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Written Tales Magazine, bringing literature back to the forefront through poetry, short story, and prose. We're a magazine who helps writers become better writers and a place for readers to enjoy creative writing at its finest. Visit us at www.writtentales.com

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My Wicked Words — N.J. Coleman’s Poem - Written Tales

My Wicked Words — N.J. Coleman’s Poem - Written Tales Words take shape as halos and horns, wandering the page, capable of harm or mercy, carrying voices they once had and choices they must make without divine control. https://writtentales.com/my-wicked-words/

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Written Tales Membership | Join a Literary Community for Writers

Join the Written Tales community for writers. Submit your work, receive a permanent author page, take part in monthly writing challenges, and publish with a literary community where the writing comes first. Join here: https://writtentales.com/membership-account/membership-levels/

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The Secret Ambitions of Heartleaf Vine — Gurupreet K Khalsa’s Poem - Written Tales

The Secret Ambitions of Heartleaf Vine — Gurupreet K Khalsa’s Poem - Written Tales A heartleaf vine climbs the pecan tree and drapes across the hedge, and its reach extends toward the house and windows, finding new surfaces to consume. https://writtentales.com/the-secret-ambitions-of-heartleaf-vine-a-poem-by-gurupreet-k-khalsa/

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The #1 Key To Get Published, Be Patient — Article by Written Tales

The #1 Key To Get Published, Be Patient — Article by Written Tales Written Tales steps through the long hours behind a publication—reading, editing, cover art, replies—and reminds writers that the silence while waiting is simply the work being done. https://writtentales.com/the-1-key-to-get-published-be-patient/

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Written Tales Membership | Join a Literary Community for Writers

Join the Written Tales community for writers. Submit your work, receive a permanent author page, take part in monthly writing challenges, and publish with a literary community where the writing comes first. Join here: https://writtentales.com/membership-account/membership-levels/

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I Will Talk If You Want to Listen by Jeral Williams - Written Tales

I Will Talk If You Want to Listen by Jeral Williams - Written Tales https://writtentales.com/i-will-talk-if-you-want-to-listen/

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Meet the Villanelle Poem — Article by Written Tales

Written Tales follows the Villanelle from early songs to modern poets, then pauses on its looping lines before inviting writers to try repeating what keeps returning to the page again. https://writtentales.com/meet-the-villanelle-poem/

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Meet the Ottava Rima Poem — Article by Written Tales - Written Tales

Written Tales introduces the Ottava Rima, tracing its path from Italy through Spain and England, grounding the form in history while inviting writers back to the page to practice together. https://writtentales.com/meet-the-ottava-rima-poem/

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Writers Help, Let’s Begin With Poetry — Article by Written Tales

Written Tales notes the early drafts arriving each week, familiar habits on the page, then gently urges writers beyond comfort to feel how form steadies even so-called free verse again. https://writtentales.com/writers-help-lets-begin-with-poetry/

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Tanka Poems, How To Write Them With Examples — Article by Written Tales

Written Tales walks through the shape of a Tanka, lingering on its sensory openings and the pivot line that turns the poem, using a brief example to show how the form gathers its weight. https://writtentales.com/tanka-poems-how-to-write-them-with-examples/

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Meet the Quatrain — Written Tales Article

This Written Tales feature introduces the quatrain—four lines, fifteen forms, infinite emotion. It is a frame for the rhythm of daily life and the sudden changes that shape our words. https://writtentales.com/meet-the-quatrain-poem/

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Meet the Minute Poem — Article by Written Tales

Meet the Minute Poem — Article by Written Tales A brief, tight form takes shape through counted lines and steady rhythm, offering poets a small frame to work within while inviting members to share what those sixty measured seconds sparked. https://writtentales.com/meet-the-minute-poem-unique-brief-poetic-form-challenge/

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The Quiet Anatomy — Topher Shields’s Poem - Written Tales

The Quiet Anatomy — Topher Shields’s Poem - Written Tales Syllables surface where lungs collapse. Light sifts through silence. Something unnamed settles inside the scar, humming through marrow shaped by fracture, held quiet beneath the weight of what remains. https://writtentales.com/the-quiet-anatomy/

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Love Song: A Poem of Friendship and Summer’s Gifts - Written Tales

Love Song: A Poem of Friendship and Summer’s Gifts - Written Tales A fragrant tomato, rinsed in summer light, where friendship and nature mingle in everyday beauty. https://writtentales.com/love-song-a-poem-of-friendship-and-summers-gifts/

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In Leo’s Bedroom — David Sydney’s Short Fiction - Written Tales

In Leo’s Bedroom — David Sydney’s Short Fiction - Written Tales The quiet room and short visits. A bedside gathering plays out in low light, where each relative takes a turn, speaking their words, and then sitting in the silence. https://writtentales.com/in-leos-bedroom/

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Scratchy Love — Arvilla Fee’s Short Fiction - Written Tales

Scratchy Love — Arvilla Fee’s Short Fiction - Written Tales A girl counts down four weeks in a group room with folding chairs, a prickly counselor, and notebooks full of assignments, while the words “aged out” sit unanswered in her lap. https://writtentales.com/scratchy-love/

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Storm Watch — Carolyn Henry’s Poem - Written Tales

Storm Watch — Carolyn Henry’s Poem - Written Tales Alone they watch a roaring sea crash into stone, lightning explode, and the horizon shake where water and sky meet. They’re offering a storm without answers. https://writtentales.com/storm-watch/