“On Laughter Lines”
Weekly Poetry Prompts: #484 by Robert Brewer
For today’s prompt, take the phrase “On (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and write your poem. Possible titles include: “On Point,” “On Target,” “On and Off,” and “On the Last Day of School.” “On Laughter Lines” my mother has these laughter lines.
they spill from the corners of her eyes and
crinkle
ever so slightly
so that when she smiles it looks almost as though
she’s