Sunday, March 01, 2026

Prompts for poems

Prompts for poems

can come from anywhere.


An unexpected letter from a college friend

that triggers a memory.


A slant of light that rekindles

another time and place.


The taste of chocolate (I'm remembering the taste

of chocolate icing on my grandfather's cupcakes).


The smell of the sea, 

of saltwater.


The memory of summer vacations at the shore,

the sound of a seagull's laughter.


Poems are like the air--

invisible but everywhere.


You can inhale them

with each breath.


You can taste them before 

the words form on your tongue.


You can see them

if you open your eyes.



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