#living creature

[the-pinetree-poet]

2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 24

For today’s prompt, pick a living creature and write a poem.

Your living creature could be human, of course, but also something as big as a blue whale or as small as Nanoarchaeum equitans.

And there are no rules against picking living creatures that are fictional, like a luck dragon or Frankenstein's Monster.

Remember:

These prompts are springboards to creativity.

Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.

If you have a wild idea, follow it.

...and fear not the first draft!

[lpbestiary]

The hayyoth, or four living creatures, are heavenly beings appearing in several religious texts, most notably the Book of Ezekiel in Judaism and the Book of Revelation in Christianity. They are generally considered to hold up the throne of God, and are sometimes classed as angels.

In the Book of Ezekiel, the hayyoth are explicity identified as cherubim, while in the Book of Revelation, they appear in the forms of a lion, an ox, an eagle and a man, each having six wings and many eyes across their bodies.

Image source.

Monster master list.

Suggest a spook.

[fireheartwraith]

If Thanos wiped out ALL living things does that mean that we'll finally be able to answer, 100% sure, whether viruses are alive or not?

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