In explanation I shall say I started this tonight and decided to I liked the prompt so starting a little backwards till I look up part 1 and perhaps continue on. Not promising and it depends heavily on the prompt idea I find out.

Like the candy on Halloween night
Evenings of writing more poetry
Push pen or pencil to braking point
Pointing to the sidewalk you should walk.

Walking the path of poet might
Make you cringe or cringe worthy to balk
At more words than you’ve said in hindsight
Because it takes some foresight to do.

There is no way to convince you’re right
Right after the last word makes you stalk
Your thesaurus like autolatry
Causing yourself to look at you too.

Too much too little giving talks
For the Zen of words is your black tea.

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2026 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 2 — Writer’s Digest

Give Us More Poetry was originally published in Zen Poetry on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

there is a stillness that hums — 
not silence,
but balance.
the sound of a clear mind breathing.

thought and feeling
walking side by side,
barefoot on the same line of light.

it lives there — 
in the pause before reply,
in the kindness that
doesn’t need to be seen,
in the thought that bends
instead of breaks.

it is clarity without coldness,
warmth without blur,
a mind like morning water — 
reflective,
unafraid of its own depth.

to think beautifully
is to listen inward
until the noise makes music,
until understanding
and compassion
speak in one voice.

the world grows softer
in that register — 
every edge becomes a curve,
every answer,
a breath.

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Source of inspiration: This particular piece explores that feeling of that gentle hush beneath the noise, where thoughts drift like river reeds, balanced, bright, serene.

Eunoia — harmonious clarity and kindness was originally published in Zen Poetry on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.