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Sponsor: Nette Onclaud, Visions of a Vignette, 6/22/2025

Staircase

shadow
shimmies up stairs
catches my eye
and ceasing its pursuit
stops so I can snap its soul
coiled and still

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Evelyn Judy Buehler

June 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM

Enigmatic and lovely! This captures the imagination! Congratulations on your win.

Nette Onclaud

June 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM

mystery lies within your phrases, so wonderfully crafted kim...kudos to you and thanks for being part of this journey!

Karen Jones

June 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Wow! What a suspenseful write! Great job and congratulations on your win Kim!

Sara Kendrick

June 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Back with congratulations on your winning work in this contest. Way to go. Thank you for sharing your work with us. Sara K

David Crandall

June 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM

Great poem, I love how the shadow shimmies upstairs, then catches your eye and stops!

Oliver Mckeithan

June 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Interesting Vignette Kim. Good one and the image of the soul is excellent

Tahira Parveen

June 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM

Very well written Kim. Hugs

Anne-Lise Andresen

June 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM

- ... got a creepy feeling ... great done, Kim :) - GL in the contest :) - hugs

Heidi Sands

June 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM

Great one Kim! Well done :)

Sara Kendrick

June 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM

This one reads like a good contender to me. Way to go. I thought about maybe using that prompt, but your competition here would have been a great one. Sara K