2016 OctPoWriMo – #9

Sunday Mornings

Sausage curls cascade

               from crown 

                         to shoulders.

Shiny black bouquet

Springy as a nest of Slinkys

A testament to the patience

A bow to the wills

of Black mamas bound for church.

Today’s prompt was "Spiral." Between a recent video I saw, and a line I used in a short memoir piece, this poem emerged.

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2016 OctPoWriMo – #8

Best Friend

Her light filters through the cloth of kindness

Her love, a beacon, draws you near

Laying open your heart

Lighting your path to your better nature

Her radiance

Her human-ness

Your torch

Today’s prompt was Porous. In my free write, I explored ways people could be porous.

You can find links to poems by the 75-plus fine poets from all over the world by going to the OctPoWriMo Link Up page at https://poetsonthepage.blogspot.com/p/link-up.html