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Where writers become warriors whose passion births #poetry! Weekly prompt announced on Wednesday and the battle to be crowned our “Voice of Valo(U)r” commences on Friday. Were you #BornBattleReady?
@thepoetryarena.bsky.socialHold your fire! We are officially closed for submissions. Our finalists for Voice of Valo(U)r will be announced on Monday. Thank you to everyone who had the courage to pierce our souls with poetic passion this week. Your words do not go unnoticed!
@poetricide.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.socialChoppy Waters was the most ravenous hungry hungry cabalist in the entire rabble list
as an accomplished babblist
& scrabblist there wasn't a word left that o'er his lips hadn't travelous by blacktop or gravelous
except the plural for hippopotamus
marbles
@poetricide.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.socialGit Gitchie Gitchie's belly was cavernous
till he would itch itchy itchy ravenous
no gluten made him bitter
'less he played some Tex Ritter
while drinkin' wine at the local tavernous
@fizzytwizler.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.socialYou burn hotter
a beautiful car crash in slow motion
We scream just to feel our lungs break
gasping through ruined denim and eyeliner
in the back of some stolen ride
I am #ravenous for your chaos
So steal me away with your love
before we both burn to ash
@poetricide.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.social#sirens sound off like wailin' kin
another ship goes down
now it's a memory o what it used to been
before lack o gill
in the swill
made 'em drown
as water did fill
lungs, ravenous for life
or breath
with death
marinated in hiraeth
bathed in light
@kokopellibfree.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.social#WritingCommunity #vss365 #BornBattleReady
@darkxfer.bsky.social
@ourpoetryx.bsky.social
@sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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What's Left Behind
Your diary
On your desk
With my name on it
An evocative solicitation
Congregate demons
Energise me
With morbid curiosity
On the final page
A fatuous...
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@writinglife2010.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.social#BornBattleReady #ravenous #Poem #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #sonnet
That Daring Leap
@annieb222.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.social
@fhpowellwriter.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.socialThe knife in the crust,
cutting through with ease
A voice in my head dictates
escape to the wilderness
and follow those ravenous wild dogs
who live amongst rags in makeshift towns
those chains never go away
@thepoetryarena.bsky.social
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#BornBattleReady : RAVENOUS
@blackonreds.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.socialRavenous brain
Working overtime
Driving me insane
Memories of then
Thinking about now
Not remember when's
Why do you taunt me
My ravenous brain
Reset to see
Nothing can be done
Past is the past
I survived
Therefore I won
@annieb222.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.social
@blackonreds.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.socialSomehow I love
The taste of copper
Knowing some would call it sin
My ravenous hunger
You cannot, will not win
Let me get closer
I want to taste your blood
A daydream nightmare
Controlled by darkness
I guess I confess
That this life
Is a neverending
Torture to others
@dmiddleham.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.social
@writinglife2010.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.social
@annieb222.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.social#BornBattleReady Link to poem on my website, text in first comment for anyone who prefers not to use the link:
annieb222.com/2026/10/10/t...
@thepoetryarena.bsky.socialThis week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: RAVENOUS
Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵for added engagement!
Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST
The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
@thepoetryarena.bsky.socialFor those curious, the polling analysis is below.
Thank you to all of our finalists and everyone who showed up this week to vote! 🙏
@thepoetryarena.bsky.socialCongratulations @honestpassion13.bsky.social! You were selected to serve as this week’s Voice Of Valo(U)r 👑
Our next #BornBattleReady prompt is: RAVENOUS
Do not post your #poetry here. Battle will commence Friday at 9am EST.
The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
@honestpassion13.bsky.socialReposted by @thepoetryarena.bsky.socialPlease go vote for the best one, whoever you think that is. I would love it if you found mine to be that best one, but I want you to decide on your own!
@thepoetryarena.bsky.socialVote here! 🖤⚔️🤍
