Day 3 Poem-a-Day Challenge

west Brighton pier ruins with the words Scotoma bw

A Month of Writing Negative Space Poetry

Hunger

she knew hunger.

years later,
she set the table
for hungry.

Written for Writer’s Digest NovPAD Chapbook Challenge. Day 3: a celebration poem, and/or a disappointment poem. ©Misky 2006-2026. Scomtoma is a partially diminished or degenerated field of vision, ie, a negative space in visual acuity.

Photo is the ruins of West Pier, Brighton.

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