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Written for dVerse Poetics – Once in a
Lifetime. Our host, Kim, invites us to
write a poem beginning with “Once in a
lifetime”, making use of line breaks and
caesura, creating rhythm and emotion.
Kim’s inspiration for this challenge is
“The Window”, a poem by Mary Jean Chan.
Written for RDP where Punam asks us to
get creative with the word “engine”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompts took me.
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word “sole”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.
Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
“Dark Matter”. Here’s my take.
Written dVerse Prosery Monday – Bury Me.
Our host Lisa asks us to write a 144 word piece
of flash prose incorporating the line “Bury me
with the lies I told” from the song “Bury Me” by
Alejandro Escovedo. Here’s where the prompt took me.
Written for RDP where leapingtoes asks us to
get creative with the word “discern”; also for
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #063 and Crispina’s
photo #2. Here’s where the prompts took me.
Written for Jim Adams’ Thursday Inspiration #299 –
“Dream A Little Dream Of Me”. Here’s my take.
Written for Jim’s Thursday Inspiration #273 –
‘Turn The Page’. My inspiration is the word
‘song’ and here’s my spin on things.
Using one of the very cool graphics from Kevin
at No Theme Thursday, this has been written for
dVerse Poets Quadrille #214 – “Going Out With A Bang”.
Theme suggested by Punam; this is my 44 word quadrille.
Written for Friday Fictioneers where we are
asked to get creative in 100 words or less using
the photo below for inspiration. Here’s my story.
Gregory Goose shouted:
“Stop lollygagging, you gang of pencil neck geeks, and get a move on! We don’t have a gazillion hours to waste. A performance awaits us so step lively. And speaking of step, watch yours. There’s goop about.
Greta! Grab hold of those goslings!
George! Stop giving Ginger googly eyes!
Glenda and Gloria! Quit gabbing!
Listen up, guys. Christmas will be here before you know it. If you don’t wanna get cooked, we gotta nail that ‘six geese a-laying’ verse. We need two more geese in our gaggle to make three groups of six.
Ladies, who’s feeling romantic?”
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100 Words
The is “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
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