longette – Page 2 – Wordflower poetry

River with mangroves and a boardwalk path with someone walking away

My first writing retreat 19 February 202617 February 2026

I Am Pretty Sure Those are the Same Cops I Saw Dragging a Disabled Woman Across the Pavement By Her Dislocated Arm A Few Years Ago 8 February 2026

I was stuck on the Reservation, so I married a Native American man (my new boss), and cancelled my doctor’s appointment in Billings, Montana 5 February 202624 January 2026

Your February Longette Prompt: Commercialism 3 February 20261 March 2026

elevator sign from Japan, with Japanese and an English translation "please refrain from talking" and an emoji type image, in white reversed out in a blue circle, of a person with index finger to their lips

In defence of the humanity of the listener in the Era of Monologue 🔊➡️🔊👂and a reminder to myself to pipe down and listen, for pity’s sake 2 February 202624 February 2026

a fire burning low, with ashes and some unburnt square pieces of wood

The front door creaks open — stillness interrupted — heavy footsteps cross the threshold, the waft of body odour displacing fresh air, a familiar voice can be heard, 1 February 202624 February 2026

A different day — an ocean pool — more forgetting — a smile that once would have fluttered a heart — no scalpels and luck holds firm 29 January 20266 July 2026

striking black and white image of coffee beans, coffee in a cup and milk in a cup...a bit like a yin yang symbol but triangles with the inset contrasting circles of colour

Colour Contrast: A Various And Varied Variety — on Blackness, Whiteness, Greyness, Brownness — by Blacklisted & Anonymous; Whitelisted & Obvious; Gray, Greyer & Greyness; Brownlisted & Balanceness 20 January 202628 January 2026

view of mainly blue sky with light cloud and a slim slice of ocean at the bottom. There is a bronze sculpture of a woman at the right hand side, looming large

At the local swimming pool — the only one with unbarbered legs and no towel, chocolates dragging me down — but the sky is blue 17 January 20266 July 2026

What the heck is a Longette? 16 January 20263 April 2026