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Withdrawn from contest

Inspired by Silence Listens, Ink Empress (2025)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metaphor Treasure Hunt

“This mind is a nightingale, featherless, forever restless”
This body is a mummy,  lifeless, forever breathless
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Rodrigues Avatar
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Great mix of words! Well done!
Jones Avatar
October 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thanks! I couldn’t get the format for the contest.
Wolf Avatar
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This gets fetter with vuccessive siewings, Karen.
Jones Avatar
October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Oooooooh lol
Rodrigues Avatar
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Think of Pirate Gershon pretending slur his words…better with successive viewings…lol
Jones Avatar
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I don’t know what you mean. But I withdrew it from the contest. Lol
Crandall Avatar
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is good for Halloween!
Jones Avatar
October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
lol!
Etgen-Baker Avatar
October 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
great contest entry...."Ink" had such a way with words
Jones Avatar
October 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thanks! I’m not sure the format is totally accurate. Yes Inky is brilliant!
Dietrich Avatar
October 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Ohhh that is wonderful. Ink is a fountain if metaphors. Sure miss her here
Jones Avatar
October 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Me too. Is she ok? Why is she gone do you know?
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