Now It’s Still Fresh
{{Breakup Nonet}} Challenge
By Morgana MillerPublished about a month ago • Updated about a month ago • 1 min read
Photo by Antonin Duallia on Unsplash
Someday you’ll be timeworn memories:
nostalgia stuffed in black bins, stale
holiday decor in my
mind’s basement. I’ll retrieve
them for a season—
discover they
discolor,
gather
dust.
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Comments (14)
Congratulations! "Stale holiday decor" God.... how absent of mind can a situation get? Great job. 🥰
Well done on your challenge placement! 😇🌟🙏🏻
This is such an awesome break up nonet poem. Congratulations on your win - it very deserving!
Beautiful poem. Congrats.
Beautiful. Congrats!!
This was so beautiful!! Can't believe I missed it!! Congrats on honourable mention one the Nonet challenge!! 🎉
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Congratulations on Runner Up, Morgana!
Really excellent! The comparison to stowed away holiday decor was just expertly done!
So many layers to this!! You quite succinctly captured the phases of breaking up and the aftermath through time. Loved this one from you :)
I love this concept and your execution here! Great job painted the way time can fade and discolor even the most painful memories ❤️
There is something so striking about the realization that an emotional bond might transition overtime from earthmoving to nostalgic and eventually to little more than detritus. Your poem reads like a casual paradigm shift after an argument or the straw that broke the camel’s back. I love it when the labor that went into creating the art is invisible! Wonderful writing, Morgana!
Wow, another stunner from you, Morgana! This is so pretty, even though it's about the decay of memories we'd rather forget. It's written so eloquently. The whole thing is my favourite line, lol!
Distance ages all things. Lovely!