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Seed in the Shadows

...In seventh grade’s uncertain glow,
She sat outside where shadows grow.
Backpacks slumped, the sunlight waned,
While restless truths could not be named.

A thought slipped free, both shy and sly,...

Breathing on Ashes Slope

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Written: July 19, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Rob Carmack

Quote "The eye goes blind when it only wants to see why" by Rumi

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I stood while ...

Remembering Until

...I heard a song that took me back
The lake in '85
Almost like I was still there
And she was still alive

I listened and I sang along
Then heard her voice so clear
Singing with me, in my head
A...

Flower Chide IX, Thornpact

..."Eons back, we feared the petal's grace,
called beauty pride, and named it place"
"Mistakes were made, but wisdom stayed"
said Thallorin,"not every path must be replayed".

Each bloom now unders...

At American Family Field

...We used to be huge baseball fans
(The Yankees, but, of course!)
And followed all their games and cheered
Until our throats were hoarse.

Our fervor somehow waned and now
We couldn’t even name
...

LOST

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Lost in echoes of darkened time
dampened, dithering, dazed
wet withered witches mime a dime
fearful, I’m mazed or crazed 

Calling Divinity, voicebox shut
eyelids glued, nostrils stuffed 
...

The Dreams of Anemone

... The forested , odorous moonlight
       is bedecked with an unparalleled  dream. 
  It shields the colored, mazy
   track from the fettered,
  chained grass.
The gory river gleaming 
in th...

Whispered Refrains

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Written: June 17, 2025, For contest Sponsored by: Brian Strand

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longing 
             goes On
our warm kisses 
                      ignited a     f i r e—
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Message in a Seashell's Shanty Melody

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Far inland, in the cold and gloomy, 
misty wooded mountains,
I huddled up to an open fire.
I picked up a large conch shell,
clad in mother of pearl, 
resting by the fireplace and listened,
ey...

As We Metamorphose

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Written: May 23, 2025, for contest by Unseeking Seeker

Line of inquiry:

“Being mistook, we burnt the book
thoughts rest, we dwell in our heart’s nest
touched by spirit, our b...

CASEY’S SECOND CHANCE!

...The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
The score stood four to two, with but an inning left to play.
And when Cooney fell at first, and Barrows met the same,
A hush of sorrow...

Flowers, Saints and Seasons

...Bright, bright light of dawn, surrounded by the tall, tall flowers.
A newborn flower, newly drawn while O’er me others tower.
A life began amidst so many, cradled close to mother’s plenty.

Mild,...

Memorial Junior High

...Malcolm and Courtney at Memorial"

In the halls of Memorial Junior High,
Where lockers clanged and dreams flew high,
Two hearts met in a gentle spin—
Malcolm and Courtney, love would begin.

B...

Broken

...*Broken* 


Emotions that breaks a heart
Feelings of deep caring
My desire for someone to talk to 
Loneliness to grieve
My suppressed pain
Oh! This temporal defilement
When my soul becomes m...

Cacoethes

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Written: December 30, 2024 for Contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh

Fearful individuals may find claustrophobic environments enticing. He battled his formidable opponent Cacoethes for t...

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