Challenge
For the New and Young people who have recently (6 months or less) joined-Prose.
FYI: I check every single entry for length of time. I only allow Under 6 months as a member.
One year if you are young and it is stated on your profile.
Do not worry about 'likes' this challenge is monarchy.
Thank you,
Benz
It warms my heart when I see young people who have recently joined our amazing writing group- Prose. It restores my faith in poetry, knowing it will live on.
Think of this as an english class and I am the teacher. Please share with me your 'own' poem, that has never before been in any challege or published here on the prose. It can be about anything. Poetry only (I prefer verse, with an awareness for simple grammar) although it is not mandatory.
I will read each piece thoroughly.
Please tag me after you have entered.
Please be patient if I do not review the same day you enter. I want to give every write the attention it deserves.
*Everyone will receive a review.
I am not a writing expert, reviews are based on my own experience of reading and writing poetry for many decades and what I have learned from my editors.
*These reviews are my opinion.
Thank you and have fun!
-Benz
The Rosebush
He smelled the way rose petals feel
Yes, I mean feel
So soft and inviting
Like love and butterflies
And other beautiful things
Like comfort and happiness
All despite the thorns not far behind
Which, never made me love him any less
They just symbolized his asshole tendencies
His inability to communicate
His lack of understanding
Even the way he tried to play the victim
All the while tearing me down
But no matter how many times those thorns pricked me
I tried so hard to do better
Like you could somehow care for a thorny rose bush
And expect the thorns to just fall off
But a rose bush will always be thorny
And holding one too tightly, will always make you bleed