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Written for: Carpe Diem Tan Renga Wednesday #13 Winter Chrysanthemum “Your goal is to create a Tan Renga with a given haiku by adding your two-lined stanza through association. Here is the haiku to work with:” Winter chrysanthemum, Wearing nothing … Continue reading
The Choice They Made
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Prosery: Between Heartbeats (posted by Kim) “We ask you to write a very short piece of prose that tells a story, with a beginning, a middle and an end, in any genre of your … Continue reading
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Tagged doubts, flash fiction, inspired by quote, marriage, risk, written in a count of words
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February Plays
Written for: Poets & Storytellers United Writer’s Pantry #7: “Strolling Through February Streets” (posted by Sanaa) “Under the dove grey sky, I have witnessed and felt many a frenzied heart thump during the month of transition. Traffic jam thoughts, coffee … Continue reading
Theater Woes
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #282 – Hopper Inspired “Write to painting.” How I hate the term, ‘usherette’. We all wear identical uniforms. Shall I say, ‘Good evening, may I usherette you to your seat’? This performance is sold … Continue reading
Two Sides
Written for: Sunday Whirl, Wordle #443 Words: move, ease, slyly, turn, lost, feel, far, air, left, blood, side, limit I can move you far with ease. You turn to me, lost, feeling like no air is left to breathe. As … Continue reading
Bridge Fog
Written for: Sunday Muse #95 Bridge is deserted, befogged, the moon occluded. Will my flash be bright enough to capture the vision walking towards me? http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/
Did You Know?
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – For Your Consideration – “Cupid Has A Secret” “Write that mystery into your poem/flash fiction. Did you know that in ancient times I used to be all colors of the rainbow, an angel of flaming … Continue reading
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Tagged Cupid, disappointment, dispair, imagination, secrets, shame
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Improvised Tales
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: The Death Sentence (posted by Gospel Isosceles) “I’ve been reading Michael Simms’ blog Vox Populi – A Public Sphere for Poetry, Politics, and Nature for four years now and was recently … Continue reading
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Tagged bus trip, friend, improvising, opinions, plastic, story in one sentence, True, turkeys, urinating
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No Marketing Skills
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United – Weekly Scribblings #6: Turn cliché into poetry or prose. Take as many clichés as you like. (posted by Magaly) Someone keeps throwing lemons at me. Quick, get the sugar and water. Our stand … Continue reading
Sighs of Spring
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – InForm Poet: Tanka “The Tanka is a Japanese poem of five lines. The first and third lines are composed of five syllables, and the others contain seven. In Japanese, tanka is often written in one … Continue reading
