“Life is a banquet and most poor sons-of-bitches are starving to death.”
dVerse Poets Quadrille
A lively tasty punch, she murmured
Using her finger as a stirrer
“Madge’s Manners” was only a book
Defiantly ignoring their blatant looks
She is the heiress after all
And their minds so very small
All greedy, weary relatives
Hoping for a generous give.
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https://dversepoets.com/2022/09/19/quadrille-160-poems-that-pack-a-punch/#like-25093
Ronovanwrites Haiku – eyes and flicker
but flicker of the candle
shows love is temporary
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Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge
I don’t think I can take it
Certainly can’t fake it
Accosted by a maga
Don’t they even havea
Clue as I’m quiet, views I’m not sharing
Not topped by the red hat they are wearing
I don’t think I can take much more
I turn my back but it’s getting sore
Pelted by their lies and junk
It’s America, I used to thunk.
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http://fivedotoh.com/2022/09/19/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-185/
MLMM Wordle #288
Imagine if you will, there is a teenage boy, ready for Halloween, dressed as a pirate with a scarf wound around his forehead and a gold earring dangling from one ear. A huge fake sapphire necklace adorns his bare chest, hoping to sway his colleagues to join in his costume ruse as they all trudge on a footpath to the pavilion, each hoping to win the “best costume” prize.
An abrupt sidestep by the boy as he confessed his parents didn’t know he was there. The old “I’m sleeping over with a friend” tact had worked once again. Funny, he thought to himself that parents still fall for that.
The crowd was large and everyone was milling around showing off their costumes while volunteer judges drifted through the crowd making notes on their clipboards.
Joe thought even if he did win, he’d have to leave his pirate gear and the prize at Mike’s house, hoping he wouldn’t scarf down the treat basket or more on point, take advantage of Joe’s hoping-to-be-girlfriend who handed out the prizes.
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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/09/19/wordle-288/
The Sunday Whirl
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Six Sentence Story
“My stomach is tied up in knots” he exclaimed, folding his hands over his midriff. “I don’t think we can afford it and my classes are going to increase this coming semester!”
“Don’t be such a worry wart, we’ll get by just like we do now. Marriage vows between us won’t change anything financially. Besides, I just found out this morning I received an additional grant that will help.”
“I don’t think it’s just finances, sweetheart…”
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https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2022/09/18/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-230/
Weekend Media
Prime offers an excellent choice I watched tonight, “The Outfit”. You won’t be disappointed👍🏻
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MLMM Saturday Mix
the use of homophones* to build your
writing piece. You have two sets of
homophones and you are challenged to
use all of them in your response – which
can be poetry or prose.
Our homophone sets this week are:
bold – brave
bowled – knocked over
and
cannon – big gun
canon – body of law
You may think your bold persona
Strutting your cannon of lies
But there’s still some among us who aren’t so easily bowled
The canons of law will be your demise that justice will uphold.
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Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt
Dancing the little two step, sliding back and forth
Makes me wonder if you ever tell the truth
A man’s worth his word, a quote I heard somewhere
Doesn’t seem to apply in today’s world everywhere
Say what you mean, mean what you say, and don’t renege, is big!
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https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2022/09/17/weekend-writing-prompt-277-renege/
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