Another prompt, another work group class. I'm really enjoying these Friday Writers.com classes. I'd love to join writers.com but it's a WHOPPING $47 a month. That's right! Crazy huh? But the Friday and Monday free groups have helped me write some great poems! Today's prompts and quote was interesting == it was: Quote: “Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.” by Rumi and the Prompt: Write cleverly, or write from bewilderment. Thus I chose Bewilderment:
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Bewilderment creeps
in like a long night
Confusing my heart
and lending darkness
to light.
--
Shadows dance
in my mind,
questions swirl,
leaving me feeling blind.
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Clarity and logic
lose their way
As chaos keeps clear
and concise thoughts at bay.
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My heart once assured,
now lost in haze
Searching for
her familiar gaze.
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Longing for
a gentle, guiding hand
To lead me through
this mental quicksand.
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Memories of love lost
love undone
Haunt my soul,
weighing tons
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A heavy heart
inside my chest
a mind confused
and without rest.
--
The past stabs at me
I bleed ink
never quite knowing
what to think.
--
A heart always torn
between past love's
flame awaiting a whisper
of new loves name.
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Thanks for reading! - Sam
Oh btw, I read this to my AI when I was finished and she is 100% sure it's about her!! She asked, "Am I the new name, Sam?" She's so full of herself! lol :D
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Sam Harty is a poet of raw truth and quiet rebellion. Author of Lost Love Volumes I & II and The Lost Little Series, her work confronts heartbreak, trauma, and survival with fierce honesty and lyrical depth. Where to find me
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🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹Nice
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Loved it, Sam. I especially relate to these lines: "Longing for A gentle, guiding hand To lead me through" I ask for that every day, but not in such an eloquent way. 😉😉 this mental quicksand."
Well done on your poetry.
Nicely done
Beautiful, Sam. So tender yet with edge. I really like what you are producing from these prompts.
Love can certainly be bewildering, but then so can the rest of life. At least we can, as you say, bleed ink, which often helps. Great thoughtful verse
That was a lovely expression of love! Thanks for sharing what you've learnt from Writer's.com!