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Summer-into-Fall Prose. Wrap-up Challenge
In five haikus, tell a story about the cycle of life. Start with being born, then so forth. Because this is absorbing the entirety of all Prose. Challenges until October's start, we're giving the winner $250. Winner is decided by a combination of likes, and our panel. And...Go.
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And So It Goes

Take a deep breath in

And release a fragile wail

Open your eyes, child

Your knees are ruddy

Voice untroubled by regret

Play and laugh louder

Stand taller, chin up

The world is watching you fail

Eyes front, do better

Your knees don’t work right

You are the last one standing

They have all gone first

The wind whispers “come”

The soil, cool beneath you

Deep breath now. Exhale