Tag Archive | Prose Poetry
These Words are My Shelter [Prose Poetry]
These Words are My Shelter Yet another prose poem by RJ Marmol (Photo credits: nightshifterslabel.com) These words are my shelter From the loud, deafening roar Of lions and elephants, And the wrath of Mighthy Thor Adrift on a chair in a sea of disillusion I am wrapped in terror, shame and confusion Might the sky [...]
Who Needs a Birthday Wish?
Last year, it was “A Thank You Note on My Birthday”. This year, it’s a pledge. Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography Who Needs a Birthday Wish? (a birthday poem by RJ, April 8, 2010) When 230,000 people died in Haiti And when hundreds more died in Chile? When the world is slowly dying And all [...]
Thoughts that keep me awake at night
Photo by BrittneyBush No Escape by: RJ There are thoughts that keep me awake at night And keep me absent-minded in the day — Gliding on a golden field, endless heaps of hay Thoughts about what is and what was, But never of what could be. They haunt me of a past long gone and [...]
I am a Purist Blogger
Photo by Titanas I am a Purist Blogger (a blogger’s creed, by: RJ Marmol) I am a purist blogger, I write original content. I do not scrape from people’s blogs. I give credit where it is due, I link back “no unfollow”. I generally don’t get paid to blog. But when I do, I disclose, [...]
There Is Love: A Father's Day Post
Photo by p0ps HarlowThis is an ode to the complexities and contradictions that make up the lives of fathers and husbands and the enduring love for them of their daughters and wives. To all the Fathers and Husbands out there, Happy Father’s Day! There Is Love by: RJ In that stern look, Reciting countless threats [...]
On Account of What?
Photo by gothick_matt On Account of What? by: RJ There is this fear I have deep inside me – Not a usual fear, not mere apprehension or worry. Not an imagined trouble or conjured-up story Nay a drawn-up conclusion or fired-up creativity.
Let Me Write You A Prose
Let Me Write You A Prose by: RJ Let me a write you a prose, Brimming with passion, like a scarlet rose. Let me write you a prose More profound than that of Ambrose. Let me write you a prose, lofty and proud One that’s incomparable to that enchanting ballad that you love. Let me [...]
Too Much (Of My Love) Will Kill You
Too Much (Of My Love) Will Kill You by: rj How much of my love can you take, I wonder. Before you lie dead or run for cover? How much of my affection can you receive When you take so much that I have none left to give? How much of my whims can you [...]
I'm Such A Believer
I’m Such A Believer by: rj Everytime you say yes, my eyes shimmer like diamonds Tell me, why do I tend to believe everything that I’m told? I never question a paragraph, a sentence, or a word Whatever you say, dear, I always cherish and hold. You say the sky is dark because [...]
