In parallel beats,
newspaper serpents fall still,
while peace strums off chord.
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for Poppy's Prompts #7
words: parallel, newspaper, serpent, chord, fall
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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"Republished" because it was the only way to add the embed for the newly recorded audio version of this story due to the Top Story badge. Plus it serves as a nice, informal announcement of the podcast's revival for another season (go subscribe!):
By Stephen A. Roddewig7 days ago in Fiction
Comments (39)
I would never have thought of a way to put these words together at all, let alone so masterfully!
Peace strums off chord - wow!π€©
I love it, Cathy! Nicely done (as always)! Congrats on TS!
Well-wrought and well-deserved top story!
lovely haiku
This is brilliant!!! You're sooo talented at haiku (amongst many other things), I'm jealous!!
Awesome work!
Wow, stringing all five words into one three-line verse is very impressive, Cathy!
Amazing poem! So well put together! Congrats on the top story!
Hi, yes βpeace strums off chord.β - indeed. ππ
nice work to read it out !!
Look who came out swingin' with this hard hitter!! All five in three lines??? Qu'est ce say?!?! Say magnifique!!! Great work Cathy and congrats on Top Story!!
The media are all the same
Oooo, your poem struck a chord and earned you a Top Story! Congratulations! ππππππ
Intriguing!! With my son being a journalism major, "newspaper serpents fall still" has a particular meaning for me.
Yay, congrats on Top Story! :)
You created a magnum opus in a musical splendor for humanity amazing and stunning βββπππ
beautifully crafted congratulations on TS
I often blur my vision to see the white serpents along the fonted text. Nice.
Enjoyed your poekm. I love poetry.
Congratulations Cathy on Top Story!
Wonderful story !!
Boom. Top Story - congrats!
Nicely done! Love how youβre able to use all the words cohesively in such a short piece
How powerful! 'Newspaper serpents' is such an evocative description! Awesome poem!