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Rafaelopezjr in Poetry & Free Verse
• 7 reads

Naivety

Take me, do.

I am true.

Can I trust you?

Or will you

hurt me too?

I can't

read your eyes.

Should I

expect lies?

I will take

a chance.

On this

romance.

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Rafaelopezjr in Journal
• 4 reads

Weather Permitting

naked feet

on cool wood floor,

summer breeze

though it still pours,

sipping tea,

my place and yours

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Live Prosers Society
This one isn't so much a challenge as it is a vehicle. For the new users, or ones browsing to decide on us, list your favorite writers here, why you like them, or just their screen names. Also, feel free to add your favorite piece of work from yourself, if you feel so inclined. This post will be spotlighted once a week or so for visibility. Loving the streams here.
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Rafaelopezjr
• 28 reads

My Today

At the station throngs

walk about their day

headed towards their goals.

I hear for their songs,

but no tune will sway

me to what they know.

Some faces hurry

by, while others glide

and still - nothing new.

How I would scurry

towards wisdom's guide!

My path, though askew

takes me from that place.

I follow laughter

to an oasis.

"This park seems the place

where wisdom gathers,"

thought I, rapt in bliss.

The congregated

sat, those well-to-do,

displaying their wealth,

and how they've grown fat!

Their hullabaloo

deciphered in stealth

yielding dull gossip.

Praising themselves while

berating their friends.

Turned up nose and lips

deforming their smiles.

All towards what end?

I run to solace.

Cathedrals, temples,

mosques and synagogues

all regurgitate

from the judgmental

sounding catalogue.

It is then I choose

to bring Love to life.

Not the emotion

which fades all to soon.

Action - born from strife.

To Give, that alone.

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Rafaelopezjr in Poetry & Free Verse
• 7 reads

To Give

At the station throngs

walk about their day

headed towards their goals.

I hear for their songs,

but no tune will sway

me to what they know.

Some faces hurry

by, while others glide

and still - nothing new.

How I would scurry

towards wisdom's guide!

My path, though askew

takes me from that place.

I follow laughter

to an oasis.

"This park seems the place

where wisdom gathers,"

thought I, rapt in bliss.

The congregated

sat, those well-to-do,

displaying their wealth,

and how they've grown fat!

Their hullabaloo

deciphered in stealth

yielding dull gossip.

Praising themselves while

berating their friends.

Turned up nose and lips

deforming their smiles.

All towards what end?

I run to solace.

Cathedrals, temples,

mosques and synagogues

all regurgitate

from the judgmental

sounding catalogue.

It is then I choose

to bring Love to life.

Not the emotion

which fades all to soon.

Action - born from strife.

To Give, that alone.

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Rafaelopezjr in Haiku
• 11 reads

Gauntlet

Another trauma

unfurls, striking to destroy.

One more scar adorns.

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Paint a Picture
Paint a picture using words! Write a descriptive piece, preferably about nature describing the scene. Include as many details as possible to make the reader feel like they are looking at a painting. Can be prose or poetry.
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Rafaelopezjr
• 30 reads

Thick the wood,

dense canopy.

Long shadows

dance. Cool breeze

swirls the leaves

that were cast.

Bird song thrills,

crickets join,

bullfrogs base

keep the pace.

Harmony.

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What did your Dad teach you?
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Rafaelopezjr
• 19 reads

Dearly Belated (An Ode)

I'm wishing that you

were here to talk to,

so that we could share

one another's hearts

and though love was 'stranged,

forgiveness abound'.

Closure came when I

sought you out. We hugged,

we cried and assured

each other, resolved

to rebuild. Only

the city took you.

I never mourned you

and I still miss you,

but I am like you.

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Write a Ketek
One of my favorite authors, Brandon Sanderson, created a short poetry form called a ketek. It’s a short reflexive form of poetry in which every word is mirrored around a center word. The word forms can change, noun to adjective, future past, etc (ex: happy can turn into happiness, slept to sleeping or sleep). You can put in any punctuation but no added words that don’t mirror. Here’s an example from one of his books: “You, always about dreams. My soul weeps. Farewell weeping soul. My dreams about, always, you. “ So the challenge is write a ketek. It could be about whatever you want, just follow the rules.
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Rafaelopezjr
• 15 reads

The Attempt

Cure my wanderlust,

if you think you can

and my wanderings

will become about

lusting after you.

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Summer Solstice
We are approaching the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. What does it mean to you? Is just another day or a spiritual high point? Write a poem, descriptive paragraph or a piece of flash fiction with a theme revolving around the longest day.
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Rafaelopezjr
• 32 reads

Brevity

At the summit paused

Light surveying all.

Not a shadow caused

the dark to dwell. All

hearts celebrated.

Even the hated

were given reprieve.

Then Light took His leave...

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To a Bad Place
Please write a short story where you take someone to a place (fictional or real) they shouldn't go.
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Rafaelopezjr in Horror & Thriller
• 13 reads

The Father and Son Tanka

Just turned seventeen.

How my little man has grown.

Is he ready, though?

Do I hand him this money?

Will she call him her "Honey?"

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