A mixed-race Brit writing about a mix of things.
What is Seven-Minute Micro Poetry? Seven-minute micro poetry (#7MMP) is a writing exercise aimed at getting the creative engine started. A prompt image created by Artbreeder; an AI-generated image using a neural network serves as a jumping-off point for writing your micro poem. You have seven minutes from the moment your pen touches paper. You’re […]
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Seven-minute micro poetry (#7MMP) is a writing exercise aimed at getting the creative engine started. An AI-generated image serves as a jumping-off point for writing. You have seven minutes from the moment your pen touches paper.
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Preying vultures laugh, a shotgun wedding party, empty gown—remains.
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Outstretched feeble hands, the mournful tree—sighed, my evergreen love.
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A fading record, scarlet horses ignite dunes, erosive devils.
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Every passing year, a dragon’s breath smothering the anguished tundra. I wish I took better care of this once pristine body.
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In solitude
Self-love can manifest as
Stockholm syndrome
I once heard the dawn birds’ folk songand was home to all manner of creatures.Though I fell and many winters passed me by,when you spotted me—offering fresh life.Now I carry the weight of children;dipping their toes into a baby blue sea.With laughter dancing all alongthe faint summer breeze.
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Snowy bamboo groves frozen in time—cry, O’ woodpecker’s lament As the seasons wax and wane, so too does the fauna & flora. What appears as a beautiful landscape, can also spell trouble for its inhabitants. The metronomic tapping of the woodpecker disappears as the scene is captured in time. Its lament—a deathly silence. A bonus […]
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The old man’s carrel was carved with the finest mahogany, over the years it became varnished with Lagavulin whisky and sweat. In that tiny space, he crafted vast worlds; kings & betrayers, love & death, wonder and curiosity. Its nooks held the echoes of various late-night existential crises, angry triades of self-doubt, and the stale […]
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