Those who follow me on Twitter at @chriskuhnauthor know that most Wednesdays I participate in a weekly poetry prompt challenge coordinated by one of my favorite Twitter friends @fieryverse. In addition to sharing fresh micropoetry each week, I also completed the rest of the challenge by posting a recorded reading of the micropoem by yours truly on my AudioBoom page. For a listen to a variety of past micropoetry samples, visit my Spoken Word Wednesday playlist on AudioBoom.
Happy reading…and listening!
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Slash to a memory
Cuts to the bone,
Wound so deep,
You can never go home.
Once we learn to forgive,
We can rise and walk on.
#fieryverse
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Abandoned canvas
Stained with tears
Pick up brush,
Drop all fears.
Hands quiver,
Reach again
For tender smiles,
Bygone friends.
#fieryverse
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With love, she raised his lips to the sun.
He had fallen behind in nourishing his heart
And the heat of her kiss fed him warmth.
#fieryverse
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Cursed with a glass half full,
She bathed him in good cheer.
He turned the cup upside down,
Tossing all hope of hers on its ear.
#fieryverse
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Bend iron gates with strong fists and certainty
Pluck me from this prison wrapped around me
Stay to remind
The choice is mine.
#fieryverse
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We set out on a journey
For tagging truths from lies
Embraced our dark
Right from the start,
Two riders without guise.
#fieryverse
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Dispel my solitude,
Wrap me in your calm
Entrust your quiet hours to
The heart where you belong.
#fieryverse
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Kissed by choice
Earful of love
A tender voice
Hovers above
Tempting thoughts
Of we and us
Pocketful of promise
Lined with lust.
#fieryverse
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We trudge ahead
Uncertain feet
One by one
Trek sodden earth
Drenched in regrets
And goodbyes
But solid and firm.
#fieryverse
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