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hi, here's my response to this week's prompt! it's based on that fairytale where the girl has to make nettle shirts for her seven brothers to turn them back into humans (from swans). https://manyface.neocities.org/muse#clothes - j

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caesthoffe 7 months ago

ive never heard of that story, but holy fuck your imagery is soooo vivid i might as well have been there. love the vocabuulary you used :0

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manyface 7 months ago

@caesthoffe thank you so much!! there are a lot of variants of the story, i was surprised to see just how many there are when i was refreshing myself on the premise. i think i know the story from a soviet cartoon?

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ryomakesthings 7 months ago

really love how compact and punchy this poem is - completely agree with caesthoffe that the imagery is stunning!

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manyface 7 months ago

@ryo thank you!!! it was the sort of thing that came to me as i was trying to sleep and i had to get up to write it down, haha!

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bigbrat museariadne

7 months ago

wowowow so glad i stumbled upon this so i could find more writers on here!!!

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caesthoffe 7 months ago

welcome to our cult /j

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museariadne 7 months ago

ahhh so exciting !! feel free to join us with a /muse page anytime :]

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tehuan museariadne

8 months ago

hi y’all ! sorry i didn’t get to posting a prompt yesterday— it was a Very long day. this week’s prompt is “write about the feeling of clothes on a body— the way it fits & feels, and what each material inspires.” will update the site itself soon !!

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owlroost museariadne

8 months ago

I continue to like prose poetry a bit too much (and interpret prompts sideways- it's working, though!). https://owlsroost.xyz/muse.html#break

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

I really appreciate the honesty and self-awareness of this piece, I especially like how you called back to your earlier poems. I love the imagery of the porch in the middle!

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owlroost 8 months ago

Something I've been doing with Muse pieces in general is callbacks! Usually via metaphors echoing forwards. I find it fun and it inspires me to find ways to connect them.

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manyface 7 months ago

this is really beautiful!!! i loved reading it! thank you so much for sharing, the imagery was fantastic and dazzling!

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siph museariadne

8 months ago

wrote my first poem in a long while. i saw a prompt about breaking away from things and asked myself why ive broken away from this ritual itself, and many others i set for myself. that's what this is about https://siph.neocities.org/library/muse/

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

there is a lot of honesty in this piece that is very well-balanced with a certain artistic flair. I really like the format of the Shakespearean sonnet and the rhyme scheme, I think it adds to the musicality of the piece quite well!

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caesthoffe 8 months ago

incredibly relatable, love your use of Icarion as a word. also, don't know if you did this on purpose but "i pray everyday for my body to align with the plans i fashion in my mind" is very tran/non-binary coded, which i loved.

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owlroost 8 months ago

Sometimes you read the first line of a poem and know it'll be good. This is one of those poems. The rest followed through, but that first line is going to stick with me.

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manyface 7 months ago

this was wonderful and relatable... i loved the rhyme scheme and the overall sentiment. i like that it seemed to be positive at the end, there is hope! remember to take care of yourself.

melxncholyman museariadne

8 months ago

posted a poem for this week’s prompt. inspired by my home country which you can infer from the references. i don’t have my computer with me so a simple html page it will be for now. https://melxncholyman.neocities.org/hooves

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angelogistics 8 months ago

ohhh maybe i just love how a blank website page feels like a cathedral but this hit so hard & so well ... rlly lovely imagery ! !

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melxncholyman 8 months ago

@angelogistics there is something holy to be found in enclosed emptiness… thank you for the praise <3

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

what a beautiful and poignant poem - seconding that the imagery is stunning, you incapsulated so much history, grief and hope in a few words. thank you for sharing your artistry with us!

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melxncholyman 8 months ago

@ryomakesthings thank *you* for reading and appreciating!

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owlroost 8 months ago

The fractal horses of all things really connected with me. Gorgeous visuals, and it feels rooted somehow in a way that a lot of poetry doesn't.

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melxncholyman 8 months ago

@owlroost thank you, i had fun imagining an infinite scale of little horses heheh

manyface 7 months ago

this was really awesome - everybody who said that the imagery is amazing is absolutely correct. an amazing piece. thank you for sharing!

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museariadne updated muse ariadne writing club

8 months ago

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manyface museariadne

8 months ago

here's my prompt fill for this week! i'm very pleased with the triple acrostic structure i used, hehe :D https://manyface.neocities.org/muse#fractal - j

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

absolutely love the format! very effective choice to have no punctuation, it makes the abundant imagery all the more potent!

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manyface 8 months ago

thank you so much ryo!!! i was worried it would take away a lot of the clarity (not a bad thing in itself) but that that would compromise the impact. i'm glad it didn't!

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venusinfoxfurs museariadne

8 months ago

hello hello i'd like to join the writing club !! heres my link: https://venusinfoxfurs.neocities.org/other/clubs/muse. buttons can be found on my index page!

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tehuan 8 months ago

yay ! will add u ^)^

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angelogistics museariadne

8 months ago

eerm ok i saw the word break and engineer brain went brrr, i suppose you could ascribe some repetition to this piece but whoopsies i focused more on the first half than the second in this prompt! https://angelogistics.neocities.org/blog/ariadne im quite happy with how the gentleness of this piece shook itself out, it isn't really the same vibe as my other ones with the technical terms but its kind of neat!

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manyface 8 months ago

this was so beautiful, i genuinely feel a bit tearful now! i'm really glad to have read this! thank you for sharing!

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

this is such a well-crafted and evocative piece of writing. the last two lines especially are so powerful!

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ryomakesthings museariadne

8 months ago

latest prompt filled - it's a bit dark in concept (though I like to think there is humour in it too), CWs are at the top of the piece if you need to tap out! https://ryomakesthings.neocities.org/clubs/muse/

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shibardnek 8 months ago

i really liked this one! it really highlights just how panicked one's anxious thoughts can become, and it really nailed it on the head with how quickly it tends to escalate too. i especially like the touch of making it a run-on.

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asters-asterisms 8 months ago

i love the rambling style of this!! i feel like it helps add to the emotion of the piece mwah

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manyface 8 months ago

i like this a lot!! it's very cool and the run on structure is excellent. great work as always, ryo!

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melxncholyman 8 months ago

really liked the escalation of scale and how you cheekily tied it back to the beginning ^^

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shibardnek museariadne

8 months ago

prompt fill for this week :) been feeling kind of stagnant lately, so this one was a nice writing warm up https://shibardnek.neocities.org/muse

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

I really like how you focussed on not only the graduality of distress but that of hope, as well. I appreciate how it ends on a note of self-forgiveness, the whole thing put a smile on my face. the format is also very interesting!

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shibardnek 8 months ago

thank you! when writing it i was thinking of a computer terminal, and the straightforwardness of prompt fills.

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angelogistics 8 months ago

very honest, i like how much it rings out in the darkness :o)

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manyface 8 months ago

this was really nice to read, i'm glad there was hope as well as despair and that it all felt like a process with the best intentions of the character/voice in mind, by the end of it!

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asters-asterisms museariadne

8 months ago

my prompt fill for this week 🫡 https://asters-asterisms.neocities.org/home/muse/722

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manyface 8 months ago

this is so amazing... i really loved reading through it, it's beautiful and the repetition is so powerful and poignant. so proud of you for sharing this, thank you.

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badgraph1csghost 8 months ago

i teared up reading this T-T very good work

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

what a beautiful and powerful lament. I love how you went down each line one at a time and how terribly human it all is. thank you for your art!

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museariadne

8 months ago

new prompt up !!

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melxncholyman 8 months ago

ohhhh i like this one

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museariadne updated muse ariadne writing club

8 months ago

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ryomakesthings museariadne

8 months ago

here is my prompt fill for this week! https://ryomakesthings.neocities.org/clubs/muse/

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manyface 8 months ago

this is such a beautiful poem! i'm glad that ikb 79 speaks to you so much, it really is a wonderful shade of blue. - j

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museariadne 8 months ago

i love this sm ! what a perfect moment to focus in on (hi sorry didn't want to change accounts to reply)

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tehuan museariadne

8 months ago

new poem for this week & filled a couple old ones !! :] https://tehuan.neocities.org/muse

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

I love the new poem so much - the promise of conformity can feel comforting at times, yet for so many of us it is nothing more than a slow-acting poison. thank you for putting it into words so beautifully, the love and hope in this piece are inspiring!

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tehuan 8 months ago

you're so sweet, thank you so much! i defiinitiely think the way we ask ourselves to conform can sometimes be euphoric, but also really harmful sometimes, n it was nice to acknowledge that while still showing respect for all the collected knowledge on how to pass, etc

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flowerinbinary 8 months ago

"on lou sullivan’s advice" is so so beautiful and important... i like your rhymes

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sunmiflowers 8 months ago

" ...I should try to want like a man does / without pause or question." hits hard!!!

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alicebluef0f8ff 8 months ago

incredibly resonating. its so frustrating when you finally discover who you are, yet instead of being able to bask in the joy of that you have to constantly keep fighting what feels like a losing battle of conformity. oh can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all...

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alicebluef0f8ff 8 months ago

oh, and it goes without saying, but you're a great writer and i always love reading your prompts <3

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tehuan 8 months ago

you guys are all so sweet, ty kindly !! i'm really glad the poem resonates with you guys. it's suchhh a frustrating feeling to be forced into conformity and i think it's once we all feel at some point or another

vagueshape museariadne

8 months ago

this week's fill! i love the imagery of the oroborous (the serpent that eats his tail) and decided to write a little poem. I'm not great with rhyming so I think it sounds a little clunky, but I would love to turn this one into a song once day, maybe with the last stanza as the chorus! https://vagueshape.neocities.org/muse

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

I like this, in a sense it feels like an ode to life itself in all its facets through the cyclicality of the oroborous. I think your passion for its imagery shines through very clearly!

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manyface 8 months ago

this made me smile a lot as i read it. i like the ouroboros too and this poem felt so earnestly joyful and appreciative of the cyclicality of the cosmos!

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caesthoffe 8 months ago

loveeee your choice of language, feels very flowy and powerful at the same time :))

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tehuan 8 months ago

oh this is so gorgeous n i Def feel like it could make such a cool song !!

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caesthoffe museariadne

8 months ago

did my prompt for the week !! its a little unconventional, but i ended up combining two prompts, because i hadnt written anything for weeek 23 and when i saw what week 24 was for i immediately was inspired :>> so enjoy https://caesthoffe.neocities.org/writing/muse#week-23&24

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tehuan 8 months ago

AHH this is so cool & i love that you fucked around with two prompts at once !! awesome move :]

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

that last line hits hard, I love your version of it. I get the sense of an ember of hope burning through the desperation and exhaustion. Great work!

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manyface 8 months ago

this is so awesome, i really liked it. it's so powerful and heavy and tender all at once!

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manyface museariadne

8 months ago

i did this week's prompt! i translated a poem from russian :) https://manyface.neocities.org/muse#translation - j

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tehuan 8 months ago

oh this is so beautiful, ty for sharing

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ryomakesthings 8 months ago

thank you for sharing this with us, it's a very powerful and evocative poem - can't speak for the original piece but it's a great translation, I'm sure the former is just as biting!

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manyface 8 months ago

@xalli @ryo thank you so much!! that means a lot to me! translating stuff is fun, especially when you get to play with it a little! :D

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caesthoffe 8 months ago

translation is a skill that i respect so much, amazing job :))

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manyface 8 months ago

@caesthoffe thank you so much!! after writing, i was delighted to learn that nobody has ever translated this particular poem before i did (and if they did, it's not online) - j

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