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Mr. Lob's avatar

Cool .

I’ve been working on a piece and it actually has some of these words .

This might help me push to finish it

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ARTSTACK's avatar

Oh wow. Awesome. Can’t wait to read 💙

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Mr. Lob's avatar

I’m behind at work xD

But I have to say thank you I enjoyed this challenge. Will do every week.

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Alicia Monai's avatar

Well done poets! Let’s see how week 2 goes!

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S y l v i A 🌞 K a l i n A's avatar

Thank you for these words of inspiration. They definitely pulled out a story. Can’t wait until the next challenge. 🙏

The last long wishing game

Left me consuming memories of missing

You

With your gems for eyes

Through interstellar gas and dust, piercing

Me

On a quest for answers in the words I wrote

That suspended history with threads of

Us

Sipping sweet wines

When I preferred to drink the rich red

Crimes

Between us that is all that remains

Of the ecstasy we shared in those Chesterfield

Nights

That seem so relentlessly empty now

Void of your hot blood rushing alongside the

Jazz

Rhythms rolling over the peaks and valleys

We discovered when we were both

Lovers

Locked in the lingering legacies of time

Defined by two magnetic polarities pulled forcefully into a

Kiss

I never wanted to end

But now leaves me wondering at the phenomenon of

You.

—sylvia

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S y l v i A 🌞 K a l i n A's avatar

This was smooth! I really enjoyed it! 👏👏👏

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and now Miguel's avatar

Sylvia, thank you! 🙏🏽 😊, I appreciate you listening and happy you enjoyed it.

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Jon Murphy's avatar

Got mine ready for 7:30am tomorrow

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Mary Ann Sit's avatar

I’m new to Substack and just saw this post about an hour ago, so decided to try it. It’s rather basic, but at least a start

Lost

The wish is yours

Lost among the interstellar gems that traipse

Across the sky

It will return

Only when missing wishes can discover

Other ways to fly

So until then

Don’t hold your breath waiting, for results might lapse

The wish might die

The wish is yours

However fleeting, there’s always another

Wish to try

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and now Miguel's avatar

Here is some audio candy for this weeks poem challenge. Thank you! 🙏🏽

https://open.substack.com/pub/andnowmiguel/p/water-moon-howling-audio-lyric-poem?r=2c4qsw&utm_medium=ios

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Mr. Lob's avatar

When is the deadline?

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ARTSTACK's avatar

Between now and upcoming Thursday!

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