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Challenging Poetry

by Rhyssa

Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #1912256

a descent into poetry insanity

These are poems I'm writing for various month long challenges.
I'm not sure how sane I'll be at the end . . .

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Joy

May 1, 2024 at 11:27am
In response to "like lightning illuminating the world in shadows"

Gorgeous! I like that "explosion" of meaning.
I love your work.

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Cappucine

Apr 30, 2024 at 11:55pm
In response to "like lightning illuminating the world in shadows"

A lovely piece - effective imagery.
Thanks for sharing your poetry again this April

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Joy

Apr 30, 2024 at 12:27pm
In response to "the promise of flowers"

Lovely. Who doesn't like peonies!

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Katya the Poet

Apr 30, 2024 at 7:04am
In response to "the promise of flowers"

Wise and beautiful. Love that peony you paint for us!

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winklett

Apr 29, 2024 at 8:17am
In response to "once upon a midnight"

What a sweet sadness. I used to dream I knew "the most important thing in the world" in a sense, as well...I had unlocked the secret to floating/levitating, and it disappeared in a wisp when I awoke. I hadn't remembered this in a while until I read your poem.

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Katya the Poet

Apr 29, 2024 at 7:39am
In response to "once upon a midnight"

Beautiful. I had a dream like this once, too, involving reading the meaning of life on the tiny page of a tiny book....

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Joy

Apr 28, 2024 at 3:24pm
In response to "in her skin"

Amazing how you took the skin and beauty and ended it all up in a sad note. ❤️

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Rhyssa

Apr 28, 2024 at 11:19am
In response to "two and a half miles from home"

It was 400 worth of wiring issues.

winklett

Apr 28, 2024 at 7:45am
In response to "in her skin"

I love your poetic examination of self and skin, and the touching comparison to your grandmother, beautiful despite the loss of cognition.

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Solace.Bring

Apr 28, 2024 at 12:45am
In response to "in her skin"

... I carry life / on my skin, touches and links / to the past and friends and / memories ...

I will think of these words next time I look in a mirror.

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Poem #	1	on completing a goal	1.31k
Poem #	2	the day before	1.53k
Poem #	3	Daphne's fate	1.14k
Poem #	4	stories in the sky	1.43k
Poem #	5	the life of a graduate student instructor	1.55k
Poem #	6	Bonfire Night: 5 November 2000	1.23k
Poem #	7	on knitting a scarf	2.05k
Poem #	8	some thoughts on the ending of a relationship	1.42k
Poem #	9	mirror	0.44k
Poem #	10	on fairy tales	1.15k
Poem #	11	on a lingering and absolutely, completely rational fear	1.66k
Poem #	12	meeting the in-laws	1.29k
Poem #	13	good/bad	1.54k
Poem #	14	manic Monday	0.43k
Poem #	15	peace	0.75k
Poem #	16	bleeding money	2.03k
Poem #	17	on heroes and powers	2.24k
Poem #	18	on winning a fiction contest for the university magazine	2.15k
Poem #	19	purple ink	1.06k
Poem #	20	the family knot	2.22k
Poem #	21	tornado drill	2.75k
Poem #	22	ghostly gossip	2.61k
Poem #	23	moving violation	1.44k
Poem #	24	Beads--with apologies to Joyce Kilmer	1.12k
Poem #	25	nightmare	2.30k
Poem #	26	Remember me—	1.89k
Poem #	27	(for a moment)	1.06k
Poem #	28	after the thesis	1.52k
Poem #	29	fish story	0.87k
Poem #	30	waiting for blood	2.16k

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