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Weekly Challenges

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Deadline

Begin or end a poem or short story with this phrase, or a variation: “It’s here – prepared or not, the time has come.” [Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash]

Submissions

  • Basketball

    The clock is ticking down fast.

    Basketballs are being shot and dribbled as we warm up.

    Fans are getting settled and rowdy as the game is about to start.

  • Fearful Flight

    it's here – prepared or not, the time has come. 
    we are scared, frightened beyond belief 

    here is the day when we must go, 
    must take our undergrown wings and fly. 

  • Fall Is Here

    It’s here-

    Prepared or not, the time has come.

    The apples tumble from trees

    And land in the grass

    That’s wet from fall rain.

    The leaves float through the breeze,

    We watch through the glass.

  • Time Does Not Stop for Beauty

    It's here, prepared or not – 

    A single flower. 

    Dozens of breathtaking, intricate pink-orange petals reach for the sun. 

    Newly bloomed, plump seeds, crisp leaves, overflowing with rich chlorophyll