Person, Place or Thing

For the theme of this month, I've written some poems.  There are unfortunately not that hard to figure out, but I thought I'd put 'em up anyway.  And they are unrelated aside from being generated by the same prompt.




I am freedom
As I oscillate
can't you hear it ring?
I am honor
I am valor
I am respect
I am the first in any war
and the last
I am followed
but I lead
I unite
and inspire
hope
I fly 
to show pride 
or I rest
in tri-cornered boxes 
to comfort
I am freedom
because 
we are freedom.








I am a place you can visit
     But I am also a place 
     you don't have to travel too far
     to reach


I am nostalgia
     and dreams
     and promises


I am immature
     But I can bring wisdom
     and growth


I am magic
     and hope
     and surprise


I am fun
     But I can be full of danger
     and treachery


I am where you visited
     as a child
     and where you long 
     to return


I am never to far
     Just second star to the right
     and straight on 'til morning
   

January: Theme of the Month

Hello Lovelies,

It's a new month and a new year!  And that means we need a new theme.  I came up with one, so unless you have any other suggestions why don't we do:

Person, Place or Thing
Pick a noun.  It can be as common or as unfamiliar as you wish.  Then write 10-20-ish sentences/ lines about it.  But only post those descriptive lines, not the person, place or thing.  Then of course we guess what it is.

I'm thinking to make this a challenge we could try to make the familiar strange /or the strange familiar...  like take an emotion and personify it.  Or take an object (like a rock or lamp) and make it seem like something unrecognizable from outer space.

What do you think?

Also, for February's theme, the month being what it is... I talked with Ada, and we could do "NOT love".  Like fights, breakups, estrangement... you know.  Because that's what brings warmth to my heart around mid-February.  But let us know if you have any other suggestions.

Housekeeping

.. Or rather, blogkeeping.

It is nearly halfway through this month and I don't believe any of us have written something for the Theme of the Month.  Unless I'm mistaken, we were going to write about things that inspired us.  

Also, if any of you did write something, or start something or had something in mind, for last month's theme (introducing characters) you could post that, since I think Cylon was the only one of us that did October.  (I was planning on doing more Zombie Apocalypse Plan because I need to introduce some more characters, but with Snapdragon gearing up I didn't seem to find the time.  I am working on it now, so hopefully I'll get more posted soon.) 

And (if we want to continue trying to do themes/ prompts...) we will need one for December.  Ideas?

Theme of the Month: October

Hey y'all,

I don't think we've decided on a theme for this month.  Any suggestions?

We could do the one we talked about earlier, at the POW conference: introducing characters.  Whether to do it all at once with a paragraph for each at the beginning or to do it gradually or any other way.  (Are there really any other ways of introducing characters?)  These pieces could be really any genre.  Though it would be a bit challenging in poetry...

How do you feel about that?  Any other themes you'd rather do?

Beautifully Broken

Beautifully                              Broken

There is wonder                        but I

don’t think there is                    here or

not, knotted and                       nowhere

tied into strings                         strung high

but then it slips                         no lie,

from grasp into                         a scare

unknown unseen                       unaware

communion in                           to sky-

line with some for                      -ward

seeing what is                           broken

down and outted                        into

myself and our                           shards of

particular                                   token

formed together                         beauty.

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