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 |  Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present . |
| The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page. |
| Dialogue My brain says, “Hasta la vista,” but my mind says, “No way, mister. To answer the prompt is my worry and it’s better to be safe than sorry. The concerns of Spanish translation only gift me with constipation; so, to keep my mind on the task is all that I really should ask.” Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 02.04.22 Prompt: Better safe than sorry. |
| Dust Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and surely we are dust in the wind, raised from the dust beneath our feet, multiplied and spread upon the land, a dust bowl to the earth. And yet, the very dust bears fruit, each of our countless millions being the apple of His eye. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 02.03.22 Prompt: Song by Kansas, Dust in the Wind. |
| Tomorrow “I’ll see you tomorrow,” the brakeman kindly said, and I disguised my sorrow since all the flags were red. I replied, “God willing,” having done all the sums, and all came out quite chilling, for tomorrow never comes. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 02.02.22 Prompt: "Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today." |
| Eight The reason for being comes clear, in the long run, at life’s ending, beyond the purview of science, it is a matter of the heart. As the light grows dim and misty, all life narrows to just one point, so bright in the shadows of dusk is the well earned relief of death. Line count: 8 Free verse, syllables 8 per line For Express It In Eight, 02.01.22 Prompt: Write an eight-line poem with exactly eight words in each line. Prompt words are REASON and SCIENCE. |
| Snapshot In the forests of the frozen north the snow lies heavy upon the ground, frost paints the endless trees, and a bridge leaps the mirrored stream. A train pauses in mid tiptoe across the latticed arch, captivated perhaps, by its clear reflection in the water far below. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 01.30.22 Prompt: Illustration of a frozen landscape and bridge over a river. |
 Under 2 Like an iceberg, showing barely a tenth of its mass above the waves, the baobab, the upside down tree, waving its roots to the winds. Who knows what grows underneath? Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 01.29.22 Prompt: Illustration of tree with roots in the air, flowering underground. |
| Melange “Melange” meaning several things, most memorably the drug necessary for space travel, as Frank Herbert invented in the novel, Dune, a mixture itself of medieval style romance and fanciful fantasy of the desert. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 01.28.22 Prompt: Melange. |
| Of Foxgloves The foxglove means protection. I suppose they might be - to a fox. For gloves protect the hand or paw. Their upright blooms are all very fine but I’d be wary if I were you - they’re poisonous. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 01.27.22 Prompt: Foxglove symbolizes protection. |
| In the Family A photo, a record of the past, a family grouping, a shelfie indeed, Edgar and Aileen Bookworm, grandparents Nerd and Dusty, the children, Paperback, Tome, and gorgeous Novella Page, married now to the strapping and voluminous Reader. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 01.26.22 Prompt: Library Shelfie Day. |
| The Watcher By the windowsill she sits, the indoor cat attentive, watches the sunlight and the rain, sees the snow, tenses when the birds fly, notes the dog walkers, dreams of being free, settles for central heating. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 01.25.22 Prompt: Windowsill. |
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