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Prose Challenge of the Week #42: Write about committing murder. The winner will be chosen 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. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
samir37

Deliciously Grotesque

Deliciously grotesque, it brings to mind a sinister scene: you skulk through the woods, an innocent woman's blood staining your hands. You are a charming, charismatic villain, well-dressed and well-educated and well-liked. Everyone knows that you're evil - you couldn't hide it even if you wanted to, and of course you don't - yet they cannot stay away. Infatuated and very curious - for there is something about you that tugs at people's minds and refuses to let go until they satisfy their strange desire to know everything about you - they follow you to their beautiful deaths.

And then, when you have taken all you want and left your bloody handprints on their stunning corpses, you move on, slinking through the woods to the next town, the next tale, the next titillating murder.

Challenge
The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Get creative and write an Etheree on any topic. Challenge yourself with more than one verse if you like, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count. Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...Triple Etheree, Quadruple Etheree, and so on! You'll find an example on my profile. Click on #etheree to see more. Have fun! I can't wait what wonders you creative folks will write using this poetic form.
samir37 in Poetry & Free Verse

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Skin.

aged

and wrinkled

Draped around a

mouth, turned down and glum

That matches sorrowful

eyes, tired and framed by creases.

The folded forehead, prominent 

in the absence of a hairline. All

in all, it is a fine tribute to time.

Challenge
"Bound to chains that do not make the slightest sound..."
samir37 in Poetry & Free Verse

Bound to chains that do not make the slightest sound, nor the slightest pain. I know, logically, that I am trapped, and will be held captive for all eternity, but I cannot bring myself to mourn a freedom I hardly knew. 

Challenge
"I left my consciousness in the sixth dimension..."
samir37 in Stream of Consciousness

I left my consciousness in the sixth dimension and my skeletons in the closet. I climb out of bed. Unawake and unaware and unable to care anyway, I go on the prowl. My mind rests as my body hunts, thirsting more for the feeling of success than the results. I hunt for sport, not for food, yet I feel sustained, and wake up refreshed, if a bit bloody.

Challenge
This is my daughter's challenge for you. Try to describe "normal" in under 10 words. Good luck. My girl will be watching for your answers! :o)
samir37

Normal

What is accepted and expected, and neither challenges nor compells.

Challenge
Write about ANY feeling you want....in only 3 words. Good Luck! <3
samir37

Nervous cocktail

Bubbly, spicy, saccharine.

Challenge
Use only six words to create a STORY inspired by the sunset or sunrise, dawn or dusk. #sixwordstory
samir37 in Micropoetry

Dusk

Temporarily taste a peace of death.

Challenge
Write a haiku using the word "pain".
samir37

How dare you, you privileged monster?

You think you're in pain?

The patron saint of Tumblr

Has had it much worse.

Challenge
Congratulations you just became a professional fortune cookie writer! What's your proudest fortune cookie line! Share it below and please tag me!
samir37 in Poetry & Free Verse

Fortune favors the bankrolled

I'm getting paid for this, bitch!

Challenge
Write one word that describes the world we live in.
samir37 in Poetry & Free Verse

I find our world to be constantly

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