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as a mourner #27 4/12/26 with gentle hands, i will lay you to rest along with all the flowers that are dying-- it will be ceremonial & with grace. do ...

winter's denouement #26 4/11/26 icy winds still linger like bloodstained vines-- singed ears with needles enjambed through the flesh, burning cold piercing through the heart. & so, i am sure ...

second submission good luck to everyone !!!

i will love you like nobody has before #25 4/10/26 like a lover; give me the violent, gory, hurtful love that someone like me deserves-- "passion." (they say, that it ...

fancifully fabricated #24 4/10/26 i keep being so sure that i will be [beautiful]-- that i ignore the growth within me and instead focus on the superficial. as a modern ...

re-birthing #23 4/09/26 these stalks that rise slowly & the fingers from the mulch will one day grab hold to my ankles and like all things do pull me closer ...

liberation #21 4/09/26 becoming beautiful with metamorphosis in motion; i will flit these tattered wings. shelved (delicately) #22 4/09/26 you are a reckless child & i am the snowglobe that ...

springterlude v #20 4/08/26 temperamental; winter still lingers, icy claws over newly grown grass & flowers. still, the violets and crocuses will reach themselves as far as they can.

i've been meaning to comment on your thread for a while now-- but as always, i have been loving this year's napo. ESPECIALLY #2 and #5, those two actually sparked ...

restless nights #19 4/07/26 do not be afraid any longer, my child. i will shield you from what i believe to be the greatest terror in our lives. to do ...

callow in youth ((virtuous as the sun)) #18 4/07/26 i. i am staring at what remains of him in the mirror, tweezers in my right hand-- splicing my face until ...

springterlude iv #17 4/06/26 i do not know how long a crocus will live, all i know is that they will be gone along with the violets, once april is ...

as a flower #16 4/06/26 i know that i am soon to grow into full bloom; resplendent– the brisk air will guide me as i breathe new life into my ...

a dream i had before (religion-babble) #14 4/05/26 and all the prophecies will come to you in dreams, so that they only influence the subconscious. palms cut & sacrificial blood ...

as a lover should #12 4/05/26 (i know that/i am afraid that/i hope that) you do not love me, you are only in love with what i could have been. ...