Houston, we have poetry
"The symptoms of your dehydration were so severe, that frankly, you should have been dead. Okay? Are you listening to me now? You should have been dead. Your body lost too much water. A normal body might start to experience organ failure at around 7% loss of body weight. Death around 10%. Your body had lost 25% of its body weight."
Hey Eye Glowed Red by @carlgnash is the fourth chapter of an ongoing series that combines art and story, featuring an interesting, matrix-esque world. I would recommend starting at the beginning, before moving on to 2, and 3.
“This is such a fun and delightful read that manages to ask serious questions while playfully bending form! Also, Mifsud is so skilled at enjambment: I love the clever bend and tilt of the lines, imitating the movement of a bus on city lanes, sometimes smooth, often jolting.” Carla Sofia Ferreira, Teacher and Poet
Published! From the Backseat of a Bus by @poetrybyjeremy features a poem from his published book and gives us a view of his work.
Once, I would spend a school boy’s fortune on such a ticket.
Damn headliners and their tricks by @manoldonchev is a brilliant piece of flashfiction with an excellent twist at the end. It's been a while since a piece of writing has made me long for anything, much less a concert.
Setting sail on an old moldy log Will it be enough?
Where has Ruth Been by @ruth-girl combines my favorite things- poetry and crafting! She made a gorgeous sailboat sculpture out of driftwood, which goes along with her poem.
Zap. Electricity Had its way
Lights Out by @elementm is a poem that explores the idea of cause and effect, expectation vs. surprise, in a tightly enjambed piece that personifies electricity.
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Art and pull-quotes are sourced from their respective posts
Reflections by Sunravelme