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The Movies
Written for: Poets and Storytellers Weekly Scribblings #51 – Looking Back and Writing Forward (posted by Magaly) I chose Weekly Scribblings #9 – Contagion movie goer’s smiles sharing a tub of popcorn contagious laughter https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/
Last Words
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #37: Last Messages “In East Asia (Japan, China, Korea) there is a long tradition of death poems called jisei, reflecting on one’s own death and/or death in general. They are supposed to … Continue reading
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Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #299 – A House Is Not A Home We are writing about a house or a home. It could be a house we live(d) in, a house we wished was ours, a supposed haunted … Continue reading
Now That I Think Of It . . .
Written for: Poets and Storytellers United (posted by Rommy) Weekly Scribblings #31: What Makes You Smile? For this week’s scribblings, I’d like you to write about the things that make you smile. Send over your prose and poetic joys, both … Continue reading
Mallomar Mania
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – July 1 – P.E.O.D (poem every other day) Memoir Chapbook Challenge – “Laugh, Laugh” “We find humor in the strangest places. And what makes me laugh may be different from what amuses you! It is … Continue reading
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Funnies
Written for: Wednesday Muse #11 – “I Love To Laugh!” (posted by Toni) “Hi Musers! What makes you laugh? Not necessarily give you joy but what makes you laugh? It is the antics of your pupper or cat? Something your … Continue reading
Valley Stream Days
Written for: Poets United Midweek Motif~Picnic(s) (posted by Susan) A book of verse beneath the bough, A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness – Ah, wilderness were paradise enow! — Omar Khayyam … Continue reading
Feeling of Harmony
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 #240 – Motivation: Harmony Think of how harmony comes into play in your world and write that thought in a poem. “synchronize with the nature order of life” When a group of friends or family harmonize, … Continue reading
Only Reason Is Invisible
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: “Invisible” (posted by Merrill) “One might argue that it’s the poet’s job to make the invisible visible through our words—to make us see a love in a star, or to make us smell … Continue reading
What Drives Me To Pick Up A Pen
Written for: Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #230, “Motivation” – What gets you (keeps you) on track? Write a poem about what motivates you to write. If I hear a funny conversation, see an unusual sight, I write. If I think of … Continue reading
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