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Written on May 13th, 2025 for Ink Empress's Micro Poem Poetry Contest

Open graves, petrichor pelts a casket nailed shut—awoken by trembling flashbacks, clawing for air.

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/29/2025 6:26:00 AM

oh my, that would be a horrifying thing. Congrats on the win. Very well done.

Sara Jama
Date: 5/30/2025 9:36:00 AM

Thank you very much.

Ink Empress

Date: 5/29/2025 2:52:00 AM

You have a unique way with words and this is no exception, everytime i read the prompt takes i kept finding this as so very attractive and exquisite! One that is so very descriptive and haunting! As you know i love dark poetry, and its so impressive how in few words youv expressed so much, in a soulful manner! I know you dont like word counts but youv nailed it here! Thank you for sharing! Congratulations on your win: sending you light

Sara Jama
Date: 5/30/2025 9:35:00 AM

Thank you very much Ink.

Lin Lane

Date: 5/13/2025 4:26:00 PM

Oh, Sara. You've gone totally Poe, and I'm loving it! I have been nailed in a coffin, not knowing I was dead and wrote about it. LOL not literally but it was a few years ago.

Lin Lane
Date: 5/13/2025 7:43:00 PM

That's very special.

Sara Jama
Date: 5/13/2025 5:28:00 PM

Thank you so much. Poe is my favourite poet. I have a beautiful leatherbound book of his works.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/13/2025 4:13:00 PM

Quite the nightmare!

Sara Jama
Date: 5/13/2025 5:27:00 PM

Thank you very much.