Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.
I’m back from my magnificent week on the Great Lakes! What an adventure–you will start seeing photos here soon from that!
Meanwhile…
I bought a succulent at the farmers’ market this summer. The grower said if you want to grow more of them, just lay a leaf in the soil and a new plant will grow up beside it. I thought, “What? That’s ridiculous.” Of course, the grower was correct. This image makes me think of several things:
- banana slugs
- squid ink pasta (no thank you)
- a beautiful wing.
And here’s my first draft. I was feeling a weird mix of melancholy and hope, and this is what came out…
It’s your turn! Have fun and stick to 15 WORDS OR LESS! (Title doesn’t count toward word count.)
13 Responses
So tiny and fragile…love the “never ends”
Even Jack’s
beanstalk
begana sprout
one tinyleaf
with
giant
dreams
“giant dreams” I like it!
I love this expleacly the end
Growing Hope
Time for change,
a new start.
Lessons learned
taken to heart.
you trip look amazing exiting
Poem By Jessica Bigi
One Upon A Time
To
think with
just one seed
sprout the
stories
of GIANTS
Your feelings are beautifully expressed in your verse, Laura. Also, proof one is never to old to learn as in banana slugs and squid ink pasta; yuk!!!! First thought, Mufasa.
Progeny
Offspring
new to old
and back again
never ending
this circle of life.
I love everyons poems today
Thank goodness for titles that don’t count in 15 words-or-less 🙂 Your trip sounded amazing, Laura–looking forward to seeing more!
Clone Invasion! or How To Conquer the Universe
leaflets pop like hidden gems
rootlets sprout on buried stems
growing, growing more of them
I think the weeds have this down pat! Love your rhymes!
IMAGINATION
by Dianne Moritz
Sow every seed
Nurture each tiny sprout
Till ideas bud and bloom
Love this sweet idea. Once a friend told me that my job was to plant seeds and leave the blooming to God.
When your life starts
on the tip of a leaf,
you grow belief in beauty.
…just stalling. LOVELY.