Poetry Partners #129
‘things I kept for you’, a prose poem by ‘musingsbymac’
some things I kept for you (and only you): a toothbrush in my medicine cabinet, extra bottles of Montepulciano, a bedroom bucket list, weekly laundered bedsheets, refrigerator grapes, mirror selfies, chocolate Häagen–Dazs, a homemade birthday token, half & half creamer, the series finale of breaking bad, overripe bananas, Spanish memes, microfiber cloths, seamless pizza orders, a tinder profile, hope, and weekly therapy appointments.
- musingsbymac: https://wordsfromaweekdaygirl.wordpress.com/
A shadorma by ben Alexander of ‘The Skeptic’s Kaddish’
all once-things
shall forever be
part of you;
yes; true; still,
your multitudes actively
daily multiply
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!
List of Poetry Partners
- Murisopsis
- Judy Dykstra-Brown
- Jennifer Patino
- Mike L. Utley
- Barbara Schaefer
- Ron Rowland
- Cheyenne MacMasters
- Rae Cod
- Eric Erb
- Chris Reilley
- Jim-
- Selma Martin
- Vidah (Chavi)
- varityteller
- Veera
- Kunjal Gupta
- Coco
- Lov Verma
- bodypositivefemme
- Steven S. Wallace
- Shay Simmons
- Constance Bourg
- C. L. Barton
- Madamchryzl
- Sangeetha
- Jo
- Audrey Duff
- Gillena Cox
- Yasmin
- Martha Anewa
- Malalai Khan
- Adam Taylor
- trE
- Cindy Georgakas
- Punam
- davidatqcm
- Orion Foote
- Susi Bocks
- Mister Bump UK
- Kate Blake
- Freddie Omm
- kittysverses
- enchantedwords
- Saint Gaona
- Alan Steinle
- Karina Lutz
- Sarah David
- Beka Tucker
- Maria L. Berg
- Colleen M. Chesebro
- Jane Aguiar
- Jan Beekman
- royalpalmtree
- Marian
- M Jay Dixit
- Ken Hume
- Naa Lamiorkor Boye
- Reena Saxena
- Bridget
- Ash Evan Lippert
- Mike L. Utley
- Hadizat Motherconfessor
- Murisopsis
- Cindy Georgakas
- Swathi Rao
- Freya Pickard
- Harshi
- LaMon Brown
- Nomad
- Vedran Markovic
- The.Richard.Braxton
- Kim Whysall-Hammond
- Jeff Flesch
- hutschi
- Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
- Anca
- douryeh
- enchantedwords
- Kerfe
- Puvanesvari Rajan
- MistyBlue
- Henry Mworia
- Anna Smit
- Larry Trasciatti
- Sarah Cope
- Filipa Moreira da Cruz
- Robert J. Jr.
- Rosemary McMahan
- Iswar Kar
- Mapule Somo
- Anne Morrigan
- George Ellington
- J. P.
- Christine Bialczak
- Shalini Kathuria Narang
- LaToya Williams
- Maitreyee Telang
- Amelia Michelle Nicol
- A. J. Wilson
- Nick Pipitone
- Myrna Migala
- Kathy Labrum McVittie
- Dawn Pisturino
- Eugenia
- Tea Solon
- Marion Horton
- Hassan Safdar
- Grace Y. Estevez – Reddy
- Eileen Backman
- Suzette Benjamin
- Candace
- Tarlie Francis
- Aishwarya Kannan
- Michaël
- Mary Anne Abdo
- Benjamin Nambu
- Scotti Woolery-Price
- Ara
- Sean Matthews
- Joy A. Burki-Watson
- Filipa Moreira da Cruz
- Di
- Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
- Christine Bialczak
- Rob Kistner
- Michaël
- Sarah Cope
- Stephanie Malley
- musingsbymac
- Verne Ivars Krastins
- Brandon Ellrich
- Tallisman
- kalabalu
- Kunjal Gupta
- Malalai Khan
- Mary Anne Abdo
- M. Snyder
- Sherry Lens
- Barbara Dean Aliaga
- Devine Success
- Veera
- Maria Pavlova
- Kevin L. Perrin
- Alex Budris
- Wm. “Mark” Parry
- Rayla
- Rayla
- Artem Miachin
- Jeff Lee
- Artem Miachin
- Tanmay Philip
- Dee
- Tricia Sankey
- Cassa Bassa
- 3L
- Charles
- WickedLizzie
- L. M. Montes
- Marsha Ingrao
- WickedLizzie
- Jan Beekman
- Neha Singh
- Kaci Rigney
- Kaci Rigney
- Irobiko Chimezie Kingsley
- Gareth David Ogilvie
- Marvin Tordillos
- Jaideep Khanduja
- Poetisatinta
- Kiri Salazar
- Sadje
- Destiny
- Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
- Jaideep Khanduja
- Kaci Rigney
- Jan Beekman
- Karima Hoisan
- Melissa Lemay
- Kriti
- Susan Strasser
- Melissa Lemay
- Ancy Johny
- Destiny
- Komaljeet Kaur
- Melissa Lemay
- Thomas Kutzli
- holley4734
- Claudine
- Rose
- Braden
- Caroline Cooper
The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱 
love the poems complementing each other so well. specifics to essence works well🙌🏽
💜🙏🏻 Cindy 🙏🏻💜 ~ it’s a matter of perspective!
The list poem by musingsbymac is delightfully done on a sad subject! David, your poem has such a great twist with those last 3 line – Wow!
🧡🙏🏻 Muri 🙏🏻🧡
❤❤❤
💝🙏🏻 Filipa 🙏🏻💝
Reminds me of a poem I wrote when my dad died, “He Left Me” … You can find it at JanBeek.blog. The format is different, but the idea is the same. I love your list of saved remembrances. Yes, extra bottles of Montepulciano … who needs them? I do!
💔🙏🏻 Jan 🙏🏻💔
Lovely creative writing on offer here this morning
Prose poetry is such a wonderful way of materializing the poem inside of you.
overripe bananas, wow someone is in need of potassium here…surely the needs do multiply
Is ice-cream a favourite decadent dessert for both of you
The kept toothbrush is full of loving thoughts
Who needs extra bottles of Montepulciano?
The naughty toys are acceptable, right?
I couldn’t agree more. Frozen grapes are divine.
Who does this for love, those therapy appointments are so endearing
A beautiful love letter set in poetry prose.
Since the shadorma originated in Spain
The chosen form is the perfect response, neat and concise
Shrouded in mysteries.
🤍🙏🏻 Abi 🙏🏻🤍
I liked how musingsbymac approached this! 👍😁 I could definitely get down with the Haagen Daaz; series finale of Breaking Bad; overripe bananas; seemless pizza orders and weekly therapy appointments! 👍😛❤️😂
🤭 Ken 🤭