2026 PAD Challenge Day 21
my response is :
when trying to describe
who I am and who I am not
the ink is limited.
there is no clarity
in the darkness
of the ink pot,
even as it empties.
2026 PAD Challenge Day 21
Category: Women Poets
Stepping out of my comfort zone
Okay, I am the original wallflower…but I signed up for an online poetry reading. I don’t step out of my comfort zone often but there is supposed to be other poets reading….the event listing on Facebook is here.
2026 Pad Challenge Day 20
My Response is:
Perhaps the world has forgotten
the simple pleasures of laying back
watching dragons in flight.
children still dream of them,
so easily as if the dragons
are solid and real...
so why have adults forgotten?
Monday Poetry
2026 PAD Challenge Day 18
2026 PAD Challenge Day 18
my response is ( though late still )
according to the constitution
the definition of citizenship
is either one born on this soil
or one that follows the rules
and takes the tests to gain
the green card to become one.
if you stop them from getting the tests
you stop the legal process for citizenship ...
this country was founded on immigrants
the idea of immigration. the only non-immigrants were born here.
and even those were often
children of immigrants.
2026 PAD Challenge Day 17
2026 PAD Challenge Day 17
my response is :
a house with no foundation
falls in so quickly...
so too does the soul
without ego fail.
We need to build
a foundation,
stable and true...
so that with time
we know the ability
to face the truth.
2026 PAD Challenge Day 16
2026 PAD Challenge Day 16
Serena’s response:
in the twilight
of the cemetery
bleeding blooms
give relief to the chaos
of the grieving souls.
Though the bleeding
is but illusionary,
it adds to the feeling
of the graveyard at night.
2026 PAD Challenge Day 15
2026 PAD Challenge Day 15
my response is:
our forefathers set up hope
in a nation so young...
it was supposed to be freedom
for all and welcoming arms
for those who need sanctuary.
the new government are pirates
stealing the dream.
piracy of hope seems to be
unbelievable and profane...
for the reality of this country
is nowhere near what everyone
believed it would be.
Wednesday Whispers
2026 PAD Challenge Day 14
2026 PAD Challenge Day 14
my response is :
you were always there
when I awoke after
dreaming violence.
A soft safe space
to wrap around me
when I shake from
remembered violence.
I wrap myself in your love
knowing that I am done
with violence and am safe.
Pattimouse 