The Brain is a Noodle

A place for all things bite-sized! A collection of poetry and shortform pieces! 🧠🍜 We have daily poetry prompts, weekly shortform prompts and now introducing, monthly essay prompts!

but are we?

this one might hurt your head

Sep 21, 2025

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things are
the way they are

because
they way they are
is the way they are

but are they
the way they are
?

#WritingPrompts: are they?

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Hi, I’m

Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)

, and today I’m feeling ~cryptic~.

Hop down the rabbit hole with me and

?

The Green Man

Poetry. (It’s weird, and I’m blaming the universe for this one. 100%)

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These Words Were Gifts To Me; And I Gift Them Forward To You

a poem

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A place for all things bite-sized! A collection of poetry and shortform pieces! 🧠🍜 We have daily poetry prompts, weekly shortform prompts and now introducing, monthly essay prompts!

Written by Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)

Filling in the cracks on conflicting self improvement advice and translating how these can work for a more diverse audience ✨ Icon by: @jkbarts #WEOC writer.

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