Tag: #halfmadpoet

2026 PAD Challenge Day 24

2026 PAD Challenge Day 24

My response is :

faeries are born
from the laughter
of newborn babies,
or so we are told.

but I believe that 
Banshee are made
from forgotten hugs
when loved ones pass.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 23

2026 PAD Challenge Day 23

My response is :

when I thought  
I had forgotten
how to fly,
and it hurt so much 
all I could do is cry...

when I realized the wing
was broken and laying loosely
I determined that i must 
fly anyways.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 22

2026 PAD Challenge Day 22

my response is :

memories from long forgotten places,
I find myself watching it from a distance 
as though I am stuck in a repetitive
dream without any way out.

drifting into something resembling 
an active dream of poetry 
and possibility

2026 PAD Challenge Day 21

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.

Monday Poetry

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 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.

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.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 13

2026 PAD Challenge Day 13

my response is:

her movements were
       hypnotic 
using only her hips she 
       spoke volumes.

they call it belly dancing 
but she made it hypnosis,
calling me to her,
creating a desire, 
              that felt so forbidden.
I wanted to watch her move 
until the whole world ended.

2026 PAD Challenge Day 12

2026 PAD Challenge Day 12

my response is :

the treasure I buried,
in the time capsule 
wasn't something anyone 
else wanted to add.

others added pictures 
and bits of themselves,
I added words bound bright.

For when the capsule is dug up 
and all of the treasure is found,
I want to speak to the future of 
knowledge forgotten and thoughts 
profound.