Staircase

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

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

Date: 6/26/2025 8:43:00 PM

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

Nette Onclaud

Date: 6/26/2025 5:21:00 PM

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

Karen Jones

Date: 6/26/2025 10:02:00 AM

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

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/25/2025 1:57:00 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

Date: 6/24/2025 9:18:00 AM

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

Oliver Mckeithan

Date: 6/24/2025 12:05:00 AM

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

Tahira Parveen

Date: 6/23/2025 8:19:00 AM

Very well written Kim. Hugs

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 6/23/2025 7:02:00 AM

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

Heidi Sands

Date: 6/23/2025 4:33:00 AM

Great one Kim! Well done :)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/23/2025 2:54:00 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