He's a
string-strummer
idea-generator
music-maker
harmony-finder
chord-creator
bandmate and
friend

#SmallPoems for #OpenWrite - a Kenning poem, in honor of my friend

Between rows of trees,
branches weighted with apples -
the scent of decay -
yet there's sweetness on our tongue
as we sample the season

Tanka for #OpenWrite

#SmallPoems

I remember
the time
she told me
I was doing
it all wrong

Not a careful
steeping,
but a mad
rush of hot
water

She took
my hand,
and we let
the kettle
sing its song

then waited
for the tea
to make magic
a little bit
longer

#SmallPoems for #OpenWrite (a tea poem)

The prompt for #OpenWrite this morning was a Magic 8 Ball poem, where stanzas interact with the Magic 8 Ball responses.

Mine is here: https://write.as/dogtrax/its-the-fold-between

Mentor poem by Nicole Gonzalez: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1651358/magic-eight-ball

Prompt: https://www.ethicalela.com/magic-8-ball-poems/

#SmallPoems

Even broken strings
on an old broken
guitar sing in deep repose;

the memory thrums -
the hand strums
an architecture of notes

Somewhere, that familiar song
still plays in a broken
key; its resonance, floats

#SmallPoems#OpenWrite (prompt: broken things)