Swimming Lessons (14) 13 WIN

by Daisy if you do

Occasionally,
I take a different route...

Painting Worlds (10) 8 WIN

by Mel

We were legends then...
Painting worlds with our tongues...

Helen (5) 5 WIN

by Mel

She tried to fall asleep
with a smile that belonged to someone else...

Far-flung (5) 6 WIN

by Melissa

I love you like a star, dear
with auspicious eyes and falling lines...

Hopelessness (12) 8 WIN

by silvershoes

It's grubby like the mucus on a newborn;
it's elastic like an unblown balloon...

Nurtured Ears (9) 5 WIN

by Melpomene

Tonight,
I slumped 'gainst...

India (28) 11 WIN

by Sunshine

I enclose no desire to write about the
country resting in South Asia...

Her Constellations (7) 4 WIN

by Melpomene

--For Nor.
She braids my hair...

Britt at 6:00 PM (8) 8 WIN

by sibyllene

Lighthanded,
she whisks a spoon around the kettle...

Illusions (8) 7 WIN

by Yakari Gabriel

I used to
believe in illusion...

Stealing Trees (4) 6 WIN

by slighte

She says she's going to be a tree
with birds...

Autumn (9) 6 WIN

by Melpomene

She reminds me of Autumn.
Leaves flushed in the...