Challenge

Emotional Rollercoaster

Now, here is the challenge - your work needs to contain strong emotions, at least 2. Poetry, prose, fiction, non-fiction - doesn't matter. BUT no more than 50 words. I feel like that's mean, but I'll take my chances. Good luck and have fun

The Journey In Us All

Chapter 29 of 188

WhiteWolfe32

the seamstress

every word

is another blow

my self esteem a pile of rags

torn apart by your seamstress hands.

you said you'd fix me

but now i'm worse

than i was before.

why can't you

stitch me back together

and make me perfect

like you promised?

am i really beyond saving?

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faded_imagery in Poetry & Free Verse

43 reads

you only fuck me when youre drunk

you only fuck me when you're drunk

that's okay

i only feel alive when i'm asleep anyway

maybe if i had one ounce of creativity

i could

get out of this fucking city

if we didn't feel so empty

i could

maybe take you with me

the work day slips into a year

i dont know

what it cost to be here

dying in this world is fighting battles

we can't win

theres no love lost here or to begin

keep making excuses to stay alive

promise me

your world cannot be mine

you only want to fuck me when you're drunk

it's okay

i'd only love you when you're asleep anyway

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Challenge

Things you can say about a book/poem, but not your girlfriend/boyfriend.

Cover image for post Reading threesome, by Yen

Yen in Comedy

262 reads

Reading threesome

I do a few at a time so I don't get bored.

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Challenge

Things you can say about a book/poem, but not your girlfriend/boyfriend.

Cover image for post Untitled, by VixieJay

VixieJay in Comedy

143 reads

I can't wait to get into the next one.

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DaveK in Poetry & Free Verse

196 reads

Suicide By Snuggling

I will taste the orchestra of your breath

and drink the dripping melody

that rings within your vision as

I hang my future from your lashes.

with a tinge of pain we'll smile

from the deep. my head sunk

into your chest, counting tides

and dreaming to the heavy ticks

of relevance, imagining

I can stay here in the warmth

until we die within

this beautiful comfort.

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Challenge

Prose Challenge of the Week #15 in partnership with The Micropoetry Society. Use the following word to create a piece of micropoetry: “DISTORT.” The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100, the runner-up will receive $25. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #poetheme and #micropoetry.

EJSaydah

540 reads

The Violent Listener

You found a way to twist my tongue-

my words became disfigured.

Your hands wrung around each uttered verse-

and loosened when they withered.

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Challenge

Prose Challenge of the Week #15 in partnership with The Micropoetry Society. Use the following word to create a piece of micropoetry: “DISTORT.” The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100, the runner-up will receive $25. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #poetheme and #micropoetry.

dibs_j

264 reads

Reflection

Your reflection on the water's edge

is drowning fast,

let truth seep through

past these distorted masks.

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Challenge

Prose Challenge of the Week #15 in partnership with The Micropoetry Society. Use the following word to create a piece of micropoetry: “DISTORT.” The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100, the runner-up will receive $25. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #poetheme and #micropoetry.

aniketnikhade

106 reads

A Stitch In Time Saves Nine

Distortion of facts can be misleading,

definitely leading to chaos and confusion.

Better adhere to truth,

sort out each and everything.

Keep things simple.

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Challenge

Prose Challenge of the Week #15 in partnership with The Micropoetry Society. Use the following word to create a piece of micropoetry: “DISTORT.” The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100, the runner-up will receive $25. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #poetheme and #micropoetry.

ajackson7

158 reads

Use caution

it's easy to distort

how the world sees us;

what's harder to change

is how we view ourselves;

You can’t distort the future

Not yet…

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Challenge

Prose Challenge of the Week #15 in partnership with The Micropoetry Society. Use the following word to create a piece of micropoetry: “DISTORT.” The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100, the runner-up will receive $25. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #poetheme and #micropoetry.

CassidyMarisa

393 reads

I myself am not

Distorted.

My beliefs about myself are.

Someday, those won't be distorted either...

Just maybe not today.

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