"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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Reflections by Sunravelme
Oh! Thank you so much for the feature! It's so nice to see my post among so many creative people! 😁
I loved your combination of poetry and sculpture!
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Great to see a poetry curation! Thanks for resteeming my post, by the way. Really appreciated it.
I hope you found something (or a few things) that you liked! I’m loving your work ❤️
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I did! @sunravelme, that means a lot. I haven't got many comments of late, and am trying not to get too down about it whilst running around trying to buoy others up by commenting on their work! So a little happy comment like that cheers me up. Much love. xx
Yay thanks for the feature :) I kinda feel palnet and creativecoin have breathed life back into this platform for me. Got my creative juices flowing again and I have some interesting plans for this ongoing story so stay tuned y'all and buckle yer seatbelts, this one is going to get wild!
I’m so excited to read where you take it next! I agree, palnet and creativecoin have brought me a lot of excitement as well- how cool is it that we can earn more than just steem on the platform?!
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