Untitled 17 syllables (5/7/5)
I’m an introvert.
I feel the need to exit
before I enter.
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
pictured words
a simple pairing of pictures and poetry
Tag: seventeen syllables
July 11, 2021
June 20, 2021
UNTITLED 5/7/5
“No more pennies,” we
were informed, and we could make
no cents of this change.
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
(Hardly a poem, but it was fun to write!)
May 17, 2021
#lifeistooshortfor
Life is too short for
grudges, shame, ill-fitting shoes,
yesterday’s coffee.
#fivesevenfive
#lifeistooshort
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
April 18, 2021
DOUBLE EXPOSURE
Do you see yourself
in the face of your sibling?
Identical twins.
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
For today’s prompt from Robert Lee Brewer of Poetic Asides, we are asked to write an ekphrastic poem. I used this photo of my Aunt Peg (my Mom’s identical twin sister). It is a double exposure, showing my mom’s smiling face in the face of Aunt Peg. Identical twins do seem a sort of “double exposure” in the first place, don’t they? Love this photo.
April 17, 2021
Untitled 17-syllable “waiting” poem
“Father, forgive them. They know not what they do.” ~ Jesus Christ of Nazareth (Luke 23:34)
Tortured at their hands,
my Messiah didn’t wait
for apologies.
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
In response to Robert Lee Brewer’s 2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 17 – Writer’s Digest (Day 17: Write a Waiting poem.)
April 12, 2021
“RACE CARD”
We need new mantras –
new voices of conviction.
We are not playing.
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
In response to Robert Lee Brewer’s 2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 12 – Writer’s Digest (Day 12: 6-word poem [were given 6 words from which to choose at least 3 to include in the poem])
April 9, 2021
CITRUS
She’ll never slice me,
squeeze, or zest me, if you just
sketch me a sweet face.
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
In response to Robert Lee Brewer’s 2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 9 – Writer’s Digest (Day 9: Write a PERSONA poem)
April 8, 2021
UNTITLED 17-syllable metaphor
You are a lightyear.
I, millions of light seconds,
lined up and waiting.
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
In response to Robert Lee Brewer’s 2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 8 – Writer’s Digest (Day 4: Write a Metaphor poem).
April 3, 2021
UNTITLED COMMUNICATION POEM
Words may speak comfort
to the wounded. But, more so,
a shoulder. A tear.
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
In response to Robert Lee Brewer’s 2021 April Poem-a-Day Challenge at Poetic Asides (Day 3: Write a Communication poem).
March 28, 2021
PALM SUNDAY
She carried her King –
Prince of Peace, and Lord of all,
while suckling her foal.
© Marie Elena Good, 2021
“Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.” This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.” ~ Matthew 21:1-5
