Writing anything is a challenge
Reading it over and over again
Internal strife over the result
Timing it to fit a specific prompt
Intentional choice of syllables
Now it’s time to edit the work
Grateful for a like or comment.
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https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/05/23/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-321-5-23-23/
“This will show those bullies! I bet they’ll swim fast as they can to get away from me!”
Timmy timid they called him and he was so easy to scare that it was hardly fun anymore, but what else did they have to do? Life in a bowl was not exactly exciting. Swim, eat, poop, swim, eat, poop was pretty much the whole curriculum…Timmy was so easy to frighten it was literally child’s play! Joe had to laugh at his own joke, causing a myriad of bubbles up to the surface. He followed them up to see a shark fin, not a very big one, but a shark for Pete’s sake! What’s a shark doing in a goldfish bowl? Joe panicked and swam to his other friends. “Did you see the shark?”
Sound travels in water and Timmy started chuckling when he heard the other guys. Mission accomplished he thought.
http://christinebialczak.com/2023/05/23/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-05-23-2023/
Memories of snorkeling with three children on a beach in Hawaii when the oldest found himself outside the riptide. As I swam hurriedly to him I looked down to see the biggest fish ever and I took my son and sped toward shore. I was done with deeper water.
outside the high wave
using all my body strength
he’s safe in my arms
http://dversepoets.com/2023/05/22/haibun-monday-5-22-23-memory/
I was looking for something new and found an entertaining series on Netflix named “The Recruit”. I’m on Season one episode four and it is moving right along. I’m unfamiliar with the star actor but am really liking his performance. If you are tired of trying to find some fun entertainment, try this fresh take on the CIA😂
a boy child
follows father’s steps
grows a man
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/05/22/share-your-world-22nd-may/
It was not the opposite of a stage comedy, it was the comedy. Sue and her husband advanced into the lodge banquet hall and raised eyebrows when they observed the line of greedy tourists piling a variety of food on already overloaded plates. Joe turned to her and remarked, “don’t they know a banquet means they can go back again?”
“It was probably in the list of parameters they failed to read in the small print”, Sue joked.
The lodge’s liability coverage was limited at best as they chose to eliminate any extravagant food costs.
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2023/05/22/wordle-323/
Yearning to be surrounded by his presence, yet not wanting to seem too submissive, she decided to let go of feelings past. Her body was parched from the unending chill of his absence. She burned for the heat of only him. She thought he might be upset and ignore her call, but in the misty evening he met her. It seemed he was longing for her touch also. In the morning red of dawn they were found entwined.
Artist: The Doobie Brothers
Released: 1972 Album: Toulouse Street The song was the Doobie Brothers’ first big hit in 1972. It was written by Tom Johnston.
She gazed lovingly at the beautiful horses painted with rainbows, ever turning in circles. She began to feel dizzy trying to keep eyes on her favorite. She tugged on her father’s hand with a pleading sentence, “I promise I’ll hold on tight, please, daddy?”
“Do you have your allowance to buy a ticket for this carousel?” She fumbled in her coat pocket and retrieved two quarters, handing them to her father. “Well then, pay the man, climb up, and be careful” he said, reluctantly letting her go.
https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/05/21/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-263/
The Bag Lady 
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