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Daily Archives: January 30, 2017
Dare to Condense
Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Weekend MiniChallenge: Condense A Poem (posted by Kim) I have chosen a long(-ish) poem by Pablo Neruda, which I would like you to condense to at least half the lines of … Continue reading
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Misdirection
Written for: Quickly #29 Write what would purport to be a set of instructions (directions, recipe, etc.), but give it a hidden agenda. “Okay, you take this road all the way down to Miller’s Feed Store. At fork in road, … Continue reading
Aroma of Tobacco
Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #284 Words: crooked, sky, hole, tobacco, there, wise, first, grandmother, plants, world, eaves Grandmother planted tobacco. First woman to grow her own. Smoked it too, in a crooked corncob pipe, wiped clean each night … Continue reading