2024 Poetry Challenge on X

Finding Time to Write in the Margins - Part 1

Have you ever thought you could write more if you had a deadline?

I have.

And do. This October I set a goal to write two new poems each month.

I have found that X, formerly our Twitter tweets, have now become one of favorite ways to relax and combine a visual with a fresh, never been posted, written on the spur of the moment, inspired by a writing prompt, poem.

I hope you’ll join me there and try next week’s writing word prompt.

You can find me and follow me on X at this link below.

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Another Day

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Will my sorrow drip like endless tears

Or melt in the mud of my yesterdays?

I strap my hours with longing

To brave another day—

A fresh chance to make amends—

Hushing trembling fragments

From a troubling dream last night.

I clutch the joy of living

To breathe another day—

A moment on a tightrope—

Not flailing steps ahead

In uncertainty and fear.

I pace the time with promise

To thrive another day—

A chapter on my journey—

Where hope perseveres

Like love from the heart of God.

Will healing tears will mend my yesterdays

As I walk this path tomorrow?

Falling in Love with Iowa each Fall

Poetry on X - November, 2024

Falling in Love with lowa

Iowa seasons surge into waves

Of vibrant flaming colors-

A tapestry of golds and greens

Crimson fiery red and shades of brown

And a golden glow glimmers

Behind each turning tree.

Iowa hears the changing season sing

With simple sounds-leaves crunch under foot

Tractors plow the welcome earth

And the State Fair vendors shout-

Celebration hopes for next year's prize.

lowa boasts a holiday harvest

Of favorite tastes.

Yellow maize and sunshine squash

Berry pies and minced meat treats

And pumpkin-orange warmth

In a cup of caramel roasted coffee.

My Iowa feels like home

In every single way

Especially in the Fall.

Check out other poems on my PROSE & POETRY page.

And comment below with a link to your X account.

Or tell me where I can read your poetry.

THANKS FOR READING.

Patricia Tiffany Morris

POEMS on X: Another Day