Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge:
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Mouths wanting water
Tired feet wearily trudging
To fulfil a need
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RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #232 Foot&Mouth
17 Dec 2018 21 Comments
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#SoCS Dec. 15/18 – Hairy
15 Dec 2018 49 Comments
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Linda’s prompt for SoCS this week…
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “hairy.” Use it any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use it to mean more than one thing. Enjoy!
It’s that time of year.Â
The cold has set in and you wrap youself up as much as you can to buffer yourself from the chill.
One huge benefit (for us laydees, anyway) is that we don’t feel the need to defuzz with great regularity, because who’s gonna get their legs out in this weather??!!
So,
Of skirts and dresses, please be wary
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Deck the legs with many a layer-y
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Don we now our tights and jumpers
Fa la la, la la la, la la la
Tis the season to stay hairy
Fa la la la la, la la la la
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But, have you ever ended up in a bit of a hairy situation because you genuinely haven’t been bothered about your bodily follicle growth in the winter? I did, the other day, when I went for a bra fitting, and I had to lift my arms for the tape measure to go round my ribs…
Eeeks! is all I can say!
Adn thinking of hairy… I may need to defuzz next week, as we have our work Christmas do!Â
Double Eeeks!
December 13: Flash Fiction Challenge – Cora Kingston
14 Dec 2018 36 Comments
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Charli’s prompt this week:
December 13, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about Cora Kingston. You can answer any of the questions history obscures or completely make up a Cora Kingston story. Go where the prompt (and the name) leads you.
Cora’s Love
Cora wept as she carefully reread the card in one of her hands.
Tears blurred her vision but the words were etched on her eyeballs.
“You are cordially invited to the union John Yendow and Cora Kingston…”
The proofs of their wedding invitations had arrived earlier that week,
but so caught up was she in her grief, she hadn’t looked at the mail.
Instead of stepping into the church as a blushing bride-to-be,
she had entered it to bid farewell to her one true love.
In the other had she held today’s order of service.
“In loving memory of…”
Rodeo #5: Sound and Fury Winners « Carrot Ranch Literary Community
14 Dec 2018 25 Comments
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The final Rodeo results are in… and GUESS WHAT?
I got third place!!!!!
Wow!!!
Some fantastic entries. Please click the link below to read them.
As always, I’ll leave my entry for you to read at the bottom! ❤
Thanks again judges!
By D. Avery Sometimes fear, respect, and awe are the braids of one rope. Sometimes that one rope is all a buckaroo has to hang onto. Your flash should never let go of that rope. That was my lead-in…
Source: Rodeo #5: Sound and Fury Winners « Carrot Ranch Literary Community
Third place and a copy of Chicken Shift go to Ritu Bhathal forGoodbye Fall.
Below me flowed water, fast and furious.
I tightened my grip on the pot.
“All ready?” The instructor checked my harnesses.
I gulped.
But I nodded. I needed to do this.
Launching myself, as instructed, I fell, headfirst, feeling the air zoom past me.
The elastic went taut and I bounced up and down several times.
My heart was in my mouth.
As I came to a stop, I looked at the pot, still in my hands.
Loosening its lid and allowing the contents to fall into the water, I whispered “Goodbye Jake,” before slowly being pulled back up.
What is apparent from the beginning is both the narrator’s fear and resolve to make this jump, though Ritu reveals this through discreet details, such as a tightened grip, a gulp, a silent nod. The motivation isn’t revealed until the end, with the detail of whispering and being pulled back up slowly adding to the poignancy.
I am honoured!
Beneath #writephoto
13 Dec 2018 32 Comments
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Sue’s #WritePhoto Prompt…
What lies beneath?
No one can tell
Are you living in Heaven
Or burning in Hell
A calm exterior
Can hide so much
Yet the ripples spread wide
From just one touch
We're guilty of judging
From one single glance
But everyone needs
More than one chance
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But I Smile Anyway... 