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Stories from the Jukebox · Jul 30, 2026

A true poem.

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MJ Polk · Stories from the Jukebox

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Is it true,
if you don’t act,
if it passes,
before you react,
we can think all we want,
we can wish for, this or that,
if we don’t move,
it won’t become true,
time is fleeting,
plant the seedling,
no more wishes,
write the act,
take it from fiction,
and make it fact.

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Calling all Poets, Fiction, & Non-Fiction writers that love music Share your prose of 1500 words or less, using the prompt, True.

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Jul 28

Prompt #49 - "True" is a song by the English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released in April 1983 as the title track and third single from their third studio album, True.

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Understanding Hallelujah

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Jul 23

This is my submission to this week’s Stories from the Jukebox song prompt, Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen. Subscribe now to have your submission shared!

Read the original on storiesfromthejukebox.substack.com

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