nightenGale

Write a 12 to 21 line free verse poem about something a parent, sibling, or significant other said to you that was surprising to you. Begin the poem with the line, "When you said ...." Remember, free verse poetry doesn't follow strict patterns or conventions such as meter or rhyme scheme.

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Family Isn’t Blood

When you said,

Family isn't blood,

It's who you choose to let in,

I was in the back seat of your car

When you had never been the one to pick me up.

Tears streaked down my face,

And I had just asked why the devil and I couldn't get along.

I hadn't called you,

I had called my Angel,

But there you were.

She must have heard the panic in my voice,

and called you in her own panic.

You dropped everything to pick me up,

even though it was before your waking hours.

I should have known you loved me then,

For a man so unyeilding to upend everything.

But there was always that doubt,

That poison that stops me from saying those words even now.

So when I saw you for the last time

And you also said the words "I love you,"

I should have let you in.

ddullahan

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what if i’m good and nobody cares?

what if i’m talented but end up being nothing?

if i ask the world a question

will she even bother to answer?

if i have talent and spend my credit

banking on a future that’s already bankrupt

where the fuck then will i be?

do i only have disappointment ahead of me?

death seems like the greatest adventure and

the place where dreams go to end.

if i greet death like an old friend

will he let me live long enough to love who i am

even if i finish the race with

nothing in my hands?

Challenge

Fall Senses Poem

There are almost no rules. Just make sure you include at least 5 sentences. (Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, Touch)

ddullahan

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gravedigger

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ddullahan

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pass the torch

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Challenge

Anyone got any Halloween jokes?

That's all I got for this challenge. Funniest joke wins.

ddullahan in Comedy

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nonsense

Two friends sitting outside a cafe.

"What do you call a witch's garage?" Said one friend with a grin.

The other rolled their eyes, chin dropping into their palm tiredly. "Dude it's July it's not even Halloween yet -"

"Humor me. C'mon."

They groaned, their tone dry as a desert. "Alright, I have no idea. What would I call a witch's garage."

The coffee shook in the other' hands as they held down laughter, face turning pink. They choked out, "A broom closet."

Dead eyes swiveled to the busy street, the cackles rising beside them and into the sky.

Challenge

Challenge of the Week CXLI

What do you Desire? Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.

JosieLilac

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First Cigarette

Ooh tricky question. First date and you are going straight for the big questions. I like it, and I like you for asking it. Can we skip me and talk more about you? No? Okay, desire. Desire. What kind of desire are we talking? Like life long dream or like love life stuff? I did just become a lot more interested in sex very suddenly, but I guess I don't really feel like going into that before the drinks get here. I also became much busier. I am always doing something or having to schedule something else all the while coordinating with other people to get them to do something... Come to think of it, it kind of makes sense that I'd look for an outlet.

I want that.

I want to do something irresponsible for the hell of it! Develop an unhealthy habit. Like smoking! I've never smoked once in my life, but these days I keep catching myself thinking, 'God! I wish I had a cigarette!' Weird huh? And you know what else? I want to date the bad boy -- that's where you come in. I want to stand up in the middle of my work and run down the street just to feel the wind in my hair, or get in my car and drive until everything familiar dissapears; I want to fall of the face of the planet. I desire an escape from myself.

What about you?

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