Metamorphose
Unscramble Challenge
-(Word unscrambled: METAMORPHOSE)
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To say a thing aloud is to give it
teeth and claws-
surprise roommates.
The first can tear your heart
away from veiled homeports of self-denial
or fabric of fragile esteem.
But claws are needed
to pull away from past self
who hides your mesomorph parts
from the world
and can stop your talent from launching you
into the oosphere.
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Don’t fear the digital peashooter of owns and memes
that spammers employ-
vivid semaphore signals,
operas of oomph made from mope and distraction.
Before you shampoo and resmooth
downy armor, once ruffled,
take a moment to peer at the roots below.
Call to the echo in chasms exposed
and let it remind you
who you were always meant to be.
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But metaphors make pretty theorems
of the remote sherpa work
to phase into another
atmosphere.
You cannot fortify with armor
the next hopes or they
will become as brittle and frozen in time
as the walls of a tearoom.
About the Creator
Penny Fuller
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Lover of fiction writing and reading. Aspiring global nomad. Woman in science. Most at home in nature. Working my way to an unconventional life, story by story and poem by poem.
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Comments (20)
Amazing job congratulations 🎉🎉
Amazing poem! Congrats on Top Story!🥳🥳🥳
I felt transformed after reading this! Metamorphose was a fantastic word choice, and I appreciated all the words you were able to glean from it. The last few lines were so hard hitting. Thank you for entering this in the challenge :) Congrats on TS!
Awesome job, I love the unique word choice!
Loved the words 🌹🌹
Wow did you go through a gamut of words here, fabulous work! Oosphere, semaphore....great job on this!! Congrats on TS.
Brilliant & congratulations on Top Story!!!💕❤️❤️
Wow. Beautiful!
Wow. Just, wow!
This is beautiful. Congrats on the TS.
Congrats on Top Story!
I learned some new words reading this! I love when that happens. Great poem
congratulations on TS. wonderful!!
Brilliantly done! Congratulations on a well-deserved Top Story!
This has some brilliant metaphors, imagery, and descriptions. The poem is a real gem to read. I loved it!
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Oh this is wonderful. Funny story - I thought one my recent fiction pieces for Just a Minute challenge got Top Story because I used the same image lol. I've subscribed on the basis that this is clever and so eloquently done! Great word choice and well written poem with lots of deep meaning, Penny! Congrats on Top Story!
Wonderful story, congratulations on TS!
Impressive 12 letter word & entry with so many interesting words!
What a cool word choice!! And I learned some new words reading this piece. I feel like this is a treasure trove of begging to be unearthed!