One Liner Wednesday

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The preference for audiobooks over regular books depends highly on the person. Some people may prefer reading a book, as they believe it improves the brain’s ability to focus and concentrate. Regardless of the format you choose, reading or listening to a book are equally beneficial in their own rights.

My phone time is high😂😁

One-Liner Wednesday – How many hours?

Friday Fictioneers

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It started out well, a little heat, then more, til I started to explore, the avenue of pain I was able to endure as my crafter seemed oblivious and demure. He turned up the flame to shape the glass and I was melting into a shape that might not pass. He was trying to make a face or mask of sorts, but expanded to a horrid image full of distort. The craft fair people were conservative at best. They passed on my crafter’s wares with a jest. “Old Blake really blew it this time.” A pun not worth a dime.

100 words

7 June 2024

Simply Six Minutes

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  1. Set up a timer or sit near a clock so you can keep track of the six minutes you will be writing.
  2. You can either use one of the prompts (photo or written) or you can free-write.
  3. Get ready and write for 6 minutes, that is it! Can you write a complete story? 
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“Oh, my George, it’s a revolution!

I’d never have to change my constitution!

No more diet resolutions

I could eat for days with no restitution!

Finally all those skinny bodies

In all those fashion shoddies

Their bones showing in every pose

They never eat, everyone knows!

But now I see an answer for all

Lovely ladies wide as they’re tall

No need to suffer more

Wear this dress, walk proud the fashion floor

Oh, George, I think I’ve found my dream

A dress that won’t burst at the seams

An answer to all the supposed flaws

Now we’ll be the ones to hear oohs and ahhs!”

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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 06/11/2024

The Writer’s Workshop

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Sleepless

“Do not go gentle into that goodnight”, well if only I could! Of course Dylan Thomas was speaking of death, and I agree, do not! But at two o’clock in the morning when everyone else is snoozing, I wouldn’t mind a bit of peace, quietly drifting into slumber, perhaps have a dream I could remember in the morning. I could be one of those “wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight”, and I would grieve its leaving because it meant another sleepless night was on its way. I long to gently go into a goodnight, just not a permanent one.

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Poet Dylan Thomas-“Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night”.

Writer’s Workshop for June 13, 2024

Tanka Tuesday

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green leaf shade refuge

small creatures scurrying there

secret safe harbor

natural summer shelter

mother nature’s hideaway

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first firefly seen

delightful darting creature

tiny lights shining

a serene respite pleasure

summer evening garden

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spring rainy season

thunder claps a harsh warning

icy hail pounding

rescue delicate flowers

cover the beginning buds

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Images: https://www.finegardening.com/article/top-10-large-leaved-perennials

https://www.adirondacklife.com,

https://www.worldatlas.com

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24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 39, 6/11/24, Part II: The Time of Planting Grains, (June 6 – 19) Boshu 芒種

Six Sentence Story

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Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers.
PROMPT WORD:  FAINT

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I started SnapChat a few years ago. I greet my grandkids each morning and night. It’s a short communication and sometimes fills a happy or sad gap in our days. There are many funny emojis or bitmojis to use and we all take advantage of them. Even YouTube songs can be snapped. My favorite bitmoji is faint: 😂

Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

dVerse Poets Quadrille

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  • Write a quadrille (a poem of EXACTLY 44 words, not including the title) AND include the word “figment” or a form of the word within the body of the poem. A synonym for figment does not fulfill the prompt. It must be the word, or a form of the word. Post the poem to your blog AND add the exact URL for your poem to Mr. Linky below.

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Could it have been only a figment
A word, look, nothing significant
To him I supposed
Then I know
‘Twas not, it was meant to be said
That’s when I knew, read
The misoferred note
Slipped out of his hand,
Quite intentional
So unconventional.

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What do Mark Twain and a Purple Dragon have in Common?

3TC “IT?”

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The people thinned as the clown entered. The fiddler stopped playing and the citrus seller stopped juggling the oranges. The typical discreet vendors pulled down their shades covering their booths, and the conventional crowd slipped away. The clown was clutching a raft of balloons, but since the movie “IT” came out, no one wanted to buy.

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https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/06/10/three-things-challenge-m721/Your three words today are: CROWD CLOWN CITRUS

Fiddler

discreet

Today’s Prompt: Conventional

RDP Monday: CLUTCH

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MLMM Wordle

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The ancient plaster was not ideal, but Joe liked the French style and shape of the rounded medallions on the ceiling. The old house did have a few rattles and the silky finish of the walls had been knocked around a bit, but he was convinced he could bring it all up to the taste of a discerning client. On a Monday, six months later, Joe was pleased with the excited reaction his new client projected. His positive thinking and hard work was about to pay off.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #376