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  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    16. Underwater Cave The only movement in this cave startles and ripples upset a once clear mirror with drops of disquiet, chilled to marbles. I sit by the edge of ...

    Apr 19, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    15. Vanishing Point(transcript) In the whole field of wheat there was but one girl Who picked up the tender hay the mowers left behind And like the wheat her heart ...

    Apr 19, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    14. Making Bread Greet the waking fire with hands at work, dirty and sooty and altogether too poor and wash them in the mornings dew. Once the beasts of earth ...

    Apr 18, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    13. Biodiversity My pen skates in a snow-melt wetland ink on page is water on soil, and the blooming weeds are the pinpricks of my imagination I like to keep ...

    Apr 15, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: 2021 Badge and Contest Information

    NaPo Completion 1. Two sides of a coin 2. Bee Sting 3. To a broken heart 4. Go 5. An Unfulfilled Wish ~High-Five~ 6. Hospitality 7. background noise 8. Bottled ...

    Apr 15, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    12. Coming Home I search the valleys deep where life collects; like rain drops dashing down my taunt tent flaps to crumbly dirt and clover patches decked. I search through ...

    Apr 14, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: on castles and cupboards

    Heya @Spearmint! Since you left so many lovely comments on my wall, I thought I'd repay your kindness

    Apr 14, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    11. The Yellow Wallpaper(also a short story about insanity if you want to check it out) Tendrils creep and sprouts sing aware of the beaming rays of light but blankets ...

    Apr 13, 2021
  • Will Review For Food Re: General Request Repository

    Hey y'all! I'd love it if someone could review my poem, Hospitality !

    Apr 13, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    10. Wood Shavings We who prize perfection would forget our own rough edges and whittle away at the smoothest curves-- too ashamed to share our troubles; too wrapped up to ...

    Apr 12, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    :DD I'm so glad you caught that @Spearmint! have a wonderful day/night too! 9. For When Faith is Lost Truth drags comet-trails over my head In majestic fireworks and stained-glass ...

    Apr 11, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    8. Bottled Hope Bottled hope for I and every child; but naught to the adults who've left us behind We've never made it ourselves --canned hope that sitting turns stale; ...

    Apr 11, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    7. background noise The power of your storyteller's song entrances us more than the tale rhythms like a collapsing waterfall tune like a bird in flight the whispers sharper than ...

    Apr 10, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    thank you @Spearmint!! Sometimes my poems just start out as fragments and I have to piece them together which makes rhythm a lot harder xD But I'm really glad you ...

    Apr 9, 2021
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: an exploration of hope;

    6. (draft) Hospitality Fizzy earth drowns and gorges me as I collapse on new green grass. The stars are sleeping bees in limbo and the emptiness between them is a ...

    Apr 8, 2021


When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and leave the world wondering how you did it.
— Grace Helbig