Microprompts

I've been pleased with how useful a platform Twitter can be for sharing poetry.  I've discovered several hashtags for prompts, one of which is #Microprompt  Each day the prompt is a single word. 

The prompt for Apr 15 was 'mud.'

In First Place

Princess of the urban forest

competing in diaper swim suit.

No beauty queen sash,

but now a full-length evening gown of mud.

Not yet able to master the wave,

but gets all 10s for the smile

and the squeal

as the garden hose

dresses her down.

On Apr 13 it was 'give.'

 

A long April

The rain giveth and the rain taketh away.

Nothing to be done but remember last year’s sun.

Slip off the running shoes.

Sprout seeds in hope of summer.

Soothe the dark with a seat by a fire.

Savor a crisp of saved-up berries

warm from the oven.