Poetry Month Weekly Challenge

It’s poetry month so I thought I’d once again share a one-week poetry challenge! These are prompts I’ve collected from all over and have actually written on too, so I’ll be sharing the prompt list and my entries for them!

1. Write a poem where every line is a question and the last one an answer

2. So many skies

3. Here’s to moving on

4. Keeping the light on

5. All of my ghosts

6. Seems like forever 

7. Write a poem where the last word of the previous line is the first word of the next line

And here are my entries!

1. Write a poem where every line is a question and the last one an answer

Are we going to be alright?

When everything feels so bleak?

When the state of the world feels like it’s falling apart, how can we even sleep?

How do we contend with rights being stripped away?

And when there’s so much uncertainty, how do we get through every day?

Are we going to be alright?

Doesn’t the Earth keep spinning, and each day still arrive?

And somehow when we focus on the simple moments, don’t we manage to survive?

Because there is a fight to stand for, but won’t we need our strength?

So take a step back and a deep breath, don’t you think you’re also important?

Are we going to be alright?

It’s going to take time 

And it’ll be a hard fight

But in the end, I think we’ll all be just fine

2. So many skies

I looked at the sky at dusk

Sitting by the river in a land far away

And saw the same pinks and blues that colored the sky today

I gazed at the stars at night

In a place far from city lights

And saw so many that I could barely believe my eyes

I watched the sun rise 

As I drove down the road

Seeing the colors that paint the day explode

I often look up

To admire the sights

Aren’t we so lucky to see so many skies

3. Here’s to moving on

I want to go back

Feel your skin on mine again

And taste your lips, sweet as sin

I want to call you up

And say just once more

Can I please dive in, from your shores

But I can’t help but wonder,

If I touched you now would it still create that spark?

Would it still feel as if you’d left your mark?

Something tells me

It wouldn’t be the same

That the touches and kisses are going to fall short

From what I remember 

Back when we were together

That magic was real

But only for a short time

And I guess it’s passed since you’re not mine,

So what else can I do but await the new dawn

Here’s, I guess, to moving on

4. Keeping the light on

My love I hope you know

That for you I'd wait forevermore

I want you back on my shores again

I wake up everyday seeking your presence 

Because life is too heavy sometimes 

And you have a way of making it light

There are times I feel like I should give up

But the me of the past 

has worked too hard for that

So I'll sit here and keep the light on

In hopes that joy will greet me with her happy song

5. All of my ghosts

The sun was shining when I dug up the grave

And finally lay to rest what couldn't be saved

Tears were streaming on a cloudy afternoon

When I realized I had to let go of him soon

It was a dark night

As I drove and cried

Over what I was about to lose

That spelled out the shape of you

There have been many endings I've had to bear through

So here is a toast

To all of my ghosts

6. Seems like forever

Seems like forever 

When your skin was on mine

And seems like forever 

Until this hurt stops taking up my mind

Our past is just as far away

As the future that’s here to stay

And I’m stuck in the middle

Feeling as if everything…

Seems like forever

7. Write a poem where the last word of the previous line is the first word of the next line

I catch glimpses of Joy

Joyously hiding behind the every day

Daily tasks, maybe you’d even call them mundane

Mundane to you, but to her it’s home

Home where she lives amongst the sips of your latte and pages of a book

Bookshelves holding your favorite things and the hot shower you just took

Took it because you had to, but did you get to see

See that Joy was hiding in those moments of warm relief

Relief at the end of the day, or your smile when facing the sun

Sunshine is everywhere whenever Joy turns up

Up and around the corners of your daily life

Living to seek her out is the best way to fight strife