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.

• 531 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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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

• 387 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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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.

Cover image for post schizophrenic, by Yen

Yen

• 300 reads

schizophrenic

Distorted mind

Disconnected soul

But human all the same

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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.

DaveK

• 340 reads

I Am Distortion

as light passes through

my brokenness,

bouncing between cracks,

the glow is filtered

and distorted into

demon-shadow ribbons

streaming out

the other side

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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.

A

• 283 reads

On the plane,

flying to Mexico,

hearing One

More Time (Daft Punk),

savoring

the

altitude

booze

buzz,

suddenly

all is beautifully distorted,

like these icecubes

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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.

LillyZ

• 321 reads

Distort Your Face

What is it about me

that distorts your kindness

into apathy ...?

Keep watching me bleed

& I'll give you a reason

to flinch ...

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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.

YAngeL

• 271 reads

Filter Me Pretty

Memories enhanced with photoshop.

Finding validation in Facebook likes.

We Lie to Beautify.

Even to ourselves.

Life is ugly.

Distort my Reality

With Instagram filters.

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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.

theJabuNxumalo

• 206 reads

Distorted Small Hopes

Reality softens when seen through a dream, Bending the harshness, Twisting distorted small hopes into beautiful shapes, Tunnels of wishes and easy escapes.

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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.

JessicaLynn

• 352 reads

Swim.

Water causes a distorted image,

Of things lurking below.

The twisted magnification,

Made it look like his body finally matched his ego.

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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.

Callie

• 235 reads

disillusion

you shattered

my rose-colored glasses,

and as the shards scratched my eyes,

they made a kaleidoscope

with a world bathed in blue.

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