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Lost_Carcosan t1_j9965a2 wrote

Reply to comment by RecklessSpeculation in [OT] Poetry Corner: Fire! by OldBayJ

I read this twice before I realized the word 'phoenix' isn't actually anywhere in it. It's cool that you managed to imply it so strongly.

Also chaparral is a really fun word.

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RecklessSpeculation t1_j9msdi2 wrote

I tried relying pretty heavily on allusion and implication, hard to thread the line.

And I agree, chaparral is very fun.

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