• 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…


  • Prompt: Euphoria

    The seas’ susurrous seductions summon ashmen, where the seas and skies are seamless. With silver pendants, they sail Galleons seeking conquest beyond the shallow shores. Days of starvation. A pretty maiden. An oasis, to heedless seafarers. She charms the masts towards sharp crags. Death is — like icy spikes, then euphoric slumber. Art belongs to…


  • Prompt: Ancient

    My lover is three centuries ancient. A dragon with a penchant for savants. Smooth carborundum scales calefacient. Shallow beauty or station — he cares not. Brick chested in mortal transformation. A tail of smooth ebony hair, tied taught. A true gentleman — devout, and patient. My dragon is a handsome juggernaut. Dragon art by Kekai…


  • Prompt: Eloquence

    Between sanity and grief, a fine line. We had burned the warlock’s lover alive. His incantations ruled the elements — with words so ancient, smooth, and venomous — he summoned winds with fiery eloquence. Destruction is our fated punishment. You can find this poem, and the rest for this contest on WattPad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/306715590-moon-gate


  • Prompt: Carcass

    A witch’s carcass, crimson orchids seethe. A rotten hamlet, hidden majicks bleed. To hearken natives is your bounden need. A piton’s target, the reckless receive. I’m playing with iambic pentameter. Not sure if I did it right. I haven’t written a new poem in a long time, and was actually starting to wonder if I…