Category: Poetry

MLMM- Sunday Writing Prompt “Shut Up”

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I need the silence to hear myself think

The noice that your thoughts are making

Are buzzing inside my brain

If you are quiet for a moment the chaos

Will settle down and in the peace I will

Be able to hear my thoughts and decide

What I need to do and where I am headed

So please will you shut up for a minute!

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The Prompt;

Use the quote below as inspiration. All forms of creative expression are accepted.

“The world used to be silent
Now it has too many voices
And the noises are constant distraction
They multiply, intensify
They will divert your attention to what’s convenient
And forget to tell you about yourself
We live in an age of many stimulations
If you are focused, you are harder to reach
If you are distracted, you are available
You are distracted, you are available
You want flattery
Always looking to where it’s at
You want to take part in everything
And everything to be a part of you
Your head is spinning faster at the end of your spine
Until you have no face at all
And yet if the world would shut up, even for a while
Perhaps we will start hearing the distant rhythm of an angry young tune
And recompose ourselves
Perhaps having deconstructed everything
We should be thinking about putting everything back together

Silence yourself!” -Savages

In response to;

MLMM- Sunday Writing Prompt- Shut up

#Keepitalive

#SundayWritingPrompt

Daily Prompts- Smiles

What is my best treasure, you ask

That clinches at the strings of my soul

And yet lightens my days when I look at

The memories that I have stored away

In that cherished place of my heart

The childhood days, the innocent things were used to do

Rarely they fail to put a smile on my face

Even when it is wet with tears of today’s troubles

Things which have become extinct with time

Still live on in my memories, on and on

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In response to the following prompts;

3TC;

Memories, Smile, Childhood

FOWC;

Rarely

RDP;

Extinct

Word of the day Challenge;

Clinch

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#FOWC

#RDP

#3TC

#DailyPrompts

Friday, 5 lines or less… Beautiful

Patricia is the host of Friday, 5 Lines or less.

Using the word beautiful
Write a story or poem of 5 Lines or Less

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Life can be ugly at times

But there are beautiful moments in it too

It is this beauty that keeps us from despair

It keeps us hopping and looking forward to each new day

And that is the wonder of life!

~*~

#Keepitalive

#Friday5Lines

Thursday Photo Prompt- Keep # WritePhoto

Sue Vincent is the host of Thursday Photo Prompt.

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt.

This week’s prompt ~ Keep

(If you know where this was taken… please keep the location to yourselves until the prompt has ended so as not to seed preconceptions for other writers.)

For visually challenged writers, the image shows the ruined tower of a castle, seen through the cross-shaped window of another tower.

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Falling in ruins

Even the strongest

Are eaten away by the decay

Of centuries of neglect and erosion

The grandeur of past left diminished

But yet a strong reminder for us

That whatever someone has built

Eons ago has endured because

It represents the strength and resolve

Of those brave people and their determination

The castle is crumbling, the keep in disrepair

But still a symbol of past glory

~*~

#Keepitalive

#WritePhoto

JusJoJan # 18- Stream of Consciousness Saturday

Linda is the host of Stream of Consciousnesses Saturday and JusJoJan

Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “movie title.” Take the title of the last movie you watched (just the title, not the premise of the movie), and base your post on that title. Have fun!

2019-2020 SoCS Badge by Shelley! https://www.quaintrevival.com/

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Frozen 2:

It’s the last movie I watched.

Frozen hearts need thawing with warmth

Give them love unconditionally and understanding

Even when you feel that they don’t care

Deep down their love is alive, just buried

Under the burden of broken hopes and dreams

It is difficult to be close to them, I know

But it is the greatest gesture of selfless love

When you make them feel your love

Without expecting anything in return

~*~

#Keepitalive

#JusJoJan

#SoCS

Daily Prompts- Can I ?

Vast waters beckon me to try

Pitting my strength against its might

If I strike out by myself in an attempt

To conquer this great expanse

Can I overcome my inhibitions

And the fear that stops me from venturing

Into the unknown territory

Can I?

Or should I give up this false notion

Abandon the idea before I even try

Be the coward I’ve always been

Giving up on adventure because

Of fear of failing and being ridiculed

No ones deserve a hurrah

When they have never tested their strength

Never dreamed of reaching the wonderland

Come on!

It is time to show the world the

The backbone that I possess and the grit

That this hesitant heart hides in its core

In response to the following prompts;

Your daily word Prompt:

Vast

3TC;

Story, Popular, Strike

FOWC;

False

RDP;

Wonderland

Word of the day Challenge;

Hurray

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#FOWC

#RDP

#3TC

#DailyPrompts

Crimson Creative Challenge # 62

Crispina is the host of Crimson Creative Challenge.

#CCC62

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Zippers abound

Available to close any gap you want

Any unseemly hole can be closed

Just affix the zip and pull it shut

A gaping pocket or a running mouth

It is effective remedy for all cases

We have them in all the colors of the rainbow

Take your pick and I’ll throw an extra for luck

~*~

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#CCC

JusJoJan # 17- Jade eyes

Linda is the host of JusJoJan

Our Prompt today is; Jade

And was provided by;

Mbrazfieldm

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Looking into her Jade green eyes

I lost my heart and my soul

For she was an enchantress who had

Cast a spell to capture my wayward heart

How could I, a mere mortal resist

The charm of those bewitching Jade eyes

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#JusJoJan

Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #49 – My left Brain

Fandango is the host of Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge.

FFFCWelcome to “Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge.”

The image below is from MarinaPriest at Morguefile.229AE3EF-59EC-4EFB-A4AC-DFC4828417A7(For the visually challenged writer, the image shows a large silver brain in a wooded area surrounded by trees.)

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I had a lot of difficulty in remembering

Everything and anything and was puzzled

Then I realized that I had left my brain

Behind in the pasture for a bit of grazing

Was it my left brain that I had left there

Or was I left with my left brain and not right

I hope I’m still in my right mind

Even after losing whatever brain I had

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#FFFC

Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Laughter – January 13, 2020

Eugenia is the host of Eugi’s Causerie

Your Weekly Word Prompt – Laughter – January 13, 2020

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Whenever you feel your heart is heavy

Whenever you have tears in your eyes

Take a deep breath and fill your lungs

With lots of air and release it in

A deep resounding laughter

It will cure the sadness and the melancholy

It will lift you high and your heart will soar

Like a bird out of a cage and not

Flounder like a fish out of water!

~*~

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#EugisCauserie