Today’s word: kindly

Antonyms: atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, cruel, fiendish, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, sadistic, savage, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unkindly, unsympathetic, vicious, wanton

As it is world poetry day today, here is this poem;

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Kindly and gently, treat me dear sirs and madams

Please do not be cruel or barbaric to this lonely spirit

I roam your earth, I try to bring people together and unite

I am the language of humanity, I am in many colors and guises

The art of communicating with each other is my gift to you all

I am the language which connects one to the other and to all

Written in response to;

Opposites Attract Challenge #18

#Keepitalive

A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend.  How you use the prompt is up to you.  Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like.  Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise.  If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments.

Word Prompt

Equinox

Challenge

The challenge is simple: each week you will be given an exact number of words you can use to write a poem or piece of prose.  You can use any format or style you like; go wherever your inspiration takes you.  The only rules are these:

 Can’t wait to read what you have come up with!

Equinox

The time when the day and the night are equal

The time when the winter is forced off the throne

Young spring makes us sit up and notice its presence

And again when we are getting tired of the hot summer

The autumn nudges it to vacate the center stage and

The greens are replaced by the orange, rust and brown hues

It’s the time when the day and night are equal and

Not one is supreme over the other, that’s equinox

Word count; 83 Exactly

Written in response to;

Weekend Writing Prompt #97 : Equinox

#Keepitalive

A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend.  How you use the prompt is up to you.  Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like.  Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise.  If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments.

Word Prompt

Seashore

Challenge

A walk along the seashore can reveal

Hidden treasures and silent moments

A broken spade and a discarded bucket

A child’s dream castle washed away to sea

The crashing and receding waves entice us

To sample the water, to go a few step into

The foaming green blue water, coming in, going back

During a walk along the seashore

Written in response to;

Weekend Writing Prompt #96

Seashore

#Keepitalive

Use the image below as inspiration to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 13th March and link back to this post with a pingback to be included in the round-up.  There is no word limit and no style requirements, except to keep it fairly family friendly.

It looks tranquil, but who knows the dangers it hid

Deceiving and ready to betray the trust, it stands silently

A weary traveler stops by, sits under the shade and admires

The serenity and the peace this place portrays to the onlooker

But

Beware

Don’t be tempted to dip your toes in this seemingly gentle water

The spirits here are hungry to take over your soul and devour

All the goodness and light inside your being and take it for their own

Step back, admire the view from afar, but don’t venture near these

Treacherous waters for the hungry spirits wait herein

Written in response to;

Thursday Photo Prompt ; Tranquil# Writephoto

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