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EliseWhitehorn
I enjoy all forms of art.
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Cover image for post Antler, by EliseWhitehorn
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EliseWhitehorn in Poetry & Free Verse

Antler

I've come to the conclusion that I'll succumb

to the antlers' weight

This barricade, crafted of bone,

marrow and lead,

rests on emaciated shoulders

And I realized that I'll calcify

before the Sun ever attempts

to touch me again

Cover image for post Untitled, by EliseWhitehorn
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EliseWhitehorn in Poetry & Free Verse

You remind me of lightning

Silently flashing and reaching

Wanting to touch the Earth

No sound escapes

Thunder doesn't follow you

And I can never tell

how far you've gone this time

I grasp for these moments

When I get to see something other

than empty skies

Cover image for post Cigarette Burns, by EliseWhitehorn
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EliseWhitehorn in Poetry & Free Verse

Cigarette Burns

I keep imagining myself burning

holes into the sunset, 

Lifting this cancer towards the horizon and bringing my own moons into existence.

Cover image for post Creators, by EliseWhitehorn
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EliseWhitehorn in Poetry & Free Verse

Creators

Their knives rupture tar-riddled lungs

While shrapnel digs further into Spine 

My creators' voices are constant

Their words seep through cracks 

Shaking my skull

They smother once pure bones

Detesting my entire being

And I can't help but to acknowledge

Their suffocating moans

That I'm of little to no use to Anything with a heartbeat

Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #9: Write a 20 word story about heartbreak. The winner will be chosen by Prose 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. Winner will receive $100.
Cover image for post Untitled, by EliseWhitehorn
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EliseWhitehorn

I'll amputate these rotting recollections

And refuse to acknowledge

The number of cigarettes I swallow

In place of your affection

Cover image for post Coffee, by EliseWhitehorn
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EliseWhitehorn

Coffee

A pot or two a day keeps the corpse from decaying

Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #8: Write a Haiku or Tanka about the supernatural. The winner will be chosen by Prose 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. Winner will receive $100.
Cover image for post Siren, by EliseWhitehorn
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EliseWhitehorn

Siren

To bewitch man's soul

Hearts cling to clouded, wry smiles

That ache to tilt stars

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Nectar

What I once thought to be nectar

Was nothing less than a facade Venom guised as honey

You bore pure bones

And broke away leaving barren victims

I will be sucking on my wounds

For the rest of my days

Cover image for post Husk, by EliseWhitehorn
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EliseWhitehorn in Poetry & Free Verse

Husk

The ocean swallowed you

That's what I tell myself

That can be the only reason why

what washed ashore that day

Was merely a bitter husk

And not the man I loved

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