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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Cycle Collected
1. Space
Burning cold glitters,
Need and function coalesce--
Stardust into flesh.
2. Air
Formless and heavy,
Effort to lift and push out,
Lungs have to practice.
3. Fire
Thought streaking across
Clouds of concept in bright heat--
Ragged, storming self.
4. Water
Mind and body move,
Skirt obstacles, rush onward,
Swim in liquid time.
5. Earth
Cupped humanity,
In history's dusty hands,
Dying until death.