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  • I know it's been a hot second but I'm starved for poetry... and YWS is an all-you-can-eat buffet ;) Not sure how long I'll stay, but hopefully I'll be popping ...

    Aug 7, 2024


  • Congratulations!!! You've done amazing!! :mrgreen: :D :smt041 :smt023

    May 5, 2021


  • I am currently ranked 1420th, and I would like to jump @Unique (1156th) by writing 15 reviews.

    Apr 30, 2021

  • NaPoWriMo Archives
    Re: an exploration of hope;

    30. Nature runs her course Transcript: I finally woke-- a quiet spring morning; leaves fluttered against dark branches southward bound my raven heart flew away to war solid lines of ...

    Apr 30, 2021

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    29. Pocket Realms Hidden mirrors reflect a realm tangent to ours: what we see distorted, becomes reality in the smallest corners of this madhouse. When the sad certainty of slathered ...

    Apr 29, 2021

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    28. On the second day of April's end On the second day of April's end the birds gather in conference. They scream and banter over the songbird's twitter High up ...

    Apr 28, 2021

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    Spring Haikus 23. Self-assured scratching 'neath shadows we loosen soil; brumal frost forgot. 24. Settled afternoons are perfect for dust-bathing, naps with eyes half-closed. 25. Passion and yellow bl

    Apr 28, 2021

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    @whatchamacallit Thank you so much!! "--canned hope that sitting turns stale" is definitely one of my favorite lines that I've written ;) Also I thought it was kind of funny ...

    Apr 26, 2021

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    22. Summer She kissed my hand before she left, and I should've known she wanted to come back. The rain falls heavy and the sun is gone, escaped from this ...

    Apr 25, 2021

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    21. Amaryllis Amaryllis was your lover, and so desperate was her love that she pierced her heart again and again before she bled a flower and won you over. I ...

    Apr 23, 2021

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    20. unpopular opinion: sadness is the most beautiful emotion It's not that your sunshine shoes and ready-made mudpies are less worthy of recognition; and it's certainly not because your smile ...

    Apr 22, 2021

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    Thank you @alliyah! I've been pulling ideas from my old writing and that's what inspired 18, and a lot of the metaphors in 19 :D

    Apr 22, 2021

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    19. Sparks Have you ever felt truly lonely? Have you ever felt the cold emptiness that blankets your soul, comforting in its consistency yet parasitic, sucking the life from once ...

    Apr 21, 2021

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    18. cli·ché af·fec·tion My past is in the process of being emptied— coloring pages, half-used crayons, pages of books attempted— and I wonder if I should keep these things to ...

    Apr 21, 2021

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    17. Addled Mind I lie here sick and yellowed; too much sun bullies dry earth and fosters wind to run—swift Worries plague me like a swarm of grackles rainbow-hued lies ...

    Apr 20, 2021


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