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A Poem A Day Writing Prompt 08 December 2023

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK "A Fever Dream" "When night falls" "A Bridge Needs Crossing" Image by Leo Karstens Use the form below to submit For more info about A Poem A Day click here

Under The Soil by Celia Turner

[tabby title="Poem"] quartered potato was buriedits blind eye activated.White shoot emergesthreading through soilseeking sun, kiss of air,roots rampage,nutting nodules,replicating tubersto swell, suck moisture,fulminate flesh to harvestcook, steam, tantalize,be graced by rivuletsof butter, fueled fromgreenest of grasspassing-throughdigestedonce more to earth. [tabby...

A Poem A Day Writing Prompt 07 December 2023

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK "Gather My Fears" "Smells Like Anxiety" "Coping Mechanisms" Image by John Hain Use the form below to submit For more info about A Poem A Day click here

A Firefly Flailing In A Glass Jar by Nkateko Masinga

[tabby title="Poem"] I wanted to love him without his voicebeing the small god to whom I offered myself at night;a threshing floor sacrifice, clandestine,not destined for or deserving of the morning light. I wanted ceremonial bonfire;drums and drunken delusionto distract...

A Poem A Day Writing Prompt 06 December 2023

1 rule: SUBMIT YOUR BEST WORK "Fuel for Passion" "Heat and Proximity" "The Fire Inside" Use the form below to submit For more info about A Poem A Day click here