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K.M. Bennett's avatar

It was half-past noon

when the meteorite struck,

turning bones to dust

Honeygloom's avatar

So cool. Like a news report, which makes it even more chilling🖤

Thea Wood's avatar

The time reference is brilliant.

K.M. Bennett's avatar

Ahhh thank you! Something random that popped into my brain. 🖤

Thea Wood's avatar

Dinosaurs suffered

Now, humans will feel our rain

Fiery stone showers

Honeygloom's avatar

Love this! A little cosmic vengeance?

A.P. Murphy's avatar

Struck by lightning and survived,

nothing more outlandish

could befall. I'm safe, I am -

Honeygloom's avatar

Your body will be worth so much money now. Little jars filled with singed tissue floating in formaldehyde. Dented cranium? 💰

erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

Thus Excalibur!

Hanna Delaney's avatar

The invader! Stuff from space... Scary.

Honeygloom's avatar

Might be a space virus, might be Superman🤷‍♀️

Songsterfunsterhamster's avatar

Streak across the sky

A life summarised in flame

You might make your mark

Honeygloom's avatar

So beautiful, love the ‘might’ in the last line🖤

Richbee's avatar

Mystery mound.

Lost and found.

Colloidal cosmic crater

Displaced debris.

Honeygloom's avatar

Another one I loved reading allowed😍

Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! Aloud… autocorrect 🤦‍♀️

David Perlmutter's avatar

One of my superhero characters gained her powers as the result of being smacked down during a Perseid-like shower.

Honeygloom's avatar

Oh cool! The Perseids peak this weekend I think, or around this time?

Dylan Delgado's avatar

Air punctured by ball

of iron digs into earth;

dirt flies. Take cover!

Honeygloom's avatar

I love the action you described! There is so much movement in this little space🖤

Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Rock flying through space,

Enjoying the trip, until,

Earth got in the way... 😎

Honeygloom's avatar

😂 Love this take! How could we be so rude?

Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Absolutely! He was having fun exploring the cosmos, and we ruined it. Haha... 😎

erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

Heimdal's sword Hofud!

Honeygloom's avatar

Wow I didn’t realize there were so many😂 I guess it is a pretty cool way to get your sword. Now I kinda want one.

erniet's avatar

The list goes on and on…😂

Not to mention the spears and axes and othe implements of destruction! (Gungnir, for example…)

Honeygloom's avatar

And (for real) Tutankhamun’s dagger, found in his tomb, the oldest known weapon made from iron harvested from a meteorite.

erniet's avatar

Wow I didn’t know that! Cool!

Honeygloom's avatar

The Egyptians harvested a lot of iron from meteorites apparently, so they had iron technically before the Iron Age started in most places. Pretty cool stuff.

erniet's avatar

Wow, that nickel content (11%) is up there with alloy and stainless steels…pretty cool!

erniet's avatar

I didn’t know that!

erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

This was Dragvandil!

erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

Thus was Angurvadal!

erniet's avatar

Alien iron forged

Into arcane blade of lore...

Thus was Durendal!