Dear Readers,
It looks like we’re pretty desperate. For the sake of poetry, we’ll readily bear anything. The last round brought us an invasion of cockroaches. We wonder what will happen this time…
A bout of saporous lolly acne? A rain of worthless bitcoin that darkens the skies for months? Our legs dancing an endless Eskimo jig? It’ll be worse than the ten plagues of Egypt from the Old Testament!
Still, this won’t stop us from providing you, our Dear Readers, with a safe haven for your collaborative efforts. “Collaborative efforts?” we hear you say. “What collaborative efforts? And to what purpose?” Well, let us fill you in…
1) We provide the first line of a poem.
2) You write the next line.
3) You submit your line via the comments section of this very post.
4) We pick the line we like most and add it to the poem.
5) We publish the first and second lines in a follow-up post.
6) Steps 2-5 are repeated until we have a masterpiece!
See? It’s the very definition of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! So, have fun! But, please, whatever you do, don’t fling us in dat dere briar patch! We can handle pretty much anything but not rejection!
She looks in the book like into a mirror
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2018
unbolt me 
She looks in the book like into a mirror
Staring at words reflecting her life
So gregarious yet lonely
A tinge of resentment
A bit of excitement
Adversity
An arduous journey not without pain
Some of the words reflecting desire
A need for expression
A place she has been
Simple yet beautiful
Joyful and bountiful
Scarcity of hope
Faith
Mere words cannot express this life
Almost taken
Reawakening
Living each moment
A book for all time
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Absolutely beautiful. I love it!
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Thanks so much. I appreciate the opportunity to contribute. Reminds me of school but in a good way;)
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Praying her reflection looks the way she imagined it would inside.
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I’d definitely be hoping the same, Rowan. Nice effort! Thank you! 😀
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She looks in the book like into a mirror
Comforted by the old friend she sees there.
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Nice! Thank you for playing! 😀
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She looks in the book like into a mirror
Reads the words she put down years ago
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Very cool, Sarah! Thank you!
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She looks in the book like into a mirror
but it is a river
swept upon the rocks
she is covered,
soaked with the thoughts
spent by the words
(her mind whispers)
should I read another?
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Oh wow! Impressive contribution there, David! Thank you!
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Looking at life and fiction for what was nearer
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Nice one! Thank you! 🙂
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She looks in the book like into a mirror
Then she sees the mirror is cracked
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God. Hope she doesn’t get seven years bad luck… 😛 Thanks so much for playing, Edwin! 😀
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She looks in the book like into a mirror
And finds it reading her.
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Nice one, Joe. Thanks for playing!
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Reflecting back the unseen truths
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Very cool! Thank you for your contribution, Leigha66! 😀
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You’re welcome.
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The only place where comments are more important than the post itself. Plus, one of the few times where the writing process was more fun than the poem. Loved the last one all the way.
It was like a summer camp of WordPress. 🙂
My contribution: More Cockroaches 😛
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Hee hee hee hee hee! We’re gonna have to work in those cockroaches, I reckon. 😛
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