Stranger than fiction. Write a piece of 15-to-50-words in any style or genre, featuring a real-life strange occurrence.

it can be anything that's happened to you or even something you've heard of happening, so long as you're sure it's happened. (or at least pretty sure.)

Cover image for post Candle Light, by MissChanelleJoy

MissChanelleJoy in Nonfiction

104 reads

Candle Light

Essential oil invades air

From oil burners in my lair

Until one day, I came to see

A tealight candle had been set free

Upon the floor it sat ablaze

As though placed there for my gaze

No soul had entered, except I

So can someone please tell me why?

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Stranger than fiction. Write a piece of 15-to-50-words in any style or genre, featuring a real-life strange occurrence.

it can be anything that's happened to you or even something you've heard of happening, so long as you're sure it's happened. (or at least pretty sure.)

jboulette5671 in Nonfiction

55 reads

Indignation

The entire beach fell instantly silent. The green garbage bag I had seen floating from one end of the beach to the other was finally being pulled into shore. In an instant, disgust at litter changed to horror. It was not a garbage bag. It was a drowned woman's back.

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poetsdream in Micropoetry

152 reads

Melody

I would

Love to be

The melody

Within her

Finger tips

Playing on

A grand

Piano

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Challenge

Write a humorous limerick.

jboulette5671 in Comedy

48 reads

Welcome

There once was an overbearing mother in law

Whose out- of- state grandkids she so rarely saw

When she did she pinched cheeks

Met with pained, disdained squeaks

And a daughter in law, with firmly set jaw

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Write a micro-poem conveying an important opinion or view in as few words as possible.

The criteria is only that a micro-poem is written showing as much meaning as possible from the writer on a specific topic (preferably) labeled at the end of the piece. The idea is to share strong, complex feelings in few sentences. (Not sure how many will see this, but for those who enter, thanks!)

Azimuth in Micropoetry

189 reads

The Strength of Weakness

You let me

love you

for your

strength.

Are you

strong enough

to let me

love your weakness?

...to see

your heart

and be that

missing

part?

Or will you

hide what's weak

so long,

you'll

never know

that

together

weakness

becomes

Strong?

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Challenge

"In the end..." | RIP Chester Bennington.

If anyone of you wonderful people here on Prose are struggling with mental illness and suicidal thoughts, please know that you're not alone. There are people who care, people who will listen, and want to help. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please seek help and contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

mnine

156 reads

In the end, it's something we have in common.

Long summers cool and we must retreat inward to face the helix.

Paying our dues for the experiences we have, original and inescapable,

We are borrowed.

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Azimuth in Poetry & Free Verse

140 reads

The Empty Places

If I never took a risk,

there'd be no jagged scars

furrowed on this mortal soul,

nor engraved upon my heart

If I never took a risk,

no scars would map the places

of battles lost...and won,

no trophies for those races

If I never took a risk,

there'd be no gaping place

chiseled from my heart...

making you a perfect space

But since I took that risk,

The wounds of risk have healed

sealing you inside of me,

...in those empty places, you have filled

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Challenge

"In the end..." | RIP Chester Bennington.

If anyone of you wonderful people here on Prose are struggling with mental illness and suicidal thoughts, please know that you're not alone. There are people who care, people who will listen, and want to help. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please seek help and contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

zikeda

291 reads

in the end, i’ll be

f r e e

my reality

birthed from the tar

soaking my bones and

drowning my lungs in

fear,

fear

in the end, i’ll be

f o u n d

my resound

voiced from the ache

haunting my heart and

gutting my soul with

hurt,

hurt

in the end, i will

f a d e

my masquerade

come to a close,

breaking the mold and

reflecting my life in

truth,

truth

in the end, i will

s e e

the real me

from beyond the thoughts

plaguing my mind and

veiling my eyes with

black,

black

in the end, i’ll be

free, i’ll be

found

and i’ll fade

when i see that

in the end,

it doesn’t

even

matter.

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Challenge

Finish this sentence “I’d love to _____ but my _____ just _____!” (And then write a story that follows it.)

Prose or poetry, any genre

jboulette5671 in Fiction

60 reads

Excuses

I'd love to move

Forward

But my foot

Just fell

Asleep

Guess my

Circulation

Is yelling

At my heart

Wake up

Move

Wake up

So I trudge on

Slowly

At first

Then picking up

Speed

And my daughter

Watches

She sees all

Weakness

Fallibilities

Sometimes strength

And always

Undeniable

Love

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Challenge

Write a micro-poem conveying an important opinion or view in as few words as possible.

The criteria is only that a micro-poem is written showing as much meaning as possible from the writer on a specific topic (preferably) labeled at the end of the piece. The idea is to share strong, complex feelings in few sentences. (Not sure how many will see this, but for those who enter, thanks!)

KenzieKat in Micropoetry

112 reads

After.

Death, deduced by a doctor as the conclusion of my life but dare I say I imagine something different.

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