Posts Tagged ‘death

15
Jul

Departure

This was actually written for three prompts: Poefusion’s Title Tuesday (“Stung by the Splendor of Sudden Black”), Writer’s Island (“Farewell”), and Simply Snickers (use the words “standing” and “still”). I wrote this entirely in American Sentences. Enjoy.

-Nicole
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Stung by the splendor of sudden black, I failed to
bid farewell to you. Nothingness erased the
last still frame where you stood and painted it
black. I called your name, but Silence devoured my
cries into its belly. An obsidian wall separated life
and death – and therefore, us.
Continue reading ‘Departure’

30
Jun

Doorways

This was written for this week’s One Single Impression prompt #18, “doorway”. I delved into the Bible for inspiration for this pantoum, “Doorways”. This is also for this week’s Writer’s Island Matinee Muse prompt, “Avenge”. Enjoy.

-Nicole

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Where is the blood?
My secret sword screams
for Egyptian throats to slit -
doorways betray their keepers.
Continue reading ‘Doorways’

16
Jun

Raven Mocker

This is a response to a Writer’s Island prompt, “superstition”. I chose to write about raven mockers, a kind of wizard/witch/evil spirit in Cherokee mythology. Enjoy.

-Nicole

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I come for
the souls of the dying;
for they are

my only sustenance.
I can smell impending death
from far away.

What you consider
stench is incense to me,
sweet and toxic;

guard your dying
well, for I seek their
hearts for food.

I take the
form of Raven so that
I am not victim

myself, for scavengers
are not the stuff of
other creatures’ sustenance.

Beware me: I
live long from the strength
of your souls;

For I am
Raven Mocker, and I seek
out your dying.

Written 6/16/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
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12
Jun

Haiku #1, 6/12/08

heavy white blanket:
new snow covers the graveyard -
the dead are sleeping

Written 6/12/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

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13
May

Tragedy

A man, a deer in headlights. Knives
Caught him before his year had ended:
A mother’s hopes and dreams suspended. Continue reading ‘Tragedy’

01
May

Haiku #2, 4/30/08

Death and sex connected
Not just in le petit mort -
Also HIV

Written 4/30/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

29
Mar

The Beast

Chimera.
The beast stalks me,
Sinking its sharp teeth
First into my joints,
Then setting its evil eyes
On my liver and heart. Continue reading ‘The Beast’




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