He started well, achieved success
The rest of his life constant mess
With fame there comes a lot of stress
It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
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Ovi Poetry Challenge 61: SUCCESS is your inspiration.
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3TC
Your three words today are: BRISTLE BROOM BRUSH
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Starting to bristle as my choice is lost
The brush off is what I’m cost
Time for a new broom I see
Clean up the past, the future to see.
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Three Things Challenge #M786
One Liner Wednesday
W3 – Good vs Evil
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Lady justice always wears a blindfold
The reason, she’s unbiased
Sword’s meaning – punishment
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Steadfast and unyielding, judgment careful
Truth and evidence the key
Morals, a dilemma
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The scales may tip to ethical questions
Principles – the golden rule –
“ through every human heart”
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Lady justice always wears a blindfold
Truth and evidence are key
“ through every human heart”.
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“through every human heart” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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W3 Prompt #120: Wea’ve Written Weekly
Sour Grapes
Many good things will come to you
Awards, free meals and also drinks
That is what everyone thinks…
All that hard work really pays off
Another old saying that makes a scoff
It’s not the training, the efforts true
It’s who you know and who knows you!
Writing Prompts
Get to Know You #30
- Would you rather sit through a Star Wars marathon or a Lord of the Rings marathon? My answer above😉
- What would you have a personal assistant do if you could have someone follow you around all the time? Be a chef.
- If someone offered you a million dollars to give up your smartphone forever, would you do it? No, it’s my safety device.
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Simply Six Minutes – My Friend, Joe
Everybody loves Joe. What’s not to like? He’s the life of the party, never has a bad word to say about anyone, tells jokes like a pro, and is never afraid to make a fool of himself. That’s why everyone loves him.
Almost everyone—his girlfriend, Julie, is often embarrassed by Joe’s behavior and while everyone else is laughing, her face is getting redder by the minute as she sits in the corner cringing. It’s hard to feel sorry for Julie, because she knew what Joe was like when she started dating him. In fact, one of the things she loved about him was how gregarious he was.
Joe is a total opposite of Julie. She is basically a wallflower, an introvert, and you know what they say about opposites attracting? I don’t think I’ve ever seen such opposites. But the weird thing about it is they do love each other and when they’re home alone, he is quiet, sweet, attentive, and pretty much the opposite of what you see in public.
Love is like that sometimes, what you see on the outside is not necessarily what goes on “behind closed doors”. I think that expression started way back in the 14th century, meaning something that’s hidden or kept secret from others. The only time I’ve ever heard it used is when people are talking about their neighbors—usually in a derogatory manner. I think people in general are curious and want to know other people’s business. I could be wrong…
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Fandango and 3TC
This week’s Story Starter teaser is:
He watched helplessly as she closed the door behind her. He knew it would only be a brief argument, but was hoping she would forgive him and stay. The obscene content of the email she saw embarrassed them both. He knew his wife would never write anything salacious and didn’t mean for her to see it. He often perused the internet at night when she was at work and he was home alone. A porn site encounter was almost too much, but he could secretly write and receive lewd emails with no repercussions, thinking them harmless. It satisfied his delve into an overly erotic behavior he tried to hide from his wife. Tonight she saw the mails and was shocked and more so, disappointed in him. After two years of marriage she realized she did not know her husband after all. Packing an overnight bag, she looked back for a moment and then left.
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https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/08/13/three-things-challenge-m785/. Your three words today are: CONTENT BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Fandango’s Story Starter #162
Tanka Tuesday
Welcome to the 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge for #TankaTuesday!
This week for #TankaTuesday we’re in the season of: The Beginning of Autumn (August 7 – 21) Risshu 立秋, as we follow the 24 Seasons of Japan. The dates are based off of the lunisolar calendar, often called an agricultural calendar. The traditional Chinese and Japanese lunisolar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.
This is the second week of the Beginning of Autumn. Every two weeks, we will move into another season in the 24 Japanese Seasons HERE.
It’s not mandatory, but if you can add another kigo word, please choose a kigo word and/or phrase from the Part I challenge post HERE, or you can use the kigo words from the autumn season on 500 Kigo Words.
Extra Credit if you write tanka or tanka prose!
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sunflowers so bright
you’re a refreshing broad smile
golden petals shine
wild and honeybees will dance
while leaves quiver in dew’s chill
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24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 47, 8/13/24, Part II: The Beginning of Autumn
dVerse Poets Poetics
Joe was throwing evidence and the game
Joe, an aging athlete, talent’s not the same
As when he was point guard, strong and able
Now he’s getting paid under the table
To fix the score, and outcomes even more
The fans who used to adore
Now sad seeing Joe’s demise on the floor.
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I don’t think this is an example of the zeugma, 🙄
Zeugmatically Speaking
The Bag Lady 
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