Challenge
Summer-into-Fall Prose. Wrap-up Challenge
In five haikus, tell a story about the cycle of life. Start with being born, then so forth. Because this is absorbing the entirety of all Prose. Challenges until October's start, we're giving the winner $250. Winner is decided by a combination of likes, and our panel. And...Go.
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in with a whimper, Out with a Bang
entered up-side down.
Marvel, proclaimed Miracle,
grimace on your face.
Sulk and laugh. Rebel.
Kiss some toads and wade in creeks.
Splash-in-puddles fun.
Come maturity,
Imaginings are long gone.
Season: merciless.
Find purpose, with luck.
Work until you can’t endure.
Playfulness returns.
Legacy of love.
You’ll thread that needle’s eye yet!
Lay your burden down.