Arrow Rock Literary Journal
Lindenwood University
Category: Poetry Contest 2026: “Color” Prompt
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Content Warning: Violence of war “There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity.” – Ernest Hemmingway, 1929 — the introductory quote from 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) “Film how beautiful I am.” his eyes tired, sunken in from the weight of all they’d…
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“Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.” —Pablo Picasso I think you’re A question Enveloped in an enigma Packed in a puzzle Wrapped in a riddle And I want to answer it The eyes…
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The Color War is raging now,But not so long ago,The battle began in our small town:Where the seeds of conflict tend to grow. Holy are the Trinity,Whom everyone once loved,Lived in harmonious concinnity,‘Til they got sick of being shoved. How it began,We will never know.Perhaps it was a drunkard man,Who tipped the first domino? The…
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Rain battered windowsAir crackling with lightI hear Earth’s blowsNoise shattering frightBrightly shining sparksOnce it’s over…Water colored arcs Jennie Weible is the creator of this piece.
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You were not a picture I could take Just mental image of peace I wanted to hold To cradle in my eyes of sorrow You paint the sky’s of blue of the day In the same shade every time At last I will lift up my eyes to the hills of your rise and setting…
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Beseeching from the beginning Upon cinnamon bark Foliage of vibrant coral A trail of cerise Reaching for the ceiling That wishes to be gilded in golden amber And a cerulean cascade Yet, it is blanketed by the silver and slate Kept safe until the And still Oh, still is there an astounding hope For goldenrod…