For this week’s prompt, write a stained poem. Write about a stain on a shirt, staining wood, or stained glass windows (ekphrastic opportunity?). Of course, these are visual versions of stains. I’m sure there are metaphors for stains as well, like the teenage angst found in a “stained soul.”
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Here’s my attempt at a Stained poem:
“the scandal stained his reputation”
but he grew more popular than ever
because his reputation was built on
his own ill repute & bad attitude
so a scandal only confirmed what was
expected & set everyone at ease
his dirty deeds would only continue
to reinforce his rather forceful stain
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