loose leaf and spiral bound

Recently, I discovered that Mark Hall is a brilliant music composer and producer. He ever so graciously gave me permission to peruse some of his pieces and use them to jump start my writing flow. Here's the thing - - I love music of every kind. I played the clarinet for 8 years in the school concert band (Yes, I was a band nerd. Hard to believe, right?) and I can associate all of my favorite memories with particular songs. It's just how I'm built. I love listening to movie scores and putting myself in a "mood" and I take my daily play list at work very seriously. With that said, I had never thought to reverse the process and listen to a song first and THEN figure out the story to go with it. But that is exactly what Mark let me do. Thanks for that. (I'm not even being sarcastic. Seriously, thanks.) For reference, track #2 was the inspiration for this poem. I heard the first 30 seconds and knew precisely what was going on in that house. " This hous...

It's only been a few months since I did my last Zodiac inspired writing prompt. NO big deal. I haven't been procrastinating -- I've been busy. Yeah. BUSY. So to pick up where I left off, here we go with #8 in the series. I call it " Feral " ,  It started with one dance and we kept it up all summer long It was hot and burned so bright Nothing soft about it -- this was fierce and ferocious You wanted "us" more than anything Growling out your declarations there was nothing tame about your honesty You were so obviously in love with being in love you forgot to love those little pieces that made me Loyal to a fault You wouldn't let go of my arms Couldn't hear me cry Wanted to keep me close But when I started walking away You took of at a dead run I guess when you are done, you're done not even a single look back Now I'll never know if I made you cry My guess is that you haven't forgiven I know you haven't forgo...