Morning

28 August 2021 Saturday Poetry Prompt: the time you begin

You know it stays morning for most of my shifts these days — blending into a landscape orientation with black uniform black pants –

but I wasn’t on the hunt anyway and didn’t need the camouflage

crumbling full circle while only half turning round and only getting half of a point of view — the collision of dreams with nightmares

I was in pain — I convulse almost by memory stepped up to the restaurant window to pick up what I don’t remember ordering –

it is half a human hand — holding a pencil whose tip has been smashed beyond recognition – only a wooden nail now –

I admit it — I don’t like being alone but how do I get my memory back after turning one name in my mouth over and over –

and the past 24hrs were all a morning blur – ink still drying on my hands.

J.D. Harms 2021

Prompt:

(Ach! Gods, I published this accidentally a day early!! Mea culpa. Oops. Careful with the scheduling, J.D. …)

Over the years, I have sworn by many different writing “times”, times I artificially/really designated as my most productive. I think there’s an irony in that, and, as time goes by and I am more driven to write than ever, I have slipped into a space where I can draft virtually throughout my day. The last three hours of my day, however, especially as my condition has ordinarily contrived to keep me low on energy, were generally a dry zone. Does time of day matter to you? Can you write all over, or just in certain blocks? Write a piece that begins from the image of what time you set yourself up to write (oh, yes: for me, for the last few years, the morning has been my dedicated writing time. I have recently learnt how to keep it up through the whole day, to make use of what time I can snatch). It doesn’t have to be only about you writing, but use that as your opening idea/image, and continue to amaze us all with your stellar contributions! Tag me in it.

Keep reading Scrittura: there’s some really, really epic work on here these days!

Melissa Coffey Zay Pareltheon Jessica Lee McMillan Viraji Ogodapola Eli Snow Samantha Lazar Adrea Kore Lennie Varvarides Paroma Sen Connie Song Rambling Rose MDSHall Jesse M. Gonzalez Jeff Langley Joe Luca Joseph Lieungh Caitlin Rebecca Suzanne V. Tanner Fox Kerry Thief J.L. Littlejohn Gary Chapin Pablo Pereyra Chris Mooney-Singh Kristie Darling Mimi Bordeaux Alex Guenther Dennett Ann Marie Steele Ana-Maria Schweitzer Barry Dawson Jr. IV Sydney J. Shipp Lori Lamothe Andrea Juillerat-Olvera Annine Massaro Era Garg Vic Spandrio Danielle Loewen Terry Barr Vixen Lea Gurpreet Dhariwal Georgia Lewitt Renee Podunovich Wry Welwood Theodore McDowell Rhonda Marrone Jaylee Reign j.calabrese Jac Harmony