Contest: September Challenge: Writing
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
Date: September 12th 2026
Open up your lenses and see the magic
surrounding you. Colours are like the zest
to a lemon, like the sparkle of the eyes!
Colours give life zing and zest.
They are admired by widened awestruck eyes
as the soul absorbs the depth of their magic.
Flecks of colours complete the iris of the eyes.
In many ways, they complete creative magic
and are associated with each persons zest.
Colour's magic sparkles zest through the eyes of the beholder.
author's note: We don't have covered bridges in Texas. I can still remember seeing my first one while living and working in Indiana. I was awestruck, in love with the nostagia associated with these historic structure.
It arches like memory~
wood darkened by rain,
each plank carrying
some half-forgotten syllable
from a century
that didn’t hurry.
Step inside
and the air changes.
Light slips through the slats
in uneven stripes,
and your footsteps answer back
as though the bridge
has been waiting
to hear them again.
Outside, the river keeps moving,
unimpressed by nostalgia.
But within the span,
something lingers~
a quiet craft,
a kind of shelter
that feels borrowed
from another life.
Every covered bridge
is a held breath,
a pause between
where you were
and where you think
you’re going~
a place where history
doesn’t mind
being crossed slowly.
I did not
have friends
when I was
little
because
other Latines
in Chicago
didn't want
to befriend
the local
autistic
weird girl
or deal
with the
stigma
of being
associated
with the
adopted.
Just like
Setsuna Meioh
I guarded
a time door
to ancient
memories
for what
felt like
an eternity
and that
isolation
is basically
why I tend
to still choose
to be alone
even though
I know that
I do have
friends now.
Note: Setsuna Meioh does not belong to me. But she is one of Naoko Takeuchi's fictional characters whose essence resonates with me the most out of all the Sailor Senshi.
"Sraboner Dharar Moto Poruk" is a Rabindra Sangeet composed by the legendary Rabindranath Tagore, set to the Bihag raga and Dadra tal. It was first composed in 1914 at Santiniketan and is often associated with the Bengali film Alo (2025), where it was sung by Arundhati Holme Chowdhury.
Monsoon reign, usher during the incessant endurance, the mutiny of the bountiful Frye
A fading croon and even angels ask with then with them on my clan, on my chime to thyme
A childlike serene trickling downpour a pair of interstellar solar pail, a refrain to brim a hoopoe
dear dark nay to know not more than that, even though to intertwine, a cosmos a birdfeeder sow
mundane a lifetime this life a frontage a facade a premise in my low, in my high
Monsoon reign, usher during the incessant endurance, the mutiny of the bountiful Frye
I want this message from the past
When things like you're hearing now are illegal
When it's totally clear what you face
I want you to know if you don't resist
It will get worse
It's not going to get better
You will realize that you're the leaders
You will realize that it's up to you to act
This is my message to the future.
You don't have a choice
The attacks they launched against you
Herding you into the cities
Every few years a more horrific event
You have got to spread the word
Everyone will see the truth
You're in lock down prison cities
I'm speaking to the secret police of the future
Your families are dying from the bio weapons
You're dying from the engineered cancers
That information is restricted to you now
In our time we were able to access that information
Before it had been erased
"I know many of you in the future will be emotionless
Because of the vaccines
They attacked the areas of your brain
Associated with endorphin absorption"
Many of you have been lobotomized
I'm sorry that we didn't fight hard enough
I'm sorry that we didn't do everything we could
I want you to know we tried...
Tears are wet to the palate
salty to the taste --
we cannot not live without
the water...nor salt --
and their expulsion associated with
many miseries, many deaths.
My focus though is on joyful tears --
laughter that pains the
ribs in a good way, after a funny story
well told -- a child overwhelmed
by a blessed gift becoming happily
emotional. We are lacrimal in a very
poignant sense~ for what reaches the
surface, through trial and error, while
intense, outwardly drippy, is substance
of a great connecting conduit. And despite
ambient fluctuations of internal springs,
over-all life is devotedly nurtured by a
Maternal Sky~ keeping dear watch,
moistening and drying according to
the ripening needs of her children.
EMBLEMATIC PURSUITS-:-
pleasing
bygones
days
pleasantly
appear
but NEVER GROW
recalling
symbolic
meanings
once
forgotten
lost RECOLLECTED
associated
positive
detailed
expressed
hopes
As the sun shines outside, you rise from your bed.
You start your day as a flower stretching her arms to God for the warmth of his promise!
As you pray you are making breakfast to have your belly be fed
Even in the early hours where you are concerned in life, you still smile as you remember the promise!
You place the hijab around thy pretty hair and head before you open the door
Walking outside you see the bush in the garden with the Roses that call you by name!
A beauty walking into the garden with a warm smile, love is at your core and his core.
Within the heart of a true man that has loved you from the first time you opened your door!
The Lilly loves the Roses and picks them to take their beauty within her heart.
It looks like you are smelling the Roses or are they smelling you and feeling an internal peace within their life.
Smiling at them (Roses) and smelling their fragrance causes the darkness to part!
The Roses wish that they were human so that they could claim you as a wife.
The only that deserves to have her name be associated with Roses!
The only flower (that you are) that has the right to hold the Roses!
The Fast Frigate Regatta on the Patuxent River" The Novel Idea"
is spoken to inspire the formation of a Organization to do so.
From idea to commandment the Work-to-do into a Work-in-process
could create a new sporting event
that could bring travelers and revenue to our area.
This is an idea to be welcomed by many-many river
loving people. The Culture of watermen is know thing new
to this area. A Provincial Council decree in 1678 mentioned Ferry
Operations here: and don't forget The modern naval station
located at the river's mouth was constructed between 1942–1943.
We have a long history here in the Patuxent River Valley and River.
World Class Competition that is aimed at showcasing the competitive edge
of River Racing. Terms and Terminology often associated with River Racing Includes.
concepts like technical, high-speed maneuvers on moving water. Other terms include phrases like,
whitewater disciplines.Feathering,Luff, Luffing etc. etc.
crucial for generating revenue and competitive advantage.
or non-physical assets that lack physical form.
Oh Moon, high above
Long associated your
Luminance with human love; your many phases
Simply uneven reflections, heated blushes of
Of our often less than perfectly performing hearts —
From your lofty altitude, can you give a hint,
Where has my love traveled? Since I drove
Her foolishly away, my heartstrings regretfully
Unraveling —
Dear Moon, can you not flash a code for me,
Project before me a hopeful beam that I
May follow? Give this foolish, remorseful soul
Relief from his own self-imposed hollow.
Please tell her of my longing, in your many dreamy ways.
Tell of my sorrow, clearer to me my own darkness, now in
Lightness days. Tell her using your best romantic displays.
Perhaps your graceful gleams will find a fond
Opening for me, if one yet remains in her distant
Heart? You, Mother Moon, bringing strays together, investing
Love's all – to see us then so sadly, thoughtlessly apart.
Meaningful girl redheaded.
Daughter of John and Elaine Grey.
Mind situated
Thoughts, tensions. Mind breaks
Revelations
Tell a communications.
Kinesis
Mind reeling reading
Telekinesis
Student of Charles Xavier
Original X man.
Red headed Marvel Girl
Member of Uncanny X-MEN
Reading your mind
Powerful, Psych blasts
Showcasing immense omega-level
Telepathic and telekinetic abilities
Powerhouse mutant capable of flight,
Energy manipulation, and mental control
Psionic abilities to protect mutant kind associated
With the cosmic "Phoenix Force".
Spirit of the Phoenix
Jean Grey MARVEL GIRL Phoenix
4/19/26
Written by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
The elaborate composition part 2
Last night the storm tore through my yard, and ya'll had
me feeling like I was being mean, cause I don't wanna
do this but if the We ought a's out number the nah's,
I will do-it if there if a film associated with it. It better be
"ne plus ultra" I mean very special and outstanding.
Or maybe we'll need to find
someone else to start looking out for our interest.
Summer tour's need to be fun and safe.
Not outcasting fans who already know who we are!
Mellifluous and euphony are the new words we need to focus on.
It just sounds preternatural and out of place.
I'll do it. we are gonna adjust to make it modern and our's!
I saw all my colors in spirit, before my eyes.
Wild, almost crazy lines were sketched in front of me.
~ Wassily Kandinsky
Is it a bird? I ask trying to decipher rational from naught,
And then I weep turquoise imploring a God
I cannot feel, cannot touch ~
But to see sound and hear color is a gift
Of spirit ~
Shall we soar with yellow trumpets
And red violins, blue cellos,
Or stay earthbound
Trying to make sense of a bird
Where only essence exists?
NOTE 1: Kandinsky experienced colors as having distinct sounds; he associated yellow with a high trumpet, blue with cello or organ, and red with a violin.
NOTE 2: Native Americans, particularly in the Southwest, revered turquoise as a sacred, living stone—often called the "Sky Stone"—believed to be a gift from the spirits that bridged heaven, earth, and water.
A TOUCH OF IRONY-:-
random
open
fragmentary
inscribed
repeatedly
as A REPOSTE
through
associated
contrasts
stirring
provocation
with SIMPLE UTILITARIAN
reawakenings
deactivating
emotional
forgotten
memories
[Placed 2nd : Standard Contest
Sponsor : Tania Kitchin]
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hug
extracts
incense smoke
penetrate veins
woody breast opened
rooted solid
smiling leaves
waving
dance
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Poet’s Note : Cedar is an important Native American ceremonial tree, the bark used for incense and as a purifying herb. It is associated with prayer, healing, dreams & protection. Many consider the Cedar a symbol of sacredness & providence. Its bark, used in sweat lodge ceremonies has a sweet, strong smell ~ making it conducive to spiritual work. This tree symbolises purification & inner transformation.
In ancient Native American rituals, tribes danced around Cedars saluting their attributes. I start this Ninette with HUG & end it with DANCE as salute to the POWER OF ONE.
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