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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #109
Catch me up she said, not shy
Wanting to hear the how and why
Gossip girl was her name
No one thought to blame
All the news about the friends
What love begins and ones that end
It’s all she keeps in her mind
No other life keeps her in a bind
Talks and whispers are all she has
It’s her only life pizazz
Gossip girl will catch you up
With all the whispers in her teacup.
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Writing Prompts
“The good thing about having a bad memory is that you can enjoy the same joke more than once.”
One-Liner Wednesday – Famous last … thoughts?
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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Prompt Word!
On Saturday, I met a woman whose family fled Bosnia to the USA when she was young. A name change and a Valley Girl accent mean people don’t think of her as a refugee. She finds this very funny.
This week, I’d like you to write a poem about a specific person, real or imaginary, who has had to leave home.
Your poem could tell a fairy tale, offer a confession, or recount the experience of someone you know, admire, or have just met in passing. These stories can also be uplifting, joyful, or funny.
Focus on one person’s experience. Tell us why they left and what happened to them. Describe their journey, both physical and personal.
Please include the word “home” in your poem.
Write in a known poetic form of your choice and tell us which form you are using. You could share your favorite form or try something new.
In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.
official reward
wishful future finds in France
not traveling light
ideal waned, disappointing
map of progress was failure
new hope in sunnier lands
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W3 Prompt #234: Wea’ve Written Weekly
Was he just a lunatic? I couldn’t believe all the ghastly deeds done and threats with letters, incessantly arriving in my mail? Fools urged me to view the vast problem just as a short time existence and as soon as the election was over, so too would the pranks. Feeling frightened in my bones I went to the police station to complain. I was not the only one!
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Share Your World 19th October 2026
I believe the world has already split into breakable pieces. The facts are distressing and some incredible. I feel helpless as my one vote drops in a democratic bucket here in Wyoming. I feel leaders in other countries were at first stupefied, as we all are, at the actions of our government. It has been compared to the 1900s Hitler era and rightly so. How can this happen? Now it seems some MAGA constituents are waking up to what they’ve wrought, but happenings like Ukraine may be too late for change. Democracy is not here anymore.
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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #452
The sanctuary, the place she can hide in, the place she can conquer in, the place where each talent can shine, or not. And Sherry has many talents. Herein is the space to experience her life.
16 October 2026
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