Stine Writing and Miniatures

W3 Prompt #178: Wea’ve Written Weekly

W3 Prompt #178: Wea’ve Written Weekly
https://skepticskaddish.com/2025/09/24/w3-prompt-178-weave-written-weekly/

Quietly Hidden

Quiet
Breathe in
And take a moment 
To hold it then 
Release it slowly
Reigning in the emotions
That implore 
Complicity
Giving in to tears
That forge through
Memories and regrets
Hidden

©2025 CBialczak

Jaideep’s prompt guidelines

  1. Write a poem that starts and ends in silence.
    • The first and last lines should directly evoke or describe silence.
    • It could be the literal word silence, or imagery that suggests quietness, stillness, or absence of sound.
    • The point is to frame the whole poem between two moments of silence.
  2. Use enjambment to sound like a heartbeat.
    • Enjambment means carrying a sentence or phrase over from one line to the next without a pause.
    • The short, broken flow can mimic a heartbeat: steady, pulsing, slightly uneven.
    • Think of each line as a “beat” that pushes into the next one.
  3. Keep it to 12 lines, like 12 heartbeats.
    • The entire poem is only 12 lines long.
    • Each line equals one “pulse,” so the poem itself becomes a heartbeat sequence.
    • The brevity forces intensity and rhythm.
  4. At least once, use a one-word line that makes the reader pause.
    • Somewhere in the poem, have a line with only one word.
    • This acts like a pause or a sudden strong beat in the rhythm, making the reader stop and notice.
    • That single word should carry weight—emotionally, visually, or sonically.

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