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#Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: “Watch Out for Pricks!”
Read more: #Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: “Watch Out for Pricks!”#Prescott Walk #5 Willow Lake To be absolutely clear, Cee didn’t actually say that. She invited us to post about trees and leaves. Even though I don’t want to touch them, all the prickly needles we find in the desert are actually leaves. Vince loves tee shirts that say the naughty things in good fun,…
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#Haibun: Granite Dells, Prescott, AZ Walk #2
Read more: #Haibun: Granite Dells, Prescott, AZ Walk #2#Prescott Walk 2 Granite Dells/Watson Lake Patient Lover This grand statue, neither made or disturbed by mankind. Carved from rock by the elements. Gentle, knees to chest Plant in hand waiting for love Centuries elapse He watches until his features are worn off by the wind and sand. His neck shows signs of age. Kind-hearted,…
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#WQWWC: #1 Light or Lights
Read more: #WQWWC: #1 Light or LightsWelcome! Colleen and Ronovan’s Writer’s Quotes Wednesday Writing Challenge is back! This is your opportunity to choose a quote to match the topic of the week and write something about it. Poem Opinion Piece Short Story Personal Story Memoir Song Photo Challenge Flex your creative muscles and tell your readers what you think about the…
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#Haiku: “Melancholy Autumn”
Read more: #Haiku: “Melancholy Autumn”This week’s theme for Colleen’s poetry challenge is a haiku written by Sue Vincent: clouds cover the moon, beyond dawn’s pale horizon sun rises unseen ©2020 Sue Vincent The idea is to use Sue’s haiku as inspiration for your own syllabic poetry. Remember, in this challenge we can use any of the following poetry forms:…
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A Dry October Photo Walk
Read more: A Dry October Photo Walk#Lens Artist – Amy, takes us on a photo walk as Challenge # 117. This week, and Terri with Sunday Stills makes it a dry one. Since we live in a semi-desert area, dry pictures abound. #Tanka Tuesday sweetens the challenge because it’s poet’s choice of theme and type of poem. So here goes, I’m…
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#Haiku The Night Skies of Elderwood, Maui, and Melbourne
Read more: #Haiku The Night Skies of Elderwood, Maui, and MelbourneWELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY! This month’s theme is: The Night Sky Night blooms Promised dreams Maybe Daylight slumps and sleeps Snoring with coyote’s call Signals predators Mr. Moon grumpy, sinister Plots evil Hides his face From tree owls lurking On the prowl City Life Differs Lights control City lights glamor of the dark Reflected Summer…
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#Haiban: Illusion of Magic
Read more: #Haiban: Illusion of MagicCOLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 195 #EKPHRASTIC #PHOTOPROMPT #Haiban This week’s Tanka Tuesday poetry challenge was an Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt provided by Lisa Thompson. Thanks Lisa. “Don’t Eat the Toadstools.” … called her grandfather as three-year-old Sarah ran ahead of him across the park lawn to peek at the little fairy tables. “They’re poisonous.” “They’re fairy tables. I…
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#Cinquain Poetry: Audacious Photography
Read more: #Cinquain Poetry: Audacious Photography#TANKA TUESDAY! #cinquain poetry This week, Annette Rochelle Aben selected the words for the syllables only challenge. That means you can’t use those two words. You must find synonyms to replace them. Fun, right? Here are your two words: Hint & Bold Hint: clue, inking, suggestion, sign, signal, indicator, indication, pointer, insinuation, innuendo, mention, illusion, whisper Bold: daring,…
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