Morning Brew [Poetry]

Coffee 

steamy, bittersweet 

swirling, warming, awakening 

mornings, heat, sugar, cream 

comforting, loving 

You. 

© 2014 | Jazelle Handoush

I Am A Poet [NaPoWriMo Day 1]

It would seem, sadly, that I am ink stained.
The darkness has stuck to my skin until it dissolved within,
seeping to saturate my veins before making a mess of my soul.
My typewriter requires it as ink, so something with meaning might
find its way onto a page and stay.
It takes the chaos in my mind and makes sense of the matter,
so much so that it almost resembles actual art.
The sadness isn't that I'm seemingly cursed, stained from skin to soul,
but that to be a poet and stain the world, I'm required
to open up a vein, so every soul
is ink stained.

© 2014 | Jazelle Handoush

NaPoWriMo [Prompts]

I will be participating in National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) this year. Here is a list of prompts a fellow writer sent me. Please feel free to participate; in fact, I encourage it! I'd love to see your takes on these prompts. Good luck, ink stainers!

Day 1: I am a poet.
Day 2: I own my flesh.
Day 3: Tell a lie.
Day 4: Love through letters.
Day 5: A thousand kisses deep.
Day 6: Monochromatic fears.
Day 7: You have 7 days to live.
Day 8: Glow in the dark stars
Day 9: Misplaced bones
Day 10: Write as if you are a body part.
Day 11: Wake the dead.
Day 12: Love bites
Day 13: I never think about ____ anymore.
Day 14: Find me.
Day 15: 7 Deadly Sins
Day 16: 3AM coffee
Day 17: Kiss the stars on her arms.
Day 18: ‘Last night—’
Day 19: What is your sign? Write about it.
Day 20: Galaxy skin
Day 21: What is tangled up in your heartstrings?
Day 22: A fight in a stairwell
Day 23: A forbidden desire
Day 24: Stitched the words into my heart
Day 25: Cross-hatched skin
Day 26: Artist fingers
Day 27: Holding up the universe
Day 28: Dig deep into your chest, pull out your heart.
Day 29: Converse with Monsters.
Day 30: Are my words poetic enough for you?