By Ajanta Judd All Rights Reserved – 11pm Australian EST Prompt: Write a poem about a famous woman or an influential woman you know personally {Influence.her} Well I had something else in mind but as soon as I saw the prompt I thought of…
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Invitations
The Dinner Party… a poem in 24 parts 20 line poetry… repeat words odd-numbered lines Invitations Only asking eight What will I do I have more friends than that I guess for some, the next party will do parchment paper a fountain…
Her World
Bare feet with dwindling heat, entered this world with hope of her own world. The world,gloomy,grimmy disheartened her, every stride frightened her despite she imagined her own world. Rose queen killed by her thorns, left nothing to torn. She rose again with hope of her…
Savage Binding
To be so tall and strong, woman, you must have steel and grace enough to know your lovers were not tightly laced, concealed and the corset that bound you wasn’t a limit, but a cage to stop them from seeing you, unstoppable. Tigress, I wonder….
Waking 8 Today
This is my knowing I must eight not ate food, eight they, ate they, sunshines on summer kept in the fridge. My time travels first so when World end I get there first Nine is the affraid sunshine at an Early East flies winged clouds…
Thisisjustacheck
Hello, I have just realised that I haven’t tested my posting abilities. So bear with me whilst I try this. And if some of you clever ones can tell me if I’m doing it right? Thanks, Anjana
Toss and Turns
It was so hard for me to sleep. If the Creator had not created in us the ability to fall asleep, the world would have been filled with sleep junkies: Men and women and girls and boys who are permanently high on the severe dose…
Hi from the Upper West Side
Hi, everyone! I am honored to participate in the poetry marathon. I feel a bit breathless as I imagine what it will feel like to produce one poem each hour for 24 hours. I know it is a challenge and a feat to complete such…
Me in a Nutshell
http://www.financialtechnologyafrica.comRarzack Olaegbe is my name. I am a journalist with over two decades of journalism practice. I have been privileged to report different beats including politics, health, society and entertainment, information technology, telecoms and financial technology for magazines and newspapers including Business in ECOWAS magazine,…
Last Day to Sign Up
This is the last day to sign up for the 2020 Poetry Marathon! You can sign up here. We will be sending out the final round of acceptances tomorrow, June 24th. If you do not here from us tomorrow, please send us an email at…