Hamartia
Paul's My Flaws Poetry Unofficial Challenge
This poem is for Paul's Unofficial Challenge : Part Three -My Flaw
https://vocal.media/writers/pauls-super-fun-multi-part-unofficial-challenge
This sadly did not take an soul searching at all. I am an avid online scrabble player and would say about 90% of the time cheat by using an anagram app. A massive flaw (one of my many). The title Hamartia originates from the Greek verb hamartanein and means a permanent internal character deficit or simply a singular, devastating mistake made in a critical moment. I am going with my permanent internal character deficit!
Hamartia
It demands brilliance which I don't have
so I feed my jumbled rack of tiles to a quiet tab
letting an algorithm sculpt the multi-syllable lies.
I drop words I have never once spoken onto high-scoring squares
stealing a victory built entirely on someone else's database.
About the Creator
Alyson Smith
Neurodivergent, working-class writer and artist diagnosed with Bipolar. Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. MA in Creative Writing. Currently waitressing while finishing my novel.
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