Escapril day 9! Today’s prompt was Bad Habit. Poem Text: I have a bad habit of avoiding television shows recommended to me by watching 100 days of Minecraft videos on YouTube instead I have a bad habit of playing the same computer game over and over, doing the basic things,…
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Escapril 2024: What’s the truth?
Escapril day 8! Today’s prompt was What’s the truth? Poem Text: What’s the truth? Finding someone who spoke my unique language, Who can read me like a scholar pouring over a famed lost text, Sacred and revered they alone deciphered all the messy parts of me, Restored my crumpled pages…
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Escapril 2024: Portrait
Escapril day 7! Today’s prompt was Portrait. Poem Text: My phone is filled with photos of things; books, places, flowers, screenshots of shit I saw online. There are self-portraits too; streams of selfies. There’s probably too many, sure, but does it really matter? No. Most are terrible, I should delete…
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Escapril 2024: A Childhood Memory
Escapril day 6! Today’s prompt was A Childhood Memory. This one was inspired by a particular family holiday that forever changed my relationship with bugs… Poem Text: I use to think I was a smart child, and I was, but I was also incredibly stupid The kind of stupid…
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Escapril 2024: Spiral
Escapril day 5! Today’s prompt was Spiral. Poem Text: When I was small, and we lived in a antique house on land which rabbits ran wild in warrens beneath our feet, I sat in front of the washing machine, watching it spin and spiral the clothes around and around. It…
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Escapril 2024: Trip
Escapril day 4! Today’s prompt was Trip. As per usual, Sydney trains were a mess due to the wet weather, a standard occurrence any Sydneysider it well aware of. Poem Text: St James, Circular Quay, Opera House and Harbour Bridge Oh, a cruise ship in the bay, watch how asthma…