings rally everyone would have responded with cheers and nodded approval at the way she is able to express herself hooray she s ringing out our values too but this sunday the sniffishness of the shoppers just seems cruel a vigil of indifference for her and her dead partner even those who tried to comfort her were each reduced to a clam of meekness i could go on about a day of eggshells and changing genders halfway through life medication and therapy that seem to keep one fixed in the original state the ululation of a three year old that keeps all on edge and conjures up future lord of the flies vibes and mutes the smooth deipnosophist it seems today that we are in a funk of broken rules like each of us is a doomed solivagant in a lawsuit against humanity losing to the depth of us to the heart to the core to the bone of us the moan of us a lost hope of us april 20 2026 prompt by corinne deeds and dandelions a two voice poem war divides hope unites this and all following quotes in italics are by pope leo xiv april 11 2026 prayer vigil for peace and yet here we are in a war that has yet to be declared war upon war upon war in ukraine sudan iran lebanon gaza spilling over to peoples far and wide is there hope enough to unite arrogance tramples upon others love lifts up and in words from proverbs it is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly then to divide the spoil with the proud idolatry blinds us the living god enlightens light us up lord god of life and mercy nothing can confine us to a predetermined fate not even in this world where there never seem to be enough graves for people continue to crucify one another and eliminate life with no regard to justice and mercy never enough graves people crucify eliminate life nothing can hold us here nothing can separate us from the love of god god is justice and mercy enough of the idolatry of self and money enough of the display of power enough of war true strength is shown in serving life here is pope leo serving up life like a big bowl of grandmas stew hearty and sustaining full of love and nourishment brothers and sisters of every language people and nation we are one family that weeps hopes and rises again weeping may last for a season but hope will come again may the madness of war cease and the earth be cared for and cultivated by those who still know how to bring forth protect and love life hear us lord of life amen and amen hear us lord of life april 21 2026 prompt by sharon roy reading haiku first 100 trucks he used to read it to me now he s the teacher april 22 2026 prompt by margaret simon what s that sound onomatopoeia poem honey badger so milo what s your favorite animal i love the honey skunk what honey skunk what sound do they make rahr rahr i wanted to know more we looked up honey skunk and saw honey badger vs skunk as an item in the search we explored oh maybe we got two animals mixed up yeah maybe there is much to learn about honey badger it has a mesmerizing repertoire of sounds a wind up alarm clock khirrya khirrya khirrya quiet gargling arrrrr arrrrrr arrrrrr hoarse gentle barks arf arf arf soft mellow growls rahr rahr it also has a foul smell to ward off enemies and honey badger is a defensive powerhouse fierce and fearless april 23 2026 prompt by denise krebs first words the day after we bombed iran first words from caregiving by angela jackson before the moon came out i looked up lost in thought not joyful thinking the kind twice as big as my woes i was deep in mournful thinking winding up b 52 bombers jump roping girls in iran now dead hauling ass through juffair as bombs stomped the feeling of safety for peoples across oceans then the moon appeared and it was almost full of rumble in the heavens a ride into torture and then tumbling down into despair and yet there are the helpers sitting in the mess serving like freedom arriving to head off the storm wistful and triumphant i will not give up hope posted in ethical ela poetry friday post tagged angie corinne denise krebs kratijah life margaret simon poetry poetry friday sharon roy stefani boutelier verselove 12 replies slice of life fun day with my grandson posted on april 21 2026 by denise krebs 3 what a busy life with a three year old i have kind of forgotten those years when my daughters were this age this week i ve been spending most of my hours with my little grandson today we went to the post office to the lake and to the playground we played read and baked cookies while at the lake i took some notes as we conversed so you could enjoy a bit of our conversation he said much more than this m why do we throw sticks in the water me i don t m i do there are feathers here baby duck feathers i ll throw them in the lake i have to find sticks different sticks these are the toys for the ducks the ducks are going to play with their new toys let s keep finding more sticks how do they play with their new toys i think they chew on them grammy did you bring some good bread for the ducks to eat i meant to bring some me oh sorry i didn t that would have been a good idea m there is a papa duck there are a lot of papa ducks look there is a mama duck i need some more sticks i want some sticks for the ducks looking at one of the ducks close to him i love you can you get a snack for the ducks to eat me we don t have enough for the ducks of anything in your snack bag m how about strawberry crumbs from the dehydrated strawberries he ate earlier what is majestic what is this me i don t know is it poop m yes i think so maybe dog poop or duck poop me it might be goose poop theirs is kind of big like that m moose poop is big me goose poop i mean canada goose the majestic ones m after hopping and kicking a few steps i was just trying to kick that bug wouldn t that be funny if i flew up and kicked that bug and then flew over that branch up there then i d say i m okay it s slice of life tuesday at two writing teachers website posted in slice of life tagged birds life nature writing 3 replies poetry friday verselove week 3 posted on april 16 2026 by denise krebs 13 today s poetry friday is hosted by heidi mordhorst at my juicy little universe who has a conversation with margaret simon and jone rush macculloch about teaching poetry to children thank you all april 10 2026 prompt by susan ahlbrand love letter to a place you love i sit in beau s nursery holding the droll crocheted teddy bear that lynne made for my first born using aunt thelma s pattern it now sits in my grandson s crib and i realize the place i love is where the people of my heart are kept in all their wealth the players in my story the new and the remembered the living and the dead heart and home word and wisdom my people my place my home april 11 2026...