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3rd in 5x5x3 Contest (Sponsor: Miranda Hawley)

Judged: April 26th, 2025

Writer's Block

I have had this fear.
It started as a rattle.
I would rather not self-diagnose-
worry my afro kinks straight.
I let it pass breezily.

In my room of metaphors
I closed the door, shut 
out the attitudes of reality:
Bold, beautiful, young, and restless.
I wasn't mindful of her,

She and you, or us.
Our contact disassembling, just contract...
tempers like daggers over lactose.
"I'm unavailable!?" because you were 
penning soliloquies for the stage.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Hawley Avatar
May 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"I like the lines in my room of metaphors I closed the door, shut" I can relate to that problem sometimes. Congratulations on your win in my contest.
Fowler Avatar
April 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Oh dear Trina. Just keep writing. Pretty soon it will all come together, as you have in this winning poem. ;) Congratulations! :)
Ibeh Avatar
April 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Writer's block sucks. We're all at its mercy from time to time. Your muse will return before you know it, Trina: -) Marvelous poem!
Layne Avatar
April 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Thank you, Edward, for giving this one a read. Your comment is appreciated.
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