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Prompt: Insomnia
Like a mermaid supine, on the prow of a ship, insomnia has me in her wooden grip. Snakes climb the boney steps of my spine. Alalia stitches my lips, but not my eyes. I search for dreams. I search for Hypnos. A cold breath crawls the stems of my collarbone. A shadow looms in the…
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Will you always love me?
Will you always love me? With cliff edges at my fingertips, tigers at my heels, and thunder in my chest? When ghosts cling to my back while I flavor dinner with my weeping? When I come home hissing like a glass-breaker? When I’m sighing, sinking into sofa cushions, and I have no strength to pull…
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Prompt: Hollow
Her heathered hands gleam in the sun as she hollows a hill with ease. This hallowed being who speaks in harps, her hair, the glimmering seas. Her aura, heavy, as a hammer. Like a feather, she hovers high. Our holy Goddess hums her healing, as sweet as a lullaby. Art by Yuchi I had a…
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Prompt: Ephemeral
Life, ephemeral. Grief, perpetual. How deep her knees burrow into soil. A thumb of tallow, a gasping candle, swallowed by gusts of ramming winds. From the gravel, handless arms rise, and tremble. Endless sorrow, its cries guttural. Those left after death face pain, insurmountable. Art by FallanDark You can find this poem, and the rest…
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Prompt: Isolation
An elven nation in isolation. Hidden by enchanted vegetation. One insurgent. Broke the spell. All their safeguarding veils fell. Destruction by fallacious ambitions. Art by Hoàng Lập (Solan) You can find this poem, and the rest for this contest on WattPad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/306715590-moon-gate
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Prompt: Clandestine
To the royal gardens, the Empress of the East retreats. Heart torn by the Emperor, and his mistress. The Empress, hair claret as rubies, waters her scarlet roses with her sorrow. A clandestine letter from the unmarried King of the West. Tied with carmine ribbon — a proposal. Lovers from rival realms. On horseback, the…
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Prompt: Angst
With sharp jagged teeth, this angst gnaws. My heart squeezed by the devil’s claws. Dread carves in me like a pitsaw. Fetor of bodies. Fresh, and raw. No adventurer should wander these caves. For treasure, I ignored human remains. In darkness, I maunder. To Gods, I pray. My life squandered. It is death I now…
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Prompt: Escape
An enemy country kidnapped a princess, already betrothed. Locked her in the castle’s tallest tower, fortified with stone. The uncaring prince did not agonize over her lover back home. What he didn’t know, was the princess was a mage. What he didn’t know, was she had means of escape. What he didn’t know, was a…
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Prompt: Courage
A mountain village. Stripped down to the bone. A burning tonnage. Deaths of famine sown. Winter’s bitter bite. Bears teeth as tombstones. A young witch’s intoned prayers. Spells unhoned. Such ill placed resentment, does sorrow smite. A witch slayer fetched. Her head for a price. Her eyes clear. Like the marbled midnight skies. Bereft of…
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Prompt: Luminance
A femme fatale. Her hips sway, pendulous. Her weapon glows. With golden luminance. This princess is no damsel. No fiend her gun can’t handle. All her bounties complete. With elegance. Art by SBraithwaite You can find this poem, and the rest for this contest on WattPad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/306715590-moon-gate
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