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Prose Challenge of the Week #50 : With Thanksgiving around the corner, write about a conversation around the table where a family secret is unfurled. 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 and the runner-up will receive 1000 coins. When sharing to social media, please use the hashtags #itslit #getlit #ProseChallenge
Cover image for post The Mirror, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 67 reads

The Mirror

At first I thought,

My mother had moved the mirror,

That had been lying covered under a sheet

In our basement,

And brought it into our dining room

For Thanksgiving dinner.

Perhaps, (I reasoned),

She did this to make the room look expansive.

So it would appear large enough to accommodate

All the uncles and aunts and cousins,

And all the cousins of aunts and uncles,

And all the grandparents and great-grandparents

Who sat so close together that some of us

(Myself included),

Began to sweat.

At first I thought,

That when I looked at him,

I was looking simply at myself.

The resemblance was so striking that when I raised my arm to wipe my brow

I almost shuddered upon seeing my “reflection” remain completely still.

When my grandmother,

Following my gaze,

Asked cheerily,

“I guess you’ve never met your dad's brother, have you?”

I bit my tongue,

So that I would not shout,

“I must have been raised by him.”

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Prose Challenge of the Week #32: Write a piece of micropoetry about regret. 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. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
Cover image for post Regrettably, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 23 reads

Regrettably

Regret is an act of assessment:

Probe the depth of the sin,

Measure it,

Weigh it against all other transgressions,

To conclude you are undeserving

Of even your own sympathy.

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Prose Challenge of the Week #24: Using a minimum word count of 10, maximum word count of 250, Write a piece about GREED. 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. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
Cover image for post Person Unknown, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 47 reads

Person Unknown

From fighting hands he took something

Into his own

And ran a while

And spoke little

Who knew who might recognize him

As a thief?

After some months spent

Successfully anonymous

He disciplined himself

To run faster 

To speak less

Redoubled his efforts 

To remain a perfect stranger

Only to realize

He had not profited from the theft

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Prose Challenge of the Week #23: Write a haiku about deceit. 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. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
Cover image for post Self-Deception, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 22 reads

Self-Deception

Shrugged as you ate

My still-whole, still-beating heart.

I'll find another.

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Prose Challenge of the Week #22: Write about your nightmares. Minimum 10 word - Maximum 250 words. 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. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
Cover image for post Closed my eyes and woke to see, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 33 reads

Closed my eyes and woke to see

I was lying on a boat

Docked on dry desert soil,

Naked and alone,

And could barely stand to walk

Towards the only light:

A sparkling mirror suspended by a string

That must have reached up

All the way to the starless sky.

And in it I saw myself,

Saw that I was not myself,

And where I stood

There was instead

A changeling.

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Prose Challenge of the Week #19: In no more than 50 words, write about guilt. 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. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
Cover image for post The Devil I Knew, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 56 reads

The Devil I Knew

In a moment of weakness

I chose the devil I knew

And while falling to pieces

I lost myself in a bar

And with the utmost of ease

I stopped my own heart

When I pulled out the keys

And got into that car 

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Prose Challenge of the Week #18: Write about murder. 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. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
Cover image for post Storm, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 83 reads

Storm

The chalk outline smudged

By the torrents of rain

As the killer is judged

To be clinically insane

And the family cries

Seeing justice denied

As the media tries

To interview them outside

When the killer walks by

He looks right at the mother

And with a wink of his eye

He summons the thunder

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Prose Challenge of the Week #16: Write your eulogy in no more than 50 words. 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, When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
Cover image for post Left Behind, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 65 reads

Left Behind

From beyond the grave,

I tried to save

My family’s sanity.

Thought I’d haunt their home

And make it known

I was truly, finally free.

But when I went in

I heard the din

Of laughter loud and lively.

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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.
Cover image for post Fable, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 97 reads

Fable

Mincing your words

So they'd be easier to swallow

That story you told

That twisting of the tongue

Strained every muscle in your face

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Cover image for post Before the night had passed, by Sparked55
Sparked55
• 59 reads

Before the night had passed

Before the night had passed

We all tried drunkenly to drain our hearts

Embarrassed to offer all of ourselves

Knowing full well

The volume was not yet enough

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