

Seven years later - a letter to my wife M,Seven years later - a letter to my wife by *VertigoArt
Some people say some people say and I'm some people so I say that some people say my life didn't begin until I met you and until I met you I thought that they thought too much of their encounters. And now, seven years later I believe that (at least some of them) were right.
Did my life begin when I met you. My new life? If so, seven years later, my life begins again - with a perfectly imperfect partner, a two year old wonder and something else. My old life of emotional void has been replaced by a singular emotion: love.
Now new emotions and feelings come in every hour on the hour. I don't know what to do with any of them. Seven years la

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Poetry Prompts
October Prompts from :devdistinctpoetry:.
Challenge #42 from :devpoetryplease:.
Witches from :devrawem0tion:.
Wishmaker Challenge from :devrawem0tion:.
October Prompts from :devsimplypoetry:.
:new:Villanelle from :devversebyverse:
Prose Prompts
Books We'd Like to See Reviewed from :devbook-reviews:.
Ghost Stories from :devdawriterstrike:.
August Prompts from :devdistinctprose:.
The Undead from :devfiftywor

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Autumn Minuet by :devalicecullen82:
With a catchy title like "Autumn Minuet"
how can you resist reading? :devalicecullen82:
mixes lush autumn imagery with elegant word play.
A great read if you want to get in the fall mood
and prepare for All Hallows Eve.
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"What shines, Must" by :


anew the yearsanew by *Blueskye27
hang on my
bones
like winter
on the vine
my once-supple
limbs shake
in the
tempest of
your discontent
my sere trunk
cracks beneath
the weather
of your
wrath
you plow
me into
this hard
earth one
last time
and my
roots are
finally
torn free
(of you)
now I settle
like dust
in this fallow
field and wait
for spring


outstretched arms he used tooutstretched arms by ~IAmPoetry
make my toes curl
restless on the couch
my body litters
at the open of the window
cold wind provokes me
i close
darkness warps
and i'm warm again
archaic memories
unload in my mind
the ache of it
does not go away
and there was a poem

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"vii-Summer Nights" by :devtalia-vin:
I am so grateful that I stumbled across this beautiful
writer! Amazing imagery, beautifully written, and a
striking sense of beauty is livid in this poem. I
loved it, from start to finish and I intend to read
a lot more of :devtalia-vin:.
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"Vagrants" by :

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"in memory of florence jackson" by :devequivoque:
With a beautiful emphasis on imagery, the
contrast of swimming and running flows together
perfectly with a slight bittersweet tone.
featured by: :devdreamsinstatic:
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Do Not Disturb by :devesotericheart:
There is something beautifully luminescent
in the dark contex
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-M. Overby