a love story

one glance was all it took 

two hearts to beat together

three nights we spent in paradise 

four months this love became gold

five years passed us by quickly

six weeks we saw the sky fall

seven hours our shouts filled rooms

eight memories were all you left me

nine love songs keep me up at night

- Written for Writer's Digest Poetic Aside November 2025 PAD Day 25 and dVerse Poetic: 1,2,3...Go! 

bombshell

she was the nerdy girl

who didn’t dress in style

he was the popular guy

who all the girls love

of course, he would coax 

her from her shell, revealing 

her beauty to all, but she was 

already a bombshell

before catching his eyes

 

- Combining two prompts for this poem:  dVerse Quadrille #236 (Word: coax) and Writer's Digest 2025 November PAD Day 17 (Trope poem - Romantic trope: different worlds)

in November

November

tumbling autumn leaves

cobalt sky

we linger

stretching out the time we have

before darkness falls

- A Shadorma poem written for Writer's Digest 2025 November PAD Chapbook Day 11

whirling

the world and life

has my head whirling

trying to find balance

in this topsy-turvy time

when your eyes cannot

decipher truth from lies

you find your hands 

grasping for something

solid and calm

I watch autumn sun wane

as we fall into darkness

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #235

I want something

I want something

I only wish I could

place my finger

to its pulse

I want something

new or different

or go back to how

it was before the fall

I want something

to refill this void

to warm my cold nights

to brighten dark mornings

I want something

something else, some

thing but I can’t find 

the right words to say

I want something….

- Written for Writer's Digest Wednesday Poetry Prompt #762

don't fall asleep

whatever you do, don’t fall asleep

don’t get pulled into whimsical dreams

that make only promises they don’t keep

stay out of darkness and search for light

chase after sunrises and rainbows

don’t linger under gray storm clouds

I’m standing here waiting for you

to join me in the lavender fields

please stay awake, don’t fall asleep

- Written for dVerse Poetics: I'ts Not That Scary

My inspiration came from this horror movie quote: "Whatever you do, don't fall asleep" by Nancy Thompson, Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

where's the spark?

I search for any signs

that this love was true

I wanted to feel a spark 

between our fingers

that would tell me 

that you were mine

we spent hours stargazing

under midnight sky and

yet at dawn’s arrival 

the questions still

lingered within

- Written for Quadrille #234: A Sparkler of a Day