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"What you think, you become." - Buddha
poetry
Ends August 9, 2025 • 0 Entries • Created by flashgordon in Poetry & Free Verse
Shadows
“The memory of you emerges from the night around me.” — Pablo Neruda
Ended July 14, 2025 • 10 Entries • Created by Mariah in Poetry & Free Verse
I hear the opening notes...
...and I am lost in reverie. Poetry, please
Ended July 10, 2025 • 4 Entries • Created by dctezcan in Poetry & Free Verse
“Either it works out, or it turns into poetry.” — unknown
Poetry
Ended June 30, 2025 • 7 Entries • Created by Mariah in Poetry & Free Verse
$1.00
Reverse poetry
Ends July 23, 2025 • 2 Entries • Created by Mnezz in Poetry & Free Verse
Double Tanka Poetry Challenge
Using 10 lines and a syllable count of: 57577 & 57577, tell a story. Most creative/descriptive wins.
Ended March 31, 2025 • 13 Entries • Created by Mariah in Poetry & Free Verse
$5.00
“My brain hums with scraps of poetry and madness.” —Virginia Woolf
Create a poem out of whatever scraps you find lying around (your brain or otherwise).
Ended February 27, 2025 • 13 Entries • Created by Mariah in Poetry & Free Verse
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object
(a poem)
Ended March 1, 2025 • 10 Entries • Created by Last in Poetry & Free Verse
~~~~Snake~~~~
.....as a verb..... poetry or prose
Ended February 8, 2025 • 8 Entries • Created by Last in Poetry & Free Verse
"Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream." - Euripides
Poetry
Ended January 8, 2025 • 13 Entries • Created by Mariah in Poetry & Free Verse
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"Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream." - Euripides
Poetry
Ended January 8, 2025 • 3 Entries • Created by Mariah in Poetry & Free Verse
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“How I feel autumn's ache.”— Virginia Woolf
Poetry
Ended October 15, 2024 • 12 Entries • Created by Mariah in Poetry & Free Verse
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“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin
Poetry
Ended September 18, 2024 • 10 Entries • Created by Mariah in Poetry & Free Verse
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This is love...
"to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet." Rumi Poetry, please.
Ended August 12, 2024 • 5 Entries • Created by dctezcan in Poetry & Free Verse
today, I drove home with the radio all the way up, and the windows all the way down. and this time when you crossed my mind, I-
Use the title as a prompt. Poetry and prose entries welcome.
Ended August 23, 2024 • 13 Entries • Created by treasuredjules in Poetry & Free Verse
Rainy days and hazy gazes;
Use the title as a prompt. Poetry and prose entries welcome.
Ended August 21, 2024 • 9 Entries • Created by treasuredjules in Poetry & Free Verse
Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
Ended August 20, 2024 • 15 Entries • Created by HopeMartin in Poetry & Free Verse
The world around us is on fire and here I am just writing this poem. (rd 2)
Use the title as a prompt. Poetry and prose entries welcome.
Ended August 8, 2024 • 16 Entries • Created by treasuredjules in Poetry & Free Verse
The world around us is on fire and here I am just writing this poem.
Use the title as a prompt. Poetry and prose entries welcome.
Ended August 8, 2024 • 3 Entries • Created by treasuredjules in Poetry & Free Verse
Catalyst Asshat
Often times assholes will be our greatest inspirations. Write about a total asinine jerk who's tickled your rancor enough to make you write instead of kill them.
Ended June 30, 2024 • 19 Entries • Created by Bunny in Poetry & Free Verse
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