2022 Poetry Challenge: First Lines from Days 6-10

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Writing on Day  rolled around, and the challenge continued nicely, although I was feeling uninspired, so I continued to practice form poetry, focusing on the garland cinquain...and using unicorns and foolish wizards as themes. Days 3-4 saw me writing verse into the dark with themes drawn from space colonies and dragons, and Day 5 was another colony fending off raiders.

Poetry Challenge 2022

Streak 2: Day 6
Streak 1: 17 Days
Poem 32/32 -  118 words
First 10% (rounded down)
 
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Life train

Life drain

Life upon a lift 

The up and down...

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Streak 2: Day 7
Streak 1: 17 Days
Poem 33/33 -  75 words
First 10% (rounded down)
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Telesis

Planned change

For the better 

Not...

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Streak 2: Day 8
Streak 1: 17 Days
Poem 34/34 -  94 words
First 10% (rounded down)
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Garlands

Flowers entwine

A worried brow too young 

Too...

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Streak 2: Day 9
Streak 1: 17 Days
Poem 35/35 -  79 words
First 10% (rounded down)
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Hiding from the planet’s fury 

Hiding from ...

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Streak 2: Day 10
Streak 1: 17 Days
Poem 36/36 -  95 words
First 10% (rounded down)
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Come the moonrise, we will sing 

Songs of hope ...

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To be published in: Yet Another 365 Days of Poetry

 

 

 

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