Category: cherita

Cherita #18

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Snow slowly melts.

Frigid rivulets 
form dangling daggers.

Moonlight, through jagged reflections, 
flashes pointed warning—
rising temps release nature’s knives.

©️2024 Tanya Cliff

Cherita #17

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the cat prowls the midnight garden

discovers scarlet rosebuds, sweet basil,
the flowers of chives, tempting catnip

as she explores
the moonlit Eden, grateful,
her senses come alive

kitten

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©2020 Tanya Cliff

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Written in response to Stephen’s Level Up Writing Challenge, using prompts from the following awesome humans:

Beth – https://godoggocafe.com/2020/02/04/tuesday-writing-prompt-challenge-february-4-2020/

Eugi – https://amanpan.com/2020/02/03/eugis-weekly-prompt-alive-february-3-2020/

Sadje – https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2020/02/03/what-do-you-see-15-february-3rd-2020/

Stephen – https://fullbeardlit.org/2020/02/06/level-up-writing-challenge-week-of-2-3/

Cherita #16

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milk spills

toddler strapped
in the high chair cries

kitten purrs and
laps a morning snack
off the hardwood floor

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Cherita #15

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Nature chokes on smog

her fragile, mortal
breath exhales

industrial toxins escape
in ozone-wasting
expiration

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Cherita #14

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dissonant chord struck

guitar strings pulled
too tightly

their tension teased
latent teardrops
from the heavy air

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Cherita #13

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Full stop.

Muse clips
the break-blocked lines.

Page in motion,
writer grabs pen
and drives.

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Cherita #12

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time springs forward

children play
in the newly thawed earth

Mother Nature observes
their dirty paws and fur
and sends the April rains

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Cherita #11

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the bottle uncorked

aerated the
fermented wine

emptied too quickly,
agitated the
fomented mind

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Cherita #10

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“butterfly” banned

winged insect breaks through chrysalis
and drips dry

its first flight, a girl points, delighted,
and says,
“Look, a flutterby”

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Cherita #9

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the writer was blocked

chapters and characters remained nameless
and the plot had holes

kicked the word bucket,
flooding pages
with a title wave of letter combinations

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