origami stars littered the hardwood floor
the tiles covered with ripped sheets
of lined notebook paper
full of scribbled statements
sunk deep within the margins.
fingers and palms intersect
at the sensitive crease of a hand
that has the power
to shred words
into nothingness.
Author notes
prompt: overlap
45 words.
title: lyric from 'miserable at best' by mayday parade.
14/150
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A contest entry
- Word Prompt by AliceinPoetryLand.
1000 points, ended April 9, 7 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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LOVE the last stanza.
and the title of course. cause that song is fckin amazinnnnng. -
Excellent! This was really outside the box. Love it! Thanks so much for your entry.
Gaylene
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thanks so much for the trophy!!
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Oh, wow. This was absolutely amazing!
I love "miserable at best"! -
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thanks
mayday is amazing♥
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Excellent take on the prompt--well written and versed with an abundance of imagery!
Best of luck in the contest!
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'sensitive crease of a hand' really like your imagery & word usage.
'origami stars littered the hardwood floor.'
'sunk deep within the margins.'
that's some amazing imagery. best of luck. :]
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This is beyond beautiful - I love every single word of this.
Amazing imagery!
<3
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