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GENERAL
Submit best non-prompt general writing you have created. This call for general entries is repeated each month and you can use the same "general" term when submitting each time.
Undecided couplets
Submitted by Chillingrlxoxx15 on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 8:06pmI wish I knew
exactly what to do.
To make my future
life and dreams come true.
Who to friend
and who to defend.
But life isn't like that.
It's not so compact.
If someone was to ask me
If I believed in destiny
I'd most likely say,
come back in a day.
Because it remains to me unclear,
whether or not to fear
my life prewritten.
Imagination Playground
Submitted by oleary on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 4:54pmImagination Playground Read more »
Unconditional
Submitted by oleary on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 4:48pmUnconditional
Bronzed and wrinkled by years of relentless sun,
she savors her final moments of peace.
Our rounded faces anxiously await
to feel her kind, aged heart beat with laughter.
We line up single file to have our breath
drawn away by her suffocating embrace. Read more »
Facing the Sky
Submitted by oleary on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 4:39pmFacing the Sky
I hear that deep, extravagant rumble.
The rhythm of those dark, billowing clouds,
Proudly booming their way across the land. Read more »
Summertime Traffic Jam
Submitted by oleary on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 4:35pmSummertime Traffic Jam
Cars creep over steaming pavement,
rubber tires hissing and spitting fire. The sun
glints of burning metal, flashes of light assaulting Read more »
Schmancer
Submitted by oleary on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 4:32pmShmancer
We were scared but couldn’t say so
of what was walking through the door,
unsure of how we should react
to what was coming to the party.
The door inhaled, opening slowly,
and I held in my shallow breath- Read more »
16
Submitted by oleary on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 4:25pm16
The smell of boxes gratefully skips past
my nose, eager to escape the confined space.
As light streams through the door to fill the dark,
I meet glares from the many bottles and cans inside.
I shiver and unconsciously quicken my pace. Under
the baleful stares of so many, it’s clear I’m unwelcome. Read more »
June
Submitted by oleary on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 4:23pmJune
Boots dangle off the back porch railing
the sun half up and half down
the warm air no longer wisps at my ears. Read more »
Heart to Heart
Submitted by oleary on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 4:17pmHeart to Heart
‘Faggot’ is a derogatory word for homosexual
One should not say it if you wish to be polite and politically correct Read more »
Tragic Irony
Submitted by oleary on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 4:11pmTragic Irony
Shards of glass littered the dewy, black asphalt
like flickering stars tossed across a twilight sky.
