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Rated: 13+ · Book · Cultural · #2299350

Poems for years 4, 5 and 6 of the Promptly Poetry Challenge.

A year's worth of poems, every week for 52 weeks, spanning 2023 and 2024, plus the years following, from August 2024 to August 2025, 2025 to 2026 (provided I live that long, of course).
January 2, 2026 at 11:45am
January 2, 2026 at 11:45am
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Looking Ahead

Heads up
concentrate
vision pinpointed to the distance
one headlight focused
at extreme range
pool of light
in the darkness
on we hurtle.

Shapes flash peripherally
today glimpsed formless
in the night
and in the mirror
yesterday piles its dreams
forsaken.


Line count: 14
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry Challenge 6, Week 20
Prompt: Looking Ahead as the title. Write a poem inspired by it. A minimum of 12 lines is required.
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