A Month of Writing Negative Space Poetry
Power
Fire was not given.
It was kept
in a bowl of stone,
in a hand.
In a bloodline.
And when it went out,
the dark came back,
and the dark
remembered everything.
Written for Writer’s Digest NovPAD Chapbook Challenge. Prompt word is: Power ©Misky 2006-2026. Scomtoma is a partially diminished or degenerated field of vision, ie, a negative space in visual acuity. Photo: the ruins of West Pier, Brighton.
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