W3 – Garden
Suzanne’s prompt guidelines
- Theme: Transformation;
- Form: Quatern
The Quatern is a 16-line form composed of four quatrains (four-line verses), with eight syllables per line. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The 1st line of stanza one (S1) is the 2nd line of S2, 3rd line of S3, and 4th line of S4.
Four quatrains (four-line verses):
Syllabic: Eight syllables per line;
Rhyming: Rhyming is not required, but quaterns often follow a rhyme scheme;
Refrain: The refrain of a quarterback repeats the 1st line of stanza one (S1) as the 2nd line of S2, the 3rdline of S3, and the 4th line of S4.
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The growing season, a short one
An early planting is the key
Frost may appear on a budding
Plastic tenting may act a shield.
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As the season changes, spring warms
The growing season, a short one
Delicate snow may still intrude
Moisture is also needed now.
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Spring budding gives us a promise
Blooms open in summer sunshine
The growing season, a short one
We work to keep faith for harvest.
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Autumn comes with hard rains and hail
We quickly reap the fruit bounty
Thankful we save most from damage
The growing season a short one.
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W3 Prompt #122: Wea’ve Written Weekly
Innocence
Outer beauty proudly shown
Colors, twisting swirls so pretty
A rare find to see intact on the beach
A child lifts the heavy shell to her face
Seeing the hidden living treasure
Surprised, she returns the creature to the sea.
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No Theme Thursday: 08.29.24
Of Course he is…
Blaming Gold Star families…and I thought he was already scraping the gutter..,
No Theme Thursday
Marta had instincts about male personas and if they stepped near she could snap her fingers and they’d disappear. She never knew where they ended up or cared. But the little girls she observed just in case one showed potential.
It had been a fairly boring day and she sat down at her vanity. The candles instantly lit to show an old haggard face in the glass. She’d have to make a new spell in the morning, this time she would add a few dove feathers, the blood still clinging to them for the youth potion to last longer. To be honest she thought, the entire trying to look young was getting boring. She needed to find the perfect girl to complete a fresh 100 year transformation. Oh well, off to sleep, cuddling the tarantula she kept as her favorite pet.
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No Theme Thursday: 08.29.24
Crisis – movie night
Message at the end…
As “Crisis” (2021 release; 118 min.) opens, we are reminded the film is “Inspired by True Events“. We find ourselves at the “US/Canada Border, 40 Miles South of Montreal”, where a dope smuggler is trying to reach the US border, but he is intercepted by Canadian police.
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SoCS 8-31-24
Never mind Friday, which seems to come faster and faster, how about the last day of August? I don’t know what happened to it, and school, already? My 18 year old granddaughter had her first week being a senior! Sounds pretty cool but I’m already thinking about missing her when she goes to South Dakota for college! Seems like this pic was taken yesterday!
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Aug. 31, 2024
MLMM Saturday Mix
Joe always felt courageous, even a bit cunning, but his life experiences had turned him into a timid, simple man, never a happy one. It was a life of disappointment, from his eighteenth year when he was rejected to serve in the military. He wasn’t healthy enough, something he never knew until the army doctors found something. Most of the men in his family were military and he felt he let them all down, even though none of it was his fault. This happening seemed to set him into a life of regrets, but it was his own attitude that failed him. Joe let his dissatisfaction affect his entire life, in interviews, employment, girlfriends—every aspect of his life was affected. Now Joe is retired and sits alone in his living room, watching other people’s lives.
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Opposing Forces – Saturday Mix, 31 August 2024
First Line Friday
Happy Friday & welcome to First Line Friday. It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line or lines.
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First Line Friday: August 30, 2024 📚💞
The Unicorn Challenge
“Frank, this is no place to stop, there’s not a soul around!”
“That’s the point, Martha, I need privacy!”
“Again? Frank I think you need to see a doctor!”
Frank laughed, “a doctor? For this?” Frank then walked over to Martha’s side of the car and pulled her out, giving her a very long kiss. Martha was surprised at Franks romantic gesture but kissed him back. Frank closed the car door behind her and took her hand. The grass was soft and green where they came together.
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Just Supposing…
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