Coffee
5 – 'Thanks, have a great day.'
8 – Fingertips touch just briefly as change is exchanged
7 – Flickering eye contact, blush of a smile,
6 – Imagining a million possible 'What If?'s
5 – Without the risk of falling.
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Clumsy
5 – I'm no good at flirting,
8 – I never learned the subtle cues and signals
7 – Necessary to express my vague romantic passions.
6 – Instead, I learned to stockpile my passions
5 – And pour them into poetry.
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Encounters
5 –We both know our limitations,
8 – That after this we'll go our separate ways
7 – And probably forget each other almost instantly...
6 – But while we have the opportunity
5 – Let's just enjoy the conversation...
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Futility
5 – I could pay you compliments
8 – Until my voice was horse with the exertion
7 – And never hear a single word returned.
6 – You wont acknowledge mere shallow flirtations -
5 – Your attention must be earned.
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Proposition
5 – 'Have a drink with me?'
8 – 'Maybe – if I thought we'd have a drink
7 – And that's where things would really end.'
6 – 'Come on. Don't you trust me?'
5 – 'Impossible. I know you're type.'
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Words & Numbers - A Collection of Prompt Poems
PoetryA collection of poems created from various online poetry prompts - most of them are inspired by a single word, with a randomly generated number determining the number of words for each line. These were really fun to write!
