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as my hand crampeth

by ridinghhood-p.boutilier

Rated: E · Folder · Activity · #1209211

items written for the Writer's Cramp

Intro Rated: E

Size: 60 Items

Created: January 28th, 2007 at 12:08pm

Modified: March 8th, 2026 at 8:54am

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Location: My Portfolio

Genres: Activity, Contest, Writing.Com

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One of my favorite items on writing.com---especially during Poetry Week---always inspiring prompt!

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The Writer's Cramp

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Song of the Wolf

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2355754

When the wolf is at the door...HOWL!

Created: Mar 8th, 2026

Modified: Mar 8th, 2026

Size: 0.43 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Music

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Epiphany

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2352547

a poem for Epiphany 2026

Created: Jan 5th, 2026

Modified: Jan 5th, 2026

Size: 0.47 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Spiritual, Holiday

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Gravestone

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2319088

a double cinquain for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Apr 28th, 2024

Modified: Apr 28th, 2024

Size: 0.21 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Death, Personal

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Abandoned Pasture

Rated: ASR · Nature · #2311535

olive fields in Gaza

Created: Jan 6th, 2024

Modified: Jan 6th, 2024

Size: 0.30 KB

Genres: Nature, Political

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Ecology not Theology

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2306755

a hendecasyllabic for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Oct 18th, 2023

Modified: Oct 18th, 2023

Size: 0.67 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Nature, Spiritual

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Legacy

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2306735

a monorhyme for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Oct 18th, 2023

Modified: Oct 18th, 2023

Size: 0.77 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Family, Personal

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Imagine

Rated: E · Inspirational · #2306335

for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Oct 11th, 2023

Modified: Oct 11th, 2023

Size: 0.88 KB

Genres: Inspirational, News, Other

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Broken

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2304615

for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Sep 16th, 2023

Modified: Sep 16th, 2023

Size: 0.22 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Personal

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Spirit in the Night

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2303652

prompt: spirit in the night, for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Sep 1st, 2023

Modified: Sep 1st, 2023

Size: 0.44 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Death, Music

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Meet Me at the Castle

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2302437

writer's cramp entry--prompt:meet me at the castle

Created: Aug 12th, 2023

Modified: Aug 12th, 2023

Size: 0.75 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Fantasy, Women's

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August

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2301714

for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Aug 6th, 2023

Modified: Aug 6th, 2023

Size: 0.73 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Spiritual, Women's

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Brave New World redux

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2300217

the next step in evolution

Created: Jul 22nd, 2023

Modified: Jul 22nd, 2023

Size: 0.59 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Personal, Women's

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Manifestation

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2299765

a Naani poem for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Jul 14th, 2023

Modified: Jul 14th, 2023

Size: 0.27 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Personal, Women's

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Sibyl

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2299476

a Waltz Wave poem for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Jul 9th, 2023

Modified: Jul 9th, 2023

Size: 0.49 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Spiritual, Women's

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Ten Again

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2299373

my mind returns to ten again, for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Jul 7th, 2023

Modified: Jul 7th, 2023

Size: 0.43 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Women's, Personal

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Mother Tree

Rated: E · Nature · #2294542

for Earth Day

Created: Apr 23rd, 2023

Modified: Apr 23rd, 2023

Size: 0.92 KB

Genres: Nature, Contest Entry, Other

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Pests--405 words

Rated: 13+ · Comedy · #2279570

when you have bad neighbors written for the Writer's Cramp, human pests

Created: Aug 29th, 2022

Modified: Sep 21st, 2022

Size: 2.64 KB

Genres: Comedy, Contest Entry, Occult

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Sisters

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2279133

an elevenie for the Writer's Cramp, 1.,2,3,4,5....for my sister's birthday

Created: Aug 22nd, 2022

Modified: Aug 22nd, 2022

Size: 0.68 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Women's, Other

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Flowers of the Forest

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2278975

climate change

Created: Aug 20th, 2022

Modified: Aug 20th, 2022

Size: 0.80 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Environment, Other

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Cooking with Kay

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2278802

how to win a cooking contest, for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Aug 17th, 2022

Modified: Aug 17th, 2022

Size: 2.96 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Comedy, Food/Cooking

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July Heat

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2277703

urban heat islands

Created: Jul 31st, 2022

Modified: Jul 31st, 2022

Size: 0.47 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Environment, Political

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Uncovering the Bones

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2274885

Verdandi the Norn comes to my party

Created: Jun 15th, 2022

Modified: Jun 15th, 2022

Size: 1.67 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Fantasy, Women's

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Seventy

Rated: ASR · Contest Entry · #2272055

an yttrbium (seventy syllable) poem for my birthday.

Created: Apr 27th, 2022

Modified: Apr 27th, 2022

Size: 0.65 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Personal, Women's

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Winter Witch

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2264782

I want what I want

Created: Jan 8th, 2022

Modified: Jan 8th, 2022

Size: 0.42 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Food/Cooking, Women's

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Somnia Tarot--XIX

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2263428

written for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Dec 13th, 2021

Modified: Dec 13th, 2021

Size: 0.39 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Dark, Other

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Water Song

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2254455

for the Writer's Cramp. water is life

Created: Jul 11th, 2021

Modified: Jul 11th, 2021

Size: 0.64 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Nature, Personal

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Something to Crow About

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2240193

for Winter Solstice 2020

Created: Dec 21st, 2020

Modified: Dec 21st, 2020

Size: 0.44 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Holiday

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Halloween 2020

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2234075

for a covid Halloween, written for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Oct 4th, 2020

Modified: Oct 4th, 2020

Size: 0.62 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Holiday

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Living in a Dream

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2229490

time to live her dream

Created: Aug 15th, 2020

Modified: Aug 15th, 2020

Size: 2.66 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Women's, Spiritual

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Orange Walls

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2221837

Writer's Cramp entry--prompt: affects of a colored wall

Created: May 13th, 2020

Modified: May 13th, 2020

Size: 0.92 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Family, Other

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Beltane 2020

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2220811

written for the Writer's Cramp,a bit of whimsy in this time of pandemic

Created: May 1st, 2020

Modified: May 1st, 2020

Size: 2.07 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Holiday, Women's

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The World is Your Oyster

Rated: E · Personal · #2220271

written for the Writer's Cramp, form of 4 lines, 20-25 syllables

Created: Apr 26th, 2020

Modified: Apr 26th, 2020

Size: 0.32 KB

Genres: Personal, Contest Entry, Other

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Just A Day in April--Believe V

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2218372

a full moon meeting with Sybylla, for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Apr 7th, 2020

Modified: Apr 7th, 2020

Size: 1.42 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Personal, Other

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Valentines

Rated: E · Romance/Love · #2212693

written for The Writer's Cramp, for my husband, prompt: All the valentines in the world

Created: Feb 11th, 2020

Modified: Feb 11th, 2020

Size: 0.48 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Holiday, Contest Entry

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Advent

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2206898

December, Advent, written for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Dec 2nd, 2019

Modified: Dec 2nd, 2019

Size: 0.81 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Holiday, Spiritual

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Dreaming

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2205949

dryads, written for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Nov 19th, 2019

Modified: Nov 19th, 2019

Size: 0.36 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Other, Other

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a small act of kindness..

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2197933

entry for writer's cramp

Created: Aug 11th, 2019

Modified: Aug 11th, 2019

Size: 0.51 KB

Genres: Contest Entry

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Scrying

Rated: E · Biographical · #2184331

written for the prompt, I didn't realize I had a blindspot till they blindsided me.

Created: Mar 3rd, 2019

Modified: Mar 3rd, 2019

Size: 0.55 KB

Genres: Biographical, Women's, Other

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Old Woman and Her Shoes

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2160704

I admit I have a shoe addiction

Created: Jun 11th, 2018

Modified: Jun 11th, 2018

Size: 0.45 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Western

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Monday Sunset

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2160162

a Monday in Naples, Florida----a shell speaks to you

Created: Jun 5th, 2018

Modified: Jun 5th, 2018

Size: 0.93 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Nature, Personal

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Plushie Nation

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2160019

if plushies ruled the world, plushies are people that like stuffed animals

Created: Jun 3rd, 2018

Modified: Jun 3rd, 2018

Size: 0.75 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Personal

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The Point

Rated: E · Travel · #2157567

scatter my ashes at Point State Park

Created: May 8th, 2018

Modified: May 8th, 2018

Size: 0.70 KB

Genres: Travel, Contest Entry, Personal

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Violettes Precieuse

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2156945

because it is May

Created: May 1st, 2018

Modified: May 1st, 2018

Size: 0.64 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Personal, Women's

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The Hermit

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2156405

written for the Writer's Cramp, bolded prompt words

Created: Apr 25th, 2018

Modified: Apr 25th, 2018

Size: 1.24 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Personal

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Hurricane Honey Spell

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2155562

a recipe poem

Created: Apr 16th, 2018

Modified: Apr 16th, 2018

Size: 0.63 KB

Genres: Contest Entry

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We (for Mary Oliver)

Rated: E · Contest · #1427541

for the Writer's Cramp

Created: May 18th, 2008

Modified: Sep 3rd, 2008

Size: 0.71 KB

Genres: Contest, Women's

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roses

Rated: E · Contest · #1271168

a pleiades poem for the Writer's Cramp...stop and smell the roses

Created: Jun 3rd, 2007

Modified: Jun 3rd, 2007

Size: 0.40 KB

Genres: Contest, Nature, Spiritual

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Joanie's Blue Crab Cafe

Rated: 13+ · Contest · #1258674

a haibun for the Writer's Cramp---prompt:the South

Created: May 6th, 2007

Modified: May 7th, 2007

Size: 1.50 KB

Genres: Contest, Community, Food/Cooking

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Freedom

Rated: E · Contest · #1258482

personal freedom, collective freedom---written for the Writer's Cramp

Created: May 6th, 2007

Modified: May 6th, 2007

Size: 0.55 KB

Genres: Contest, Political, Personal

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Lady Day

Rated: E · Contest · #1257856

a double acrostic for the Writer's Cramp...for Billie Holiday

Created: May 4th, 2007

Modified: May 4th, 2007

Size: 0.44 KB

Genres: Contest, Music, Women's

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Half-Mast

Rated: E · Contest · #1256900

a haiku chain about rain for the Writer's Cramp--for Virginia Tech

Created: May 2nd, 2007

Modified: Jul 25th, 2011

Size: 0.45 KB

Genres: Contest, Community, News

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Daffodils

Rated: E · Contest · #1256414

A Chronos~w form poem for the Writer's Cramp about daffodils and NYC

Created: May 1st, 2007

Modified: May 1st, 2007

Size: 0.44 KB

Genres: Contest, Nature, Spiritual

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Koninginnedag

Rated: E · Contest · #1255827

a Dutch Tanka for the Writer's Cramp

Created: Apr 30th, 2007

Modified: May 1st, 2007

Size: 0.72 KB

Genres: Contest, Cultural, Community

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No Fences

Rated: E · Contest · #1219586

I couldn't build a fence if I tried

Created: Feb 17th, 2007

Modified: Feb 18th, 2007

Size: 0.74 KB

Genres: Contest, Political, Opinion

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palabras y preguntas(words & questions)

Rated: E · Contest · #1209202

the pregunta form for Writer's Cramp

Created: Jan 28th, 2007

Modified: Jan 28th, 2007

Size: 0.58 KB

Genres: Contest, Personal, Spiritual

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Fatherless

Rated: E · Contest · #1189896

a dodoitsu for "The Writer's Cramp"

Created: Dec 12th, 2006

Modified: Jan 28th, 2007

Size: 0.27 KB

Genres: Contest, Family, Personal

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SCAT

Rated: E · Contest · #1175390

written for the Writer's Cramp--a hendecasyllabic poem--about a local jazz singer

Created: Nov 5th, 2006

Modified: Jan 28th, 2007

Size: 0.69 KB

Genres: Contest, Music, Personal

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Widow's Walk

Rated: E · Contest · #1175178

a sedoka written for the Writer's Cramp--prompt:the moon

Created: Nov 4th, 2006

Modified: Jan 28th, 2007

Size: 0.46 KB

Genres: Contest, Death, Women's

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Sugar Donuts on a Sleepy Sunday

Rated: E · Personal · #1168335

Sting and I turn 55 this year

Created: Oct 15th, 2006

Modified: Jan 28th, 2007

Size: 0.69 KB

Genres: Personal, Women's

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Light Bodies

Rated: E · Contest · #1087002

written for Writer's Cramp prompt: light

Created: Mar 27th, 2006

Modified: Jan 28th, 2007

Size: 0.60 KB

Genres: Contest, Romance/Love, Scientific

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