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A yogic, vegan life for me please. Like walking, adventure, reading, cycling, birding. Work in IT, nerd for sure. Writes poems on love
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Write a poem about the condition of our world.
Write a poem that puts into words the condition of the planet and life on it.
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thisisit in Poetry & Free Verse

A Women’s Place

some respect please

for my body

not a woman’s place

to say

what happens

to her

very being

protests in the streets

angry women aren’t pretty

people promoting

violence against

science

some respect please

for whatever I decide

to do

inside

my

body

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James

When in Rome

I find

strength

in love.

It's

afterall

a sword

of fire

that

cuts

through

diamond

worms.

You're

the gladiator,

and I

hold

the shield.

Mad Max

fury

fused

into

our hide.

You didn't

prove

love wrong,

even when

I couldn't

lift the wall.

The heart

of this beast...

you've made

strong.

I throw

down

your helmet,

lift you

upon the

hard cold

wall.

As petunia

bludgeons

surfinia

falls.

I bite

down

your shoulder

as the thrust

velocity boils.

We

howl

to moon

like a woof!

Hoooooowwwwl!

Challenge
Write a poem from a spider's point of view about a human walking through its web. The spider is not injured, but loses a very intricate web.
The poem must be between 15 and 75 words. Prize $10.00, Monarchy Decision.
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Awoytuik

Just Doing My Job

Loyally I guard this walkway,

Trapping treacherous mosquitoes and flies.

I know it keeps my humans happy,

Every time one of them dies.

Oh look! Here comes one of my humans now.

Probably coming to thank me for being a hard worker.

Wait. Why is he stopping?

Oh no! Now he's destroying my home like a deranged berserker.

Challenge
Write a poem from a spider's point of view about a human walking through its web. The spider is not injured, but loses a very intricate web.
The poem must be between 15 and 75 words. Prize $10.00, Monarchy Decision.
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SourLemon1

Crave

They must not understand the glistening of my webs

Do not see the struggle of each connection

I watch it break, unravel as each corner shatters off

What must I do for this cycle to expire

My webs have not wronged anyone and neither have I

All I wish for is a simple acknowledgement of my patterns

Afterall, I just crave to decorate the world.

Challenge
Christian Persecution
Many Christian groups, in particular Evangelist Christians, believe that they are being persecuted for their beliefs in the United States. Explain why that is absolutely bullshit.
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Isa0901 in Religion

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Persecuted for their beliefs in the United States? You mean the land where the first amendment states that we all have freedom of religion, but you can't be gay or trans because the Christain God says it's evil and not their inclusive, all-loving idk wiccan god or goddess, for example? A land where you must bear children no matter what and can't have abortions in some areas because God says it's murder? A land where you swear on the Bible in court? In court!! A place that upholds the laws, including freedom of religion, tells you to swear on a Bible! Maybe not as much anymore, but the option certainly still is there, especially in states that are not as progressive. Christianity is literally taking over the laws in some areas (in particular more conservative areas) and they feel like theyre being persecuted? Someone please give these people an island to live on where they can live and judge all they want against other like-minded asswipes.

I'm sorry, but just because those who follow a different religion or no religion are saying "hey, that's enough stop pushing your beliefs on me" does not mean christians are being persecuted. They're just a bunch of whiny babies who play victim when things don't go their way, even though their way hurts thouands and even millions. What does God have to say about that? Gosh they're so annoying, just a bunch of jokes. I'm over them. All they want is to feel powerful. That's literally it. Fuck 'em. Not literally of course...don't let them reproduce.

Also, I know not EVERY Christian is like this, but the majority of them are, especially those evangelists. If you're anything close to it literally do not talk to me, I have nothing to say to you and nothing learn/hear from you.

Also, also, sorry if it's hard to read or follow along, I didn't feel like going back to edit so good luck lol.

Challenge
a poem but not a poem
write a poem, but it's about a story.
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Wilmer

Entity

LEDs pouring azul gloom, Dark Tower

Rising East, John C. December 12, Moonmist,

Kids smooching next to warping industries, lean

Curbs colds, particles to plasma, Walk-in, one,

Butchery bricks, slabs of icy steel, last life

Burnt by brief, Lee K. name tags gleam violently,

In front of the camera, 1,2, lights splash,

Apartment 101 Gaul Heights, cease.

Golden Boulevard, Autumn shade, Winter haze,

Highways militant,left...So on stores close, pink

Billboards five for one, booze and prostitutes,chips

With fizzing colas, vomit quick, college state,

Learn ABCs once more with us, Legion Live!

Pharmaceutical Roads collide, cough syrup

Like boiling tar, particles to plasma, call

The Driver i’m sick, plastic living no time.

Ponder pain under silver raindrops, killer

Ways circle like Raskolnikov, truth far gone,

Red Neon Diner lights shout to me, wanting

Distant rituals to play out, rain to ice,

Notes fly from distant hidden gems,Eden close,

Writing for her, Auburn girl, gentle angel

Fallen from Suburban skies, fateful eye, codes

Mystify, Agents come and go, watch them slip.

Challenge
The world has reached a tipping point due to global warming and caused a crack at the Earth's core. Magic or what humans believe to be magic has started leaking out...
Create a short story using the prompt above :) Happy writing- tag me in the comments :))
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Rob_Lee

Gaea’s Heir

The last humans in the solar system studied the death of Earth from their vantage point two-hundred-and-thirty miles above Hawaii. Long-range scanners measured the violent shift in tectonics as the planet’s inner core ripped apart. The expected devastation had been predicted as far back as the twentieth century. What the observers had not foreseen was the release of something from the core.

Energy readings and changes in mantle density plotted the escape route – circular at first, as it devoured the perovskite and ferropericlase, then moving up as it ate into the asthenosphere. It left nothing in its wake, the Earth now only an empty sphere.

The scientists knew that anything created within the five-thousand-two-hundred-degree core was nothing short of magical.

Still the anomaly moved outward, absorbing the inner earth. Some feared this was dark energy, that it would not stop at the consumption of the planet but would touch the space station and instantly transform it – and its crew – to nothing. Others posited that upon reaching the surface, whatever irregularity they were witnessing would pop out of existence. Both theories were soon proven wrong.

The first breach was detected on the opposite side of the planet. Within minutes, another hundreds-mile long fissure swallowed the Arctic Ocean. A third took out Antarctica and the fourth opened in the Pacific, north of Hawaii.

From this final break in the Earth’s crust, the onlookers were afforded their first glimpse at the entity. Twelve gigantic antennae, a translucent shade of ultra-violet, pushed forth, stretching miles ahead of the bulk to which they were attached. Its form too big for the opening, the creature pulsed until the remaining skin of the Earth split into myriad pieces.

With a gentle beat of its four wings, the lifeform swooped away from its now-discarded egg.

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Silver
Chapter 33 of 84
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EcosophicalPage

“Birthday Haiku”

I was born Tuesday

Twenty-eight years ago at

Eleven a.m.

* * * * *

Today is my birthday! - @DANdeLION_Page

#prose #haiku #poetry #spokenword

Evagria13

So.

here we are in Alaska.

we've seen cool things. Done cool things.

the weather has been perfection.

our asses.

turn into "rock trolls" and we spend our entire off day combing through the river rock in search of "the precious".

it. Was so peaceful and fun.

Challenge
Mantra
Write a 3 line mantra that can be repeated to lift and calm yourself.
monicadoria

Note to Self

Smile, Laugh, Enjoy each moment!

Conquer the worries, but never forget the joys.

Seek what makes you happy and help others along the way.