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IT’S EASY TO PLAY ALONG WITH #WQW
This weekly writing challenge runs from Wednesday through Tuesday at noon. All you need is a quote to go with your post. Write a poem, story, or memoir. Share photos and a story or no story. Just have fun with it and let the quote or quotes lead the way.
Topics for the year (subject to change) are listed on the WQW Page. Feel free to post weekly, or drop in from time to time – All are welcome.
Definition of
Does anyone really need a definition of a car, truck, or transportation? Here’s a picture and a great quote instead.
“I know a lot about cars, man. I can look at any car’s headlights and tell you exactly which way it’s coming.”
Mitch Hedberg
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Remember the Volkswagen Bug
“Germans make nice cars.”
Jason Behr
Maude bugged her mom to drive. "Just to the corner please. I know you won't deprive. Where did you put the keys?" "Just to the corner, please?" "Be careful with the gears." "Where did you put the keys?" "You're wet behind the ears." "Be careful with the gears. You know they sometimes stick. You're wet behind the ears. Just listen for the click." "You know they sometimes stick. The red light's on a hill. Just listen for the click." "You're never gonna chill." "The red light's on a hill. The car is rolling back." "You're never gonna chill. This gear is outta whack." "The car is rolling back!" Get out, I'm driving now." "This gear is outta whack." "Watch out, you don't know how." "Get out, I'm driving now. Pull up on the hand brake. Watch out, you don't know how. I'm getting a headache." "Pull up on the hand brake. You're gonna hit that bus! I'm getting a headache." Oh Mom, you make a fuss." "You're gonna hit that bus!" "I've got it into first. Oh Mom, you make a fuss. This jerking is the worst." "I've got it into first." "We can't get through this light." "This jerking bug's the worst. You're giving me a fright." "We can't get through this light. You started out in third." "You're giving me a fright." "Get out, this is absurd." "Put, put, we'll make it through I know you won't deprive. Your fingernails are blue." Maude bugged her mom to drive. © Marsha Ingrao 2022 ************ A pantoum is a fixed-style French form of poetry. It doesn't have to be a certain length. The pantoum consists of a series of quatrains rhyming abab in which the second and fourth lines of a quatrain recur as the first and third lines in the succeeding quatrain; each quatrain introduces a new second rhyme (as bcbc, cdcd). In the last stanza, the third line of the first stanza is the second line, and the last line is the same as the first line in the first stanza. It is written in three-foot iambic lines. So the stresses are read as - da DUM da DUM da DUM
This poem was written as a conversation between Maude, an unlicensed 15-year-old, and her mother who sat white-knuckled in the passenger seat gripping the handlebar attached to the glove box. The quote marks help to designate which person is speaking. Where the quote marks don’t end at the end of the line, the person continues to talk until the quote marks end. For example, if this stanza were a paragraph, it would look like this.
“We can’t get through this light. You started out in third (gear).” – Mom spoke.
“You’re giving me a fright.” – Maude spoke (although Mom was frightened, too.)
“Get out, this is absurd.” – Mom spoke.
This also could have been Maude because she was tired of her mom’s commentary. However, she was stuck in the middle of a busy road as the light turned red, scared to death, she missed hitting the bus behind her by a hair, and she couldn’t keep the car going. Her mother wanted Maude to get out of the driver’s seat in the middle of a busy road with the light turned red against them so she could “do it right.” The bus driver and his customers probably wished Mom would have taken over.
Mustard-Colored Vehicles
On weekends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city, between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Terri chose the color mustard for her Sunday Stills Challenge this week. I found a few car and truck pictures that fit that color, although I think mustard can vary from the light color of mustard in a field to almost an orange-brown of flavored mustards.
The picture was taken with an iPhone 12 mini processed in Lightroom.
Cars That Could Break the Bank
“Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.”
E. Joseph Cossman
Mall car shows were established for the same purpose.
Other Challenges
- Cell Pic Sunday hosted by John Steiner
- Sunday Stills Challenge hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt
IRL (In Real Life)
We are having another blogger meet-up if anyone happens to be passing through the Prescott area on September 15th. Let me or Lisa from Micro of the Macro know if you are interested in meeting us for lunch.
What About Your Experiences?
Remember if you are researching a topic, you have found a gold mine of quotes. I summarized articles, and the name or website behind the post adds the gravitas I might lack about a topic. Don’t forget that songs count as quotes, too.
Ongoing on Always Write
- On August 9th Story Chat presented Gloria McBreen’s new story, “Backstab.”
- PPAC #59 – “Quick Trip to San Francisco” (Photographing Public Art Challenge) is your choice of art – no theme! Two more days to link.
- Upcoming topics for WQW
- August 31: Holiday: Labor Day/Work Ethic/Dirty Jobs/or Writer’s Choice/ or YOUR WOTY Review
- For a list of past WQW posts visit my WQW Page
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