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2 months ago
🌎 For week two, I selected prompt three “here, between leaving and staying” as my first line for the September Sprint event hosted by firstlinepoets this month. 

Thank you to @emmajanepoetry who leads this amazing group of poets, and to the group curators 
@life_and_light_poetry serena.morrigan @cate_mcminn @noellewritespoetry and the members of the Angelou group for the thoughtful ways in which they inspire and support one another. It is such a pleasure to be among you!

#firstlinepoets 
#poetrycommunity 
#poetrycommunityofig 
#breakuppoetry 
#coldhearted
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Posted On: September 14th 2026, 09:29 pm
🌎 For week two, I selected prompt three “here, between leaving and staying” as my first line for the September Sprint event hosted by firstlinepoets this month.

Thank you to @emmajanepoetry who leads this amazing group of poets, and to the group curators
@life_and_light_poetry serena.morrigan @cate_mcminn @noellewritespoetry and the members of the Angelou group for the thoughtful ways in which they inspire and support one another. It is such a pleasure to be among you!

#firstlinepoets
#poetrycommunity
#poetrycommunityofig
#breakuppoetry
#coldhearted
Comments (13)
nkellyghostwriter0712 2 months ago

nkellyghostwriter0712

How wonderful is this Stephanie!❤️

thistooisholy 2 months ago

thistooisholy

The enjambments in this have me spinning outtttt. I'm over here taking notes like I'm in school! And this is soooo scrumptious and sumptuous! 🖤🖤🖤

aardhrachandran 2 months ago

aardhrachandran

“like a clean, crisp cotton morning” really caught me. I love how the poem lets coldness and tenderness exist side by side, with the landscape carrying so much of the emotional weight. The movement from ice toward warmth feels quietly hopeful without becoming easy. Such a thoughtful, beautifully layered piece.in Awe ❤️

junejasminepoetry 2 months ago

junejasminepoetry

This poem is doing something so interesting to my brain. Mixing feeling with season...I don't know how you did it but it evokes a very cool layered reaction. Wow.

amberhopepoetry 2 months ago

amberhopepoetry

There’s some really striking imagery in here, Stephanie. “Sky covered in sunrise frosting” ?? I want to eat a cupcake made of morning! And then just everything about “a slow and steady rise into the hush of global temperatures. A gold rush of colors” is so vivid and tangible to me. Love this!!

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