Challenge
Challenge of the Month XIV: May
Spirit World. Some call them ghosts, or angels, or guides. The Japanese call it Shinto. Cultures around the world call it Shamanism. Many call them the schizophrenic ravings of lunacy. Whatever you call it, or them, write about the unseen world of spirits. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
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Cobwebs Swept from Slumber
Musty attics, joist and beams
Cedar chests of midnight screams
Paralyzing, sleepless dreams
Stitched to sheets with iron seams
Vacant eyes peer paper-thin
Feathered bristles goosebump skin Footsteps float on hollow winds
As chalk-white walls seep scarlet sins
Whispers breathe in notes and verse
Stalks of incense swallow mirth
Iv’ry keys, off pitch, rehearse
Wool of steel picks wounds Eve’ births
Morning wakes, your mind discerns
The dust and ash of earth and urn
Eyes ablaze, love’s spirit burns
Death’s image as your soul returns