Each month this blog will feature a word of the month to stimulate a poem. Anyone who wishes to share a poem is invited to participate. The point is to enjoy the challenge of writing a poem inspired by a single word. It doesn’t matter if this is your first poem or five hundredth. It’s all done for the fun and exercise of writing.
Cutoff for posting the current Word of the Month poem is the last day of the month.
On the first day of each month, a new word will be posted to challenge your imagination for that month.
Please post your poems on this page, so everyone can find the poems easily.
Thank you and have fun!
David
PS: The word for March is FRIENDS.
Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog 
The Question
When I turn off the lights
with nowhere to hide―
there’s just me
and my thoughts
and the dark
together
alone
Are we friends?
© Cory Corrado (2019) (2023)
Cory
I hope you are your own very best friend. If so, alone doesn’t feel lonely.
This reminds me to reach out to friends I haven’t heard from in a while. Lovely, Cory, and a bit bittersweet.
Friends and sins. Setting back and watch as the transformation begins.
Two couples started out as friends then somehow it became more than that. Couple “A” male started meeting with couple “B” female. On the sly of course just a fling. Unbeknownst to this action the other half of said couples began seeing each other on the sly as well. Keeping the sin a secret was causing more pain than they all could tell.
One day the truth came out. Two divorces came about.
The newly divorced couple’s got remarried in a double ceremony remaining good friends till death they did depart. This is an amazing very true story of friends and sins and happiness in the end.
story shakes me to the core…
Don Barrett
It’s amazing they could stay friends.
It was amazing for sure. Both couples had kids before the swap. The kids remain friends to this day. We own the bowling alley at the time. They continued to bowl on league’s together for years. Totally true story. I guess the heart wants what the heart wants.
Wow.
Don, this tells a fascinating story that seems to have ended well. Thanks!
My haiku for March…
your smile, your presence,
your contemplation, your love;
my gratitude dear friend
Beautiful tribute.
So simple and so sweet!
Becca
Lovely.
Oh Becca, to give and receive this lovely sentiment–a blessing, a gift, a friendship to treasure.. Beautiful!
Thank you very much, Cory!
For That Tolerant, Oh So Open Minded Friend From High School
You pride yourself on your tolerance.
Your posts herald your heart
unkind, uncalled for, unbidden.
You believe that the world
is entitled to your opinion
… about everything. Berating
anyone’s opinion adverse
to your own, unfriended,
expletive adorned, cliched
to the curb.
I meet what
I can with love, emoji, reality,
the rest, I say nothing
there is nothing more …
Linda T. Dickman
Linda T D
Glad that friend got left behind.
This has made me remember the angst of high school and all that drama. Well done!
Finding Home
By Linda Boyden ©2015, 2023
If you have a true heart,
you know how to listen.
You understand the
negative space of silence,
how words linger
in our hearts,
how stories dwell
within our ears.
If you have a true heart,
you are a friend for life,
one who will listen or
smack you upside the head
when necessary.
If you have a true heart,
you catch the unspoken need
behind the words
and will be there
with him
beside her
hold a hand
jump a dead battery
let supper grow cold
pace lonely hospital halls
because you know,
you remember what
the elders taught you:
Friends cross distances
to help each other find home.
Linda B
I love this reminder of how wonderful a friend can be. Even after they are gone the goodness remains in our hearts.
The Two of Us
by Marge Waldschmidt
We went to the same school.
We played the same games.
We celebrated birthdays together.
We asked each other for advice.
We shared similar dreams.
We travel to mark milestones.
We tell the same stories.
We hug like best friends.
We are siblings.
This sure captures the bond between sisters! Lovely.
Marge W
Good one. Not all siblings are friends, so it is extra special when they are.