Hi everyone!
My dear writer friend, Shelby Kisgen, started a poetry challenge 🙂 You can check out her original post here. She’s inviting everyone to pen a poem every day this month. You can read her first poem!
I’m joining the challenge 🙂 I hope you will too! I’ve decided to write from the perspective of my characters from my NaNoWriMo project. Hopefully, this will help me understand their motivations, desires, and struggles a bit more.
Today’s poem is from my main heroine. I still don’t know her name yet 😀
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Starlight
With reverence, I study the night sky.
I read the stars dappled across the ebony expanse
analyzing, translating, listening
I scrutinize until my eyes are dry, my fingertips worn
from transcribing the message over and over again
onto parchment paper she will burn.
All of this is for her.
Will she let me leave this tower, this prison without doors?
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There you have it 🙂 A short piece for now. Happy writing, friends! I can’t wait to read your poems.
Loie xo
DUDE! I LOVE the idea of writing in your NaNo character’s POV! That is genius! You can incorporate them later in drafts too. And it’s very Lord of The Rings-esque where they include songs and ballads. Geez that is such a brilliant idea!
Also, thank you so much for sharing and linking to my challenge. You’re the best. 🙂
And your poem is really neat and that ending is super creepy! Love it!!!
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Thank you so much, girlie!!! Thank you for starting this brilliant challenge. 🙂 I love it so much. ❤
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