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For this week’s Tanka Tuesday, Colleen Chesebro encourages us to try writing senryū poetry, a Japanese form similar to haiku: three lines with a short-long-short syllable count up to 17 syllables. It’s a poem with the ‘human’ at its centre as opposed to nature. Thanks for looking ❤
Hi Weavers, this week David has shared the POW, Denise DeVries’s great poem ‘Generation Gap’, https://skepticskaddish.com/2023/01/18/w3-prompt-38-weave-written-weekly/ Denise’s prompt is to write the first line of our poem using a word generator, followed by between 2 and 18 lines of our own – great idea! I used the Poem generator for my first line, which inContinue reading “W3 – Happy Winnie the Pooh Day”
Hi, each week Fandango chooses an image (see above this weeks) and challenges bloggers to write a flash fiction piece or a poem inspired by the photo. There are no style or word limits. https://fivedotoh.com/category/flash-fiction-challenge/ Here is my piece 🙂
Hi, hope everyone has a great week ahead – Lady Jabberwocky’s prompt for this week is ‘Dream’, we are asked to write a poem or story featuring this word, https://ladyjabberwocky.com/2023/01/16/prompt-of-the-week-dream-a-little-dream-2/, this is combined with Linda’s daily prompt for #JusJoJan which is ‘Optimism’ https://lindaghill.com/2023/01/10/daily-prompt-jusjojan-the-10th-2023/ and it’s also my 16th post for Penny Wilson’s January challenge https://pennywilsonwrites.com/2023/01/09/week-3-name-your-number-writing-challenge/Continue reading “Monday’s #JusJoJan”
Hi, Carrie at the Sunday Muse has selected some wonderful images to inspire us, I chose the one above by artist Richard Burlet, https://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/ My poem is entitled ‘A Blue Life’, thanks for looking 🙂
Sammi’s weekend writing Prompt #294, this weekend we are challenged to write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 100 words using the word “Script”. https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/weekend-writing-prompt-294-script/ Here is my poem ‘Performance’ in 100 words (including the title) Also it’s post 15 for Penny’s January challenge
Mark in his blog tells us we have entered the micro-season of “The Spring Water Holds Warmth”. This is the second micro-season of the mini-season Minor Cold. This week’s haiku invitation is to write a haiku or senryu that contrasts hot and cold, here is my contribution 🙂
Hi, our prompt for #JusJoJan from Linda is a Stream of Consciousness, to start our post with “Once upon a time,” then write whatever comes to mind, whether it be fact or fiction. https://lindaghill.com/2023/01/13/the-friday-reminder-for-socs-jusjojan-2023-daily-prompt-jan-14th/ It’s also the fourteenth post for Penny’s January challenge https://pennywilsonwrites.com/2023/01/09/week-2-name-your-number-writing-challenge/
Hi , this is the first MTB prompt of 2023 at dVerse hosted by Laura Bloomsbury, who asks us to compose a ‘Found’ poem, taking the very first lines from each poem month by month from January 2022, 12 is the minimal amount of lines in total. No additions are permitted other than tense, prepositionContinue reading “dVerse – #JusJoJan”
Hi, it’s Friday 13th so maybe time for a scary story for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers https://rochellewisoff.com/2023/01/11/13-january-2023/ , this weeks prompt image above is provided by Fleur Lind which inspired my story ‘Homeward-bound‘ in 100 words, thanks for reading 🙂 https://ko-fi.com/aj335577
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