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Simply Six Minutes

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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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Tanka Tuesday

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This week: Your writing invitation is to compose a haibun using the kigo words and phrases from the Early Cold Part I challenge post HERE.

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Here in Cheyenne, the wind dominates and in late autumn it increases, signaling the start of winter.

breezy icy clouds

stretching windy weather chill

goosebumps under fur

small dogs walking in sweaters

run back to cozy fires

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dVerse Poets – Poetics

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Cats

Pretending to be a friend

Sneaking onto the blanket only just rid of fur

Laying innocently on your lap

A sound heard, from the kitchen?

The can opener whirls

Fishy odors drift into the lair

Her nails are out in an elongated stretch

Not meaning (really?) to mar her perch

Leaps into a pleasing manner below the bearer of tuna.

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Poetics: Creatures of the Blank Page

JJJ 9 – Pastime

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Strange word today for me because it is my husband’s birthday on this date. He would have been 83, but passed away in 2013 from esophageal cancer. The survival rate if not caught early is ten percent.

Get your checkups!

Symptoms of esophageal cancer

  • Weight loss.
  • Painful or difficult swallowing.
  • Pain behind the breastbone.
  • Hoarseness and cough.
  • Indigestion and heartburn.
  • Anemia.
  • Upper GI bleed or vomiting blood.

Daily Prompt – JusJoJan the 9th, 2024

dVerse Poets Quadrille

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Quadrille, you ask? A dVersian creation, a quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words, including one word given by your pubtender

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Such memories by the mention of lagoon
Languid waters defined by cloudy moon
I remember lovingly when I saw the scene
A merman lying there, seemingly serene
Hair long and curled, falling free around bare body seen
Thinking this is a dream so mean.

Quadrille from the dVerse Lagoon

MLMM Wordle

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It was known as the hall of the beast and all who took classes at the building were intimidated by the sound of machines only sounding at night there. No one seemed to bother with a key to enter that part of the building, because once you entered you could not escape going down that hall. It was rumored that an ancient diary of mysterious happenings in said hall terrified its readers. The reputation of high upper class students’ hazing the freshman there also kicked up the reputation of a sinister area in the grand old building.

MLMM Wordle #355

SYW 1-8-24

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Here are this week’s questions:

1. When you look out of your kitchen window, what do you see? I don’t have a kitchen window.

2. When was the last time you used public transport? I used a taxi when a driver abandoned me at a store.

3. Do you prefer cut flowers or a potted plant? Love both.

4. Do you believe in Karma? Yes.

Gratitude: I am grateful my granddaughter got out alive after last basketball game. She is small and was blatantly flattened a couple of times. I told her I’d get her some Kevlar underwear for next game.

Share Your World 8th January