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Fraiku: Uhura

She opened hailing frequenciesto a prismatic future— taking uswhere we’d never gone before Nichelle Nichols, 1932-2022 So it goes…

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Past Time to Move On

For today’s prompt, write a moving on poem. Past Time to Move On There were men walking on the moonwhen I was a boy with my telescopein the backyard looking for planets Watching Star Trek after schoolI figured that by … Continue reading

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Fraiku from Alnitak

I won’t say “I love you”Love is a shooting starI prefer “Let me help” (Inspired by a line from the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever“.)

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Red Shirt Story

For today’s prompt from Robert Lee Brewer’s Write Better Poetry blog, take the phrase “(blank) Story,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles … Continue reading

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Pon Farr

For today’s prompt, write a story poem. Think of a story, could be a long, complicated, winding story, but for a poem, it may make more sense to make it a short, direct story. Pon Farr My friend should have … Continue reading

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