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Libraries

Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #429, SHHHH! “Head to the stacks and write of something associated with a library.” Couldn’t wait for the Book Mobile to come around. Trailer-sized, it was filled floor to ceiling with books. As a … Continue reading

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Music and Murder

Written for: Friday Writings #61: Such Inspiring Titles “I’m always curious about what other people are reading. So, for today’s optional prompt—which I am not using to fatten my to-be-read pile, really—I invite you to write poetry or prose inspired … Continue reading

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Too Much, Too Soon

Written for: Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt (posted by Devereaux and Beth) “Write a poem using “in the beginning”. A myriad of characters were introduced in the beginning of the book. Without stand-out descriptions, she was forced … Continue reading

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“turning page”

Written for: The Twiglets #284 – turning page Last page left to turn saddens me– end of book Autumn leaves turning are the pages of a tree. child’s delight rapidly turning pages to her favorite part Remember when everyone had … Continue reading

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“a world of words”

Written for: The Twiglets #275 – world of words My Thesaurus is my world of alternate worlds. As a child I gazed in awe at the many shelves stocked with book at the library. I wondered if anyone had read … Continue reading

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Comfort Of A Classic

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #538 Words: honey, leaving, family, books, hunger, truck, sign, broken, wind, silk, black, dust In these black, broken times, with family, and friends far away as distant chimes, she hungers for books, like a … Continue reading

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Language Mishap

Written for: Friday Writings #3 – A Different Interpretation “Take a well-known saying, and interpret it differently.” Tell us your recipe for cooking the books Magda enters a local bookseller’s shop. she is overwhelmed by the sizable collection. Proprietor sees … Continue reading

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The Plan

Written for: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #500 Words: leader, grow, plan, read, four, edge, feather, send, release, demands, days, force The Leader’s plan is more of a demand, forcing them to give up all reading by 4:00 PM today. He … Continue reading

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“a bookish day”

Written for:  the Twiglets #185 – “a bookish day” A lazy rain silvered slowly to the ground. It was a bookish day. Little girl looked forward to Read-Aloud Day with her favorite teacher. She loved bookish days. displaces fearful thoughts … Continue reading

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Searching for Honey

Written for:  Poetic Asides #517 – Write a haunted poem. He combed bookstores and libraries haunted by her voice like honey. Their parting was still a mystery. He combed bookstores and libraries hoping to find her in reverie waiting to … Continue reading

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