A Mountainous Shadow of Doubt - a Poetic Response to Bill Holland's Challenge
Having previously submitted a story to Bill's challenge, I'd no intention of submitting another entry. However, I was unable to go to sleep until I'd written this poem which thrust itself on me. After all, poetry is my main hallmark. So please accept this as it is intended, which is for inspiration to arise from doubt or gloom if/when it besets us.
A mountainous shadow of doubt, ~
They crouch and writhe
Beneath surrounding mount
'Midst consuming, soulful gnawing
Evermore Abiding.
Hid in abandoned, crumbling walls,
Traveling on rejected rails
To graveyards of despairing calls
'Midst moans and wails
Along its trails.
Embrace the hope within.
Escape the bonds of fear.
Cast off, cast down the chains
Which now enfold your souls.
Take hold of hope abounding.
Rise up! Oh doubters, arise!
You need not hide your sighs.
Cast off, cast down the lies
Which overtook your lives.
Rise up with sun in view.
No more a mountainous shadow,
No more circuitous traversing.
No more those cavernous graves.
No more oppressive despair dispersing ~
With glorious sunshine everywhere,
Peace is ling'ring there.
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Some Other Challenge Entries
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A little story written in response to A Writing Challenge: Are You Up For It? by Bill Holland. ://hubpages.com/literature/A-Writing-Challenge-Are-You-Up-For-It - Riding The Rails- Short Story - A Challenge by Bill Holland by Ruby Jean Fuller (always exploring)
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When Jennifer got the call to go and see a new geological phenomenon the last thing she expected was this! Short Story by Nell Rose - The Darjeeling Trip And The Mystery Of Those Mountains: A Short Story by Chitrangada Sharan
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- Sugar Mountain ~ a poem by Suzette Walker susetetaos (suzettenaples)
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I have been away from HubPages for a while, but when I saw this picture, and realized that is was offered as a writing challenge, I couldn't resist. Thank you, Bill, for the inspiration. - Flash Fiction: A mountain man comes home - Bill's Challenge by MizBejabbers
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This Hub is written in response to: A Writing Challenge: Are You Up For It? http://hubpages.com/literature/A-Writing-Challenge-Are-You-Up-For-It - Mole on a Mountain: A Short Story Response to Bill Holland's Writing Challenge by Chris Mills
Tony is a DEA mole in a Mexican drug cartel. On his 1st run to deliver a shipment of meth, he encounters 2 kinds of trouble, airplane trouble over the mountains and his arch enemy as team leader.
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