Shouts echo down the corridor of a home,
interrupting the peaceful slumber of a child who
laments the quiet they once had when they were
embraced by love and warmth from those voices;
never discarded or chastised, but now
cruel to the touch, lacking sanctuary and safety, the
enemy to innocence.
About the Creator
Amanda Starks
Epic fantasy writer, poet, and hopefully soon-to-be novelist who wants to create safe spaces to talk about mental health. Magic, swords, and monsters abound!
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Poem A Day In February 2026
The Clogyrnach is 8, 8, 5, 5, 3, 3 syllables with an AABBBA rhyming end words that is many times read out loud. This is our contest for our last week, beginning tomorrow. A tricube format came originally from Mike Singleton and then Calvin London, who said, "Mike is a constant source of unofficial challenges and presents different forms of poetry. In a recent story, he talked about Tricube poetry. It is a very structured (three) x (three) x (three) format, the syllables for each of the three lines and three stanzas in the poem."
By Denise E Lindquist6 days ago in Poets
Comments (3)
This is yeah, Poppy put it so well...heartbreaking. I felt this to my core...written so eloquently and given the depth and sensitivity it deserves. Well done.
This is utterly heartbreaking but so well written
Beautifully written.