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Riley Morsman's avatar

I can feel the swirling autumn leaves around me now! 🍂 Great poem. And love the art too—reminds me of the video game Hollow Knight if you happen to be familiar with that.

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Zane Paxton's avatar

Love Hollow Knight’s art style! And thank you so much.

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Colin Sauskojus's avatar

Cool Zane! I’m a little late to the party but well done. The art work is great. I liked the creativity of the stanza titles weaving them all together and I think my favorite stanza was the final one - very rich. Well done and thank you for sharing!

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Zane Paxton's avatar

Thank you Colin!

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Ali Noël's avatar

"On these streets it's the shadows that show us where to go." Oh my goodness, I loved that line! The art mixed with the poetic tale? You both knocked it out of the park. Incredibly vivid and close. I really enjoyed reading a different style in your voice!

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Zane Paxton's avatar

I really appreciate that. I had a lot of fun doing something a little different. Thanks for reading!

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James Hart's avatar

Fun one, Zane! I like the creative direction you afforded yourself—different kind of approach and I think it paid off. Very appropriate for the season!

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

So good Zane. You did such an amazing job at telling a vivid story through this piece. I really enjoyed it and thought it was different from your usual poems!!

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Zane Paxton's avatar

Thanks Rosa! Yes, definitely very different haha. I always enjoy trying to push myself in new ways, and especially when it comes to my writing. It was fun to explore some darker themes of October, and tell a narrative through that.

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