FREE SPIRIT BATTLE THREAD

PLEASE ONLY POST ON THIS THREAD IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE 5 MEMBERS ENTERED IN THIS CLUB.

Hannah
Tony
Hayley
Chelsey
Alex

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The prompts must be used in order from 1-10, then repeating the cycle until time runs out. You cannot skip any numbers. MUST BE 1 TO 10.

The same member can only post up to 2 times in a row, they then must await a second person to post before they can reply.

I will post the prompts in the morning, along with the word GO.

Closing time is Friday 8pm. (UK time)

Good luck and enjoy.

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Your prompts are:

1. A formed poem

2. 22-24 syllables

3. Include "a tree(s) or "a mountain(s)" either by the words, or through metaphor.

4. Use a song title for the poem's title.

5. Category must be love/romance

6. Free choice of any poem at all

7. 4-6 lines

8. Must include a body part in your poem/title

9. Must include a time or date

10. This poem must rhyme at least once throughout.

Go

Evergreen (haiku)

Snowy dust settling
Colours evaporate as
Nature shields me.

2. 22-24 syllables

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He tasted like last night;
bourbon and heat lightning
fighting for my heart.

Oh, how I love these
summer nights.

3. 3. Include "a tree(s) or "a mountain(s)" either by the words, or through metaphor.

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As I stare at the
graves of my ancestors,
the trees sway
and I feel them
read the thoughts
I never had the
chance to say.

6. Free choice of any poem at all

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Oxytocin

I crave your touch;
your hand wraps
around my waist
and the addiction
in my heart is
satisfied until
you let me go.

7. 4-6 lines

I just want to scream
until your name feels
raw and foreign in
my throat;
I don't need to
love you anymore.

Body part.in tittle

The hand of fate

Fragrances of yesteryear
consumes my senses,
my bed still inprints the
outline of love that sits
deep within, the hidden
chambers of my heart.

The sun gently glides towards
our children's nightlight, the
Beautiful ebony Vale is lifted,
together they embrace the enchanting
night while everything my eyes gaze
upon, is our wedding day, we never had.

9. Must include a time or date

She caresses his calloused hands
as he fingers through her hair
planted across his chest;
together, they sigh
at the reminder on
the wall.

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The clock reads 4:12AM
and he remembers when it
was her that kept him
up at night,
not just the memory.

The clocks tick mindlessly
for the loved and the lonely -
mornings equal reality.

10. This poem must rhyme at least once throughout.

She was a wordless fighter;
eyes bore into his vile soul
as she flicked her lighter
and burned his bones like coal.

1 formed (acrostic)

Tomb

Tomorrow will be your final breath
Only God will decide your fate
My sin will be forgiven,as your
Buired inside a concrete tomb

2. 22-24 syllables

Poetry basically writes
itself as I savor sun tea
and nibble on fresh
blackberries.

3. Include "a tree(s) or "a mountain(s)" either by the words, or through metaphor.

I waited until dawn
peeked over the mountains
I call home
and with one snap,
I captured beauty.

4 use a song for the tittle

I will come to you

When the earth stops spinning
these haunting images, then- maybe
we can reunited.

To touch another is a sin, looked
down upon the eyes of our mighty
creator.

One day I will come to you but
never again, will I let you come
to me.

5. Category must be love/romance

I once read about a
hostage falling in love
with her abductor,

I wonder if she gazed
into his eyes and saw
romance or survival -

escaping memories
in return for
breathing arms.

6. Free choice of any poem at all

She closed her eyes
and pressed her palm
onto her Mother's worn
bible,

praying that someday
she would be blessed
to be half the woman
her Mother was.

7. 4-6 lines

She speaks as if no one hears
the words she says,
as no one seems to care.
Her eyes convey
what she truly means.

10. This poem must rhyme at least once throughout.

For a moment,
I had a fistful
of hate until
I crumbled and wept
into the arms of
a stranger.

He took my hands
and spread a wistful
smile across his face
and whispered,

"Be a warrior,
not a worrier."

1. A formed poem

Fame (senryu)

Lights flash before her
Everyone loves who she is
Loneliness resides

4. Use a song title for the poem's title.

Thank God For Hometowns

She sat on her porch swing
and listened to the murmurs
of her neighbor practice
his sermon for Sunday morning.

He noticed her listening
and popped over for
a visit,
grasping her hands
and leading them
in a prayer for
their hometown.

5. Category must be love/romance

I love watching his chest
rise and fall as he
sleeps soundlessly.

He doesn't know it
but every now and
then, he will smile
and throw his arm
around me and
whisper snippets
of love into my ear.

I cherish those
moments when
his heart shows
when he's not
even trying.