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Wordmorph going from tombs > woken. Best read with a standard resolution monitor, or in landscape mode on mobile. 
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Undoing the Disarmament of Venus de Milo: Aphrodite Gets Her Biceps Back

Tombs begin to bloom like raw, bloodless wounds.
Tomes are written with truths of her dead moon’s
tones. A keening lunacy keeps the dirges alive, while
bones rise out of repose. A degloved hand on the dial
hones into a night rainbow's radio, she runs on solar,
hopes for the rhythm to wrench free from her toller—
copes with the captivity of being bodiless hands. Twilight
comes to chance escape—open palms toward birthright.
Coves burst into flame; a hungry fire wants holier water.
Coven circles, recovers the skinless limbs of their daughter.

Woven like song, sirens' balm to restore coats of missing arms,
women are spells read correctly, using words as our alarms,
woken to language, resurrecting ancient pairs of sacred charms.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Anaya Avatar
December 24, 2024 at 8:52 AM
How clever this, although I can't imagine her with arms. The broken pieces of her arms sadly tossed away. Last stanza or the entire poem, i think should be bronzed into a plaque and kept 'neath her. Congratulations on your win! Faving :):)
Kendrick Avatar
December 24, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Congratulations on your winner in Brian's contest. Way to go. Thank you for sharing your work with us. Sara K
Rodrigues Avatar
December 23, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Great job! It is a fun form to write! Congratulations!
Woods Avatar
December 23, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Wow amazing xo
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