Microfiction&Poetry #8 - voing and feedback

[Loksfjoer]

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Welcome to the Voting and Feedback round for MFP#8!

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The Entries

absolute minimalism

my contest submission is this

words

Words on paper, they deliver the message
Runes, hieroglyphs, letters; a form of art
Italics and bold, to show what matters
The journey of the characters, a lesson for us all
Inspiring speeches or boring prose
Never-ending cycle of writing, reading, editing
Good job, it is complete.

Writing

Writing. A word that brings so much love and anxiety to my being. A word full of passion and fire, and a word of depth and the unknown all at once. A beautiful juxtaposition that lives inside of my mind just waiting to be tapped into.

A river of words that flow from my mind to my waiting fingers as each piece comes together to form a story wholly its own, willed into existence by my effort. A story so easily allowed to be in ruin or to thrive as I see fit but I am no god; I am a writer with the power of thought, and that’s enough.

[Mole]

I vote for Writing.

[Zmija Sebastian]

I vote for "Writing".

[thejillybeen]

I vote for "words"

[Kassarock]

My vote will be going to Writing, definitely my favourite piece of this contest and the one which read with most heart, soul and passion for me. I connected more with this one on an emotional level, and hence it has my vote.

As for the other entries, I applaud the panache of absolute minimalism, but would suggest its minimalism is perhaps a bit too absolute, even Hemmingway had his limits.

With words, unfortunately I've never been much of a fan of the acrostic form when it comes to poetry, although I suppose its use here is more fitting to the theme than other examples I've come across. I also felt some of the words which formed the acrostic of 'Writing' were somewhat weak choices, your use of 'The' as an example. I think I would have preferred it more if you had stuck to more thematic examples, like you did with the first three lines, which I felt were the strongest in the poem.

[Loksfjoer]

Thank you all for voting, and good job contestants!

With 3 votes, the winner of this round is Writing. Congratulations! Your entry will be added to our Hall of Fame.