Eight-line Poems 2 (Book) https://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/2316158 Now You Tell Me? Oh, extended irony, it takes a lifetime and geriatric eye to understand, in last epiphany, how dear to us is youth. I donât regret a thing; at least I had my fling. Line count: 8 Free verse For Senior Ventry Forum No prompt. ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:14:34 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1122132 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1122132 Writerâs Block Nature abhors a vacuum emptiness is a resounding gong a deserted room and meaningless song. Like the dry well refreshment departed a cracked bell creativity not started. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 04.30.26 Prompt: Feeling like an empty well. ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:27:54 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114748 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114748 Stormy Thereâs excitement in bad weather, when the wind is strong enough to make one stagger on the path, raindrops biting at exposed skin. Then dark the clouds are massed, scudding through the heavens, and the blood racing in the veins, so that life becomes aware again. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 04.29.26 Prompt: Walking in extreme weather. ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:44:21 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114670 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114670 Sweetheart Sweetheart, a word of long ago, speaking of times so distant, with songs of love so soft and low, and magic in the precious instant. Electric touch of hand and lip, eyes so deep and dreaming, elder flower taste on every lip, thus the loved one seeming. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 04.28.26 Prompt: Write a poem about a sweetheart. ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:12:18 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114589 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114589 Worthless Lost shoe on the highway cast off and deserted without sign of a partner unwanted and worn. Battered and bruised its best days are gone wandering over abandoned alone. Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 04.27.26 Prompt: Write a poem about something worthless. ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:28:48 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114482 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114482 Five Five words in every line, five words to catch them, five words pronounced so fine, and so to enlighten them. One word for the unaware, one for the brassy bold, one for the glassy stare, all for less than gold. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 04.24.26 Prompt: Write a poem with 5 words in every line. ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:15:22 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114199 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114199 Wall This wall erected to celebrate whatâs mine is mine and yours is yours and also thus to demarcate the boundaries of our endeavours. To guard my thoughts and shelter thine for which weâve fought and drawn the line. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab For Express It In Eight, 04.23.26 Prompt: Write a poem about a wall. ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:23:33 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114124 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1114124 A Moment How long is a moment? Is it an instant in time so fleeting and miraculous that it exceeds all expectation? Or can it be a lifelong experience of sheer joy and special being that lasts forever? Line count: 8 Free verse For Express It In Eight, 04.20.26 Prompt: The beauty of a single moment. ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:33:41 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1113879 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1113879 [Image #2357566] Clutter The landscape of my desk overpopulated mess a lifetimeâs scattered tracks confusion piled on stacks. And yet the clutter works a use for all that lurks each one assigned a place secretly ordered space. Line count: 8 Rhymed aabb For Express It In Eight, 04.13.26 Prompt: Clutter. ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:09:57 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1113245 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1113245 Democracy Suggestion the question discussion concussion. Awareness bewareness in fairness itâs squareness. Line count: 8 Rhymed aaaa bbbb For Express It In Eight, 04.12.26 Prompt: A suggestion box. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:25:36 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1113150 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1113150