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Does anyone else have a problem with Mr. Linky? Probably only me as usual… if I write anything requiring a link to this site, I take more time to finagle it than writing the post!

If you have old fingers like mine, and you hit (him) instead of the little box, it takes you to a lengthy green explanation of what (he) is. If you click back it goes away and you have to revisit the original prompt post to hit the link again.

Also, this requires me to follow myself to get an email of my posted response in order to have the url to post on the link. Confusing isn’t it? And too much time consumed to get it posted on Mr Linky. Maybe Mr. Linky is just Murphy in disguise 🤨

Maybe if you use a computer instead of a phone you have multiple windows so this back and forth nonsense is not a problem. I only use a phone. I wish we could just link to the prompt post without 🫨 Mr. Stinky (oh sorry, that was harsh) Linky.

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The Expected One
1860
painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Museum: Bavarian State Painting Collections) wikidata.org

https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/05/02/tankatuesday-ekphrastic-poetry-challenge-no-318/

Pen us a poem of exactly 44 words, not counting the title, and containing some form of the word map. Post your poem on your own blog, and link up using Mr. Linky below.

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Map the expanse of love from

When first I saw you—

Marriage yield signs through “under construction” motherhood

The bridge of two in love to parents, crossed

Expectations road sign warnings here and there

Expanding with time, the map offers new travelers and destinations.

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https://dversepoets.com/

Sticks and stones all welcomed here

They make this home less austere

Colorful leaves and grasses too

All make my nest of twigs a true

Safe and restful place for chicks

I’m very careful what I pick

Any bits of soft I garn

A fabric’s thread or string of yarn

All to keep my children cleaved

Until it’s time for them to leave.

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http://dversepoets.com/2023/05/02/animal-architecture/

A visit to the library will engage children and spark the small readers into finding new worlds of fantasy and nonfiction adventures, historical accounts of real life and characters in fairytales. Both give the child an individualistic view of the world around them. Literacy is freedom.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2023/05/01/wordle-320/

http://gmgblog.ca/2023/05/01/five-word-weekly-challenge-2318/

http://fivedotoh.com/2023/05/01/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-217/

She felt on a verge

As feelings emerged

Realization a crash

Startled her—a flash

Heart again climbing aflame

Hearing him say her name 

Spoken in the night

In dull grainy light.

Her lips almost a bow

“You have to know”

Said hesitantly slow

“It’s always been you”.

No longer a mystery

He studied her quietly

Then bearing a whisper

Soft as a vesper

“I love you too”

And in the evening glimmer

Their old feelings simmered.

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https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2023/04/30/wordle-603/

Jake returned his attention to the flame. As soon as the forge’s gage reached about 2100 degrees and showed white/yellow, it would be ready. It wasn’t the first time he had made a weapon like this and he thought of the ancient ones who had to judge only by looks if the temperature was right. He had the talent and was often asked to make these blades and the truth was he enjoyed it. What the buyer did with the finished product was not Jake’s concern. He brought the blade out of the heat and placed into the water to cool and then shape. He could not help but smile, he was so proud .

https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/04/30/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-260/

It was minuscule protection against the cold of the sidewalk. Snow had punched its way through the previous springlike week and the temperatures returned to winter. As her body shivered and began to quake uncontrollably, she pulled the army green around her more tightly. The quilt was one of the last items she had left from her soldiering days; along with a wrinkled uniform jacket with a colorful row of medals, she wondered what it had all been for.

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http://cyranny.com/2023/04/30/punch-word-of-the-day-challenge/

https://oversoil.wordpress.com/2023/04/30/quilt/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/04/30/rdp-sunday-colorful/

http://fivedotoh.com/2023/04/30/fowc-with-fandango-minuscule/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2023/04/30/protection-2/

https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2023/04/30/your-daily-word-prompt-Quake-ydwordprompt-April-30-2023/