Prompt #5
The glass was broken, yet she chose not step aside, outside of its path
Excerpt: Medusa: The Lost Daughter
From “Dapania”
True forgiveness takes time to earn as the
mind needs to forget the freshness of the
crime. The offense needs to wither away
before the heart is allowed to remember the
time before it was wronged
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Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #4
Four prompts down, 26 poems to go!
#4 She slipped on the wet floor, trying to catch him as the elevator door closed.
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #3
3 prompts down, 27 poems to go!
She came to the counter of the cash station inside the mega discount store, bills crumpled in your hand like doves she hoped to free…
Excerpt: Medusa: The Lost Daughter
From “Motherless Daughter”
To be one of many is better than
to be alone among many. Shelter
from the wind makes flowers less vulnerable,
more likely to survive the storm and thrive.
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Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #2
Day 2, prompt 2. 2 prompts down, 28 poems to go!
Prompt: You check into the hotel and the bed is not made. In fact, it looked like the previous guest left in a hurry, with a note addressed to the new guess on the pillow…
Poetry Boot Camp Prompt #1
Welcome to this month’s prompts. May they inspire you and edge you to your goal! 1 prompt down. 29 poems to go!
Prompt: You are 23 years old and the old house on the corner has been abandoned long before you came along. Its windows long smashed, its door kicked in, despite the yellow “caution” tape. You watch a young man peer into one of its windows…
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Excerpt: Medusa – The Lost Daughter
From “A Mother’s Sorrow”
Ceto kneeled before the goddess’ throne. “Dear
Goddess, I know I have dishonored you
and wish to ask for forgiveness for I
disrupted your temple with my impure
actions, my longing for my daughter who
is now your servant.
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Excerpt: Medusa: The Lost Daughter
From “Chamber of Silence”
In silence comes wisdom, for no other
voices can be heard outside one’s own, when
the nakedness of the mind becomes free.
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