I always liked that ad…I received my grocery order and they substituted a huge package of fresh cut pineapple for the watermelon I ordered. Okay, I have some chicken, rice, carrots and onion and can make a recipe with that BUT what to do with the rest? My stomach can only take so much pineapple 😳
So here I am cooking:
Just kidding, it only feels like that whenever I’m trying to cook!😂 Have a good weekend!
She saw a natural arch over the entrance to an enchanted area. Her personal wishes lie within. It only takes a bit of imagination, faith and hope for it all to be realized. Often only seen in books or paintings, such an ethereal space is only a dream away. She sank into the soft bedcovers and closed her eyes.
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Poem Rules:
• your 11 lines can be written in any date order
• you must keep the original word order
• you may only change the tense or personal pronouns
• you may add a conjunction or a preposition for continuity
• minor erasure at start or end of the original line is allowed
• enjambment can be helpful
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After a sleepless night this won’t be “tight”
First it was awkward and brief
Just one more my dear, please
Slightly slumped, casual presence
I may need a supplement of the calming kind
Time travel to the past or a future that may not last
Some changes you have no choice
Think fortunate thoughts
Peaceful beasts
It’s in my nature
Hard as stone, never relenting.
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MTB: Last Year’s First Eleven
Your Prompt – New Beginnings. Let the prompt word and/or image inspire you!
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Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – New Beginnings
Your prompt for JusJoJan January 11th, 2024 is “olive.” Use it as a noun or an adjective, use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
Olives are something I love! Not everyone in my family agree but green olives my favorite and then the darker colorful Kalamata varieties. They are full of flavor in a tiny bite.
Daily Prompt – JusJoJan the 11th, 2024
This week’s Story Starter teaser is:
This whole crazy chain of events started when I accidentally picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport. As I approached the baggage exit, I was stopped because I set off some type of alarm. At first I ignored it because I wasn’t doing anything wrong and all of a sudden I was tackled by a security guard and slammed to the floor. I was shocked, hurt of course, and embarrassed. I was then pulled up, handcuffed and taken to a back room. The whole experience was a nightmare and I sat there while another guard opened my suitcase and started rifling through it. I looked incredulously because none of those things were mine! Then I guess they found what they were looking for and just stared at me like I was a criminal. Then the phone rang and someone must have realized it was not my suitcase after all. The person who had my suitcase was caught when the labels on it didn’t match his ticket and I thanked the gods that they were still “inconveniencing” people with that secure exit policy, even though I was a victim of it. It turns out that what set off the alarm was an illegal item that was not allowed to cross borders. Luckily it was not actually dangerous and I was shortly given my own suitcase and my freedom.
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Fandango’s Story Starter #131
Your three words today are:
HANDY USEFUL OBSOLETE
Moving around the states occupying apartments, homes and houses, is usually accompanied by having a storage unit which would be handy if you lived close to it. I have two storage units, one here near me and one in CO. It was useful when we moved there from TX but now it’s obsolete. I can imagine the items there, though some sentimental, would be of little use to me now. For the last ten years I have settled in to a small apartment and happy with what I have and need nothing. Sometimes I wistfully think of all the things stored in CO and want to see them again, but probably won’t.
Three Things Challenge #M569
4 line stanzas, as few as one stanza and up to as many as you like.
8 syllables or less per line
Rhyming is AAAb. The second stanza would be CCCd. The third, EEEf. And so on. Meaning nothing in one stanza must rhyme with anything in the previous stanza. The fourth line does not rhyme.
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thin clear ice in morning
sun melting after dawning
cold wind blows across recalling
ice will return after sunset
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Ovi Poetry Challenge 30: CHANGE is your inspiration.
One-Liner Wednesday & #JusJoJan24 the 10th – So…
This is what she was shown. Her parents wanted her to not fear. This picture of what death would be for her, just a beautiful stairway to a beautiful place. She wanted to believe it, needed to think that was how it would be. Her body would be rid of pain and soreness, with no more needles or tests or hurtful procedures. She was only a child but she knew the painting was only a dream. She hoped it would be that easy, just sleep and then float up that pretty stairway.
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The Bag Lady 
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