Written for: Miz Quickly "Read all of the following before beginning. army. bingo. covering. curious delicately. flashing. four. glued goggles. gold. opening. page photographed. ramp. son. stenciled Take 5-10 of these words. Write down your first. Add some other forms of that word. What is its closest synonym? Antonym? Make a free association chain. [eg: old>new>refrigerator >appliances > application > college> collage > alleged] Go to the next word; repeat. Repeat. etc. Now: Using words from the original list or your discovered lists, or abandoning the lists altogether, write a two-stanza poem. Or two separate poems. Or sixteen fragments." Bingo >correct> incorrect >error >misstep >stumble >inebriated Curious >inquisitive >information >disinterested >jaded >cynical >sad Flashing >lightning >streak >zig-zag >Zee >alphabet >letter Goggles >glasses >sight >blindness >sense >feel >touch Four >quartet >singers >vocalists >voice >vent >release Details Not Revealed Flashing lights warn of accident ahead. He hopes no one is hurt. Curious rubberneckers risk causing another one. He understands people less and less. Four people ambulanced to nearest hospital, one woman covered in blood. She is admitted, and forced to wait until there is an opening for a room. https://imprompt.wordpress.com/2021/10/01/words/
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This is excellent!
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Thanks, Misk! It was quite a challenge.
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So hard to find a room at the ‘inn’ these days. Sometimes all that’s left is the hall. And you can’t visit if your person isn’t in a room! And some only allow one per. Tough to figure rubberneckers. Fire Police (some are volunteers) who help direct traffic around accidents have a challenging job.
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They do have a tough job, and often a dangerous one.
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