Dead Poets
A poem about the cyclical nature of art, the line between honoring and stealing, and the desire to be original
This prose will always be derivative of something else
I'm always etching into someone else's stone
Laying my claim to famous tombs
Shrines of glory, trying to make the halo fade into my skin
It never sits quite right
About the Creator
Rowan Riley
I've been writing since I was very young and am trying to put myself out there by sharing some of my works, both new and old.
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In Eclipse Challenge Winners
Creator Dane BH is one of our Vocal stalwarts. We’re so grateful to all of your in our Vocal community, and so thrilled by your achievements. This is the third time Dane has won one of our challenges, and she appears too on our Vocal podcast, Write Here, Write Now — take a listen if you haven’t already. But she’s not our winner because we know her: the subtlety and simplicity of we watched the world go dark. together. is what made it our winner of the In Eclipse challenge, with the grace and ease of its lines and observation. As it happens it also expresses the community spirit that means so much to us.
By Vocal Curation Teamabout 13 hours ago in Resources
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