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COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 111, “CELEBRATE & NUMBER,” #SYNONYMSONLY

20 Nov 2018 33 Comments

by Ritu in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Poems Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Colleen Chesebro, Etheree, Micro Poetry, Reverse Etheree

It’s Tuesday, and that means Colleen’s Tanka Challenge! Of course, just providing a couple of words would be far too simple, so we have twowords, yes, but we can’t use them! Only synonyms allowed!

And there are a few forms of poetry that we can use… Tanka, Senryu, Haibun, Haiku, Etheree… so, here goes!

The words we can’t use this week are:

Celebrate & Number

So… here goes! A Reverse Etheree this week.

Dinner Meal Table Food Meat Plate Flowers — Pixabay Image

A huge amount of family and friends
Gathering together to rejoice
To appreciate each other
And all that life has given
Turkeys slowly roasting
The sides to die for
A meal for all
Thanksgiving
Sharing
Love

Ritu 2018

https://colleenchesebro.com/2018/11/19/colleens-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-111-celebrate-number-synonymsonly/

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #228 Future&Hope

19 Nov 2018 33 Comments

by Ritu in #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku, Micro Poetry, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge, Senryu

It’s that time of the week Peeps, and this time, Ronovan has given us the following words:

Future & Hope

Direct senryu relating to our home situation right now, as sickness bugs have hit, as well as throat viruses… not great…

The future looks bleak
Sickness seeping all around
Hoping for good health

Ritu 2018

Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge Image 2016

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #228 Future&Hope

#SoCS November 17/18 – Roll/Role

17 Nov 2018 22 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #StreamofConsciousnessSaturday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Roll/Role, Socs

Linda’s prompt for SoCS this week…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “roll/role.” Use one, use both, it’s entirely up to you. Enjoy!

I love a bread roll.

A beautiful crusty fresh baked roll is the best, slathered with butter and jam… mmmmm!

Gong back to general bread rolls though…

You might not call it a roll. Here in the UK there are so many different names:

Barm
Bap
Roll
Cob

Those are the ones I know, anyway, but check this infographic out…

From Google

Fascinating, isn’t it? And rather crazy!

Shows the important role bread plays in our life here!

Catch ya later Peeps! Happy Saturday!

https://lindaghill.com/2018/11/16/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-nov-17-18/

November 15 – Flash Fiction – Scraps

16 Nov 2018 29 Comments

by Ritu in #CarrotRanch, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #CarrotRanch, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Charli Mills, Flash Fiction, Life Scraps, Scraps

Charli’s prompt this week:

November 15, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that uses scraps. It can be scraps of dried flowers, paper, metal, fabric, food — any kind of scraps you can think of. Then write a story about those scraps and why they matter or what they make. Go where the prompt leads you.

Life Scraps

Brenda hobbled backwards and admired her handiwork.
It had taken a long time. A lifetime.
Gazing at the large quilt, pieced together lovingly, she wiped a tear that had settled on her cheek.
Each and every scrap of material used showed another step taken in their life.
She gently fingered the white satin patch at the top, sewn next to a rough, black patch.
Their wedding outfits.
Scraps from old curtains, sheets, special clothes, even a tartan square from Reg the dog’s old blanket.
Wrapping it around her, she knew he was still close by, always in her heart.

https://carrotranch.com/2018/11/15/november-15-flash-fiction-challenge/

Rodeo #2: Memoir Winners « Carrot Ranch Literary Community

16 Nov 2018 10 Comments

by Ritu in #CarrotRanch Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Bloggerm Blogging, Carrot Ranch, Memoirs, Ranch Rodeo, Winners

Well, here we have the second Rodeo winners mentioned in the post below.

Congratulations to all the entrants and special well done to the Winner and Runners Up!

By Irene Waters She Did It was the prompt for the memoir ride in the Rodeo. The four judges were given a judging sheet: was it a complete story, grammar, and spelling, structure, use of language, a…

Source: Rodeo #2: Memoir Winners « Carrot Ranch Literary Community

If anyone wants to read my entry, it was this:

She Did It!

My teenage years were influenced by many, but very heavily by someone who lived with us for a few years.

I was the young one, trying desperately hard to impress; so keen that I was naïve enough to do pretty much anything I was asked.

“I like him,” she said, “And you can like his brother.”

It was decided that we would write letters to these boys, expressing our interest.

How did I know that they would tell their mother?

And that she would call my mum?

And that my cousin would turn the finger at me, “She did it!”