Yard Sale of Thoughts

The stereo plays something familiar 
but in a new chord.

Like you’ve been hit by an arrow,
you fall on the melody's sword.

A break-up anthem with yourself.

A song that shadows the half moon
and makes it whole. 

You limp a while more,
not realizing you're wounded.

Leave trail of roses on 
the kitchen floor,

but the pool is ready.

You're only inches from 
the diving board.

©2025|K.F.Hartless

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Cover Art: Original Oil Painting by Cornwall-based artist Joe McDonald.

GloPoWriMo #5 After a busy day hosting my son’s birthday party and starting to reorganize post-earthquake, I still managed to squeeze in a little poetry writing and a nice bath. Cheers!

Today’s (optional) prompt is inspired by musical notation, and particularly those little italicized –and often Italian – instructions you’ll find over the staves in sheet music, like con allegro or andante. First, pick a notation from the first column below. Then, pick a musical genre from the second column. Finally, pick at least one word from the third column. Now write a poem that takes inspiration from your musical genre and notation, and uses the word or words you picked from the third column.