Aspiringly Yours

( Written for What do you see # 214, November 27, 2023 )

How I aspire and strongly desire,

to come out of the world so dire.

thinking of constraints,

ostensive restraints,

My ship needs that light from spire.

What do you see # 214, November 27, 2023

Good evening and till later….

Guidelines-  What do you see # 214, November 27, 2023

Welcome back to another WDYS prompt

Rules;

  • You can write a post on your blog and create a pingback to link to the original post.
  • Write an original story, poem or a caption.
  • There is no limit to words or format but keep it family-friendly.
  • If you post a response before next Sunday, I will be able to add it to my roundup post.
  • I will do a round-up next Sunday before the next Prompt is posted.
  • It is always helpful if you can give your post/story/poem a title.
  • There are issues with pingbacks in WordPress these days. So please paste a link of your post in the comments section so that I don’t miss anyone in the roundup post.

Please tag your responses with

#Whatdoyousee Or #WDYS
Does this picture inspire you to write something?

For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a lighthouse on top of gray concrete dock. The light on its top can be seen shining in the pre-dawn day. In the background, lights from a ship or a port can be seen.

Waiting eagerly for your responses.

Thanking you all for joining this prompt.

#Keepitalive

#Whatdoyousee

#WDYS

Distinctly Yours

( written for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Nightlife) 

sanity differs

life’s night or nightlife, amused!!

can’t be fate alone…

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Nightlife

Good evening and till later….

Guidelines-

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Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Nightlife

pulsating dazzle aglow is city nightlife games played til sunrise Welcome to Moonwashed Musings Your Weekly Prompt – Nightlife Every week one or two contributions will be featured on The Limelighters weekly wrap-up. Let the prompt word and/or image inspire you! Prompt contributions can be any variation of the prompt and/or image.  The screenshot below shows…Eugi

pulsating dazzle

aglow is city nightlife

games played til sunrise

Welcome to Moonwashed Musings

Your Weekly Prompt – Nightlife

Every week one or two contributions will be featured on The Limelighters weekly wrap-up.

Let the prompt word and/or image inspire you!

Prompt contributions can be any variation of the prompt and/or image. 

  • Publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. Copy the URL (the HTTPS:// address on my post) and paste it into your post.
  • Copy your link into Mr. Linky below (underlined with a hyperlink). You might have to delete your previous entry.
  • Please click the small checkbox on Mr. Linky about data protection

The screenshot below shows what Mr. Linky looks like inside. Add your name and the URL of your post. Click the box about the privacy policy (It’s blue). As everyone adds their links to Mr. Linky, you can view the other submissions by clicking on the Mr. Linky link on the challenge post. All the links will show in the order of posting.

NOTE: If you are reading this post from the WP READER, Mr. Linky will not show on the post. Please go directly to the post on amanpan.blog to add your post link.

Be sure to check out the comment links and pingbacks to view other posts inspired by today’s prompt!

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Differently Yours

( Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge #308 )

You so divine, me so human,
You so alkaline, me so neutral,
You so pliant, me so rigid,
You so vibrant me so arid.

You so commanding, me so loyal,
You so demanding, me so liberal,
You so beautiful, me so faithful,
You so special, me so general.

You being a good mother,
let me be a good father, too.
You being a good daughter,
Let me be a good son, too.
then, things that keep us together despite the differences –
undeterred love for each other and
unshaken gratitude towards Him up there.

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #308

Goo afternoon and till later…

Guidelines-

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #308

Posted on  by Reena Saxena

At the outset, let me thank each participant, reader and visitor on this blog for enriching my life in some way – knowingly or unknowingly.

It is great to know what someone across the seven seas, someone I may never meet physically thinks and how they respond to my words. It is enlightening to know that we connect at some level, vibrate to similar frequencies and use the same language.

I’ve chosen a quote from Rumi, and an AI-generated image (grateful to AI too) inspired by Rumi.

“ Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. ”

Rumi

You are free to use either the image or the quote, or both as your inspiration in this week.

There is no restriction on format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap.

Any post that is found to be offensive, vulgar or something that hurts common sensibilities will not be included. This needs to be a safe space.

Create a post on your blog, and copy-paste the link in Comments. In case you are using a pingback, do check back to see if it has worked.

The feminists, humanists and individualists amongst you are welcome to follow us at
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Allegiantly Yours

( Written for What do you see # 213- November 20, 2023 )

my sure allegiance

no master at par, why say ?

virtues are rare now….

What do you see # 213- November 20, 2023

Good evening and till later….

Guidelines-

What do you see # 213- November 20, 2023

Welcome back to another WDYS prompt

Rules;

  • You can write a post on your blog and create a pingback to link to the original post.
  • Write an original story, poem or a caption.
  • There is no limit to words or format but keep it family-friendly.
  • If you post a response before next Sunday, I will be able to add it to my roundup post.
  • I will do a round-up next Sunday before the next Prompt is posted.
  • It is always helpful if you can give your post/story/poem a title.
  • There are issues with pingbacks in WordPress these days. So please paste a link of your post in the comments section so that I don’t miss anyone in the roundup post.

Please tag your responses with

#Whatdoyousee Or #WDYS
Does this picture inspire you to write something?

For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a dog lying on the white sand at the beach wearing a pensive expression.

Waiting eagerly for

Waiting eagerly for your responses.

Thanking you all for joining this prompt.

#Keepitalive

#Whatdoyousee

Forgivingly Yours

( Written for W3 Prompt #82: Wea’ve Written Weekly )

Would wear your shoes, yes, I would when I grow,

always been my hero I looked at, Big Bro..

a hero of his words, care, and protection,

of deeds, from words met with perfection..

through thick and thin, and any high or low.

 

I made you proud and want you to know,

fought till last, towel never needed to throw,

as per the rules of the game, with no deception.

Would wear your shoes…..

 

Though you not around, still a difference to show,

forgave all those who gave you a betrayal; a blow,

revenge that you sought, that drew my attention,

never ending and cyclic, so changed my perception,

sorry my Hero for they all reap as only they sow.

Would wear your shoes…….

W3 Prompt #82: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Good evening and till later…..

Guidelines-

W3 Prompt #82: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Intro

Dear friends,

Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

Sarah’s prompt guidelines

Write a rondeau inspired by a childhood memory.

Rondeau?

  • 15 lines long;
  • Three stanzas:
    • a quintet (five-line stanza);
    • a quatrain (four-line stanza);
    • and a sestet (six-line stanza);
  • Rhyme scheme: aabba aabR aabbaR.
  • Refrain: L9 and L15
    • The refrain (R) is short;
    • The refrain (R) consists of a phrase taken from L1;
  • All the other lines are longer than R and share the same metrical length.

III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

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.

Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, November 27, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Dreadingly Yours

( Written for Weekend writing Prompt # 338 by Sammi)

If wishes granted beyond life,

this place not better than death’s strife!!

If life’s just a tiny breath,

 not macabre to think of death..

If, death fulfils a wish-prayer,

life not worth living in despair?

Weekend Writing Prompt #338 – Macabre

Good evening and till later….

Guidelines-

Weekend Writing Prompt #338 – Macabre

Posted on  by 

A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend.  How you use the prompt is up to you.  Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like.  Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise.  If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments.

Word Prompt

Macabre

Challenge

Weekend Writing Prompt #338: This weekend your challenge is to write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 36 words using the word “Macabre”.

The challenge is simple: each week you will be given an exact number of words you can use to write a poem or piece of prose.  You can use any format or style you like; go wherever your inspiration takes you.  The only rules are these:

  • your poem / prose must contain this week’s word (see note below).  The word does not have to count towards the exact word count total – it can be in the title, or the first letters of the lines of a poem can spell it out – you can be as creative as you want as long as it’s there somewhere.
  • the length of your poem / prose must match the number of words stated in this week’s challenge.  No more.  No less.
  • A note on the word: you can use any variation of the word (for example: call, calls, calling, called etc).  If you find you are struggling to use this week’s word you may substitute it for a synonym – just include a note to explain the swap.  Remember, this is supposed to be fun! 🙂

Can’t wait to read what you have come up with!

* Whispers and Echoes – is an online journal of short writing – read it here *
Weekend Writing Prompt Year 1 Anthology: Outcast and Other Words – Read for free here

Defiantly Yours

( Written for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Migrate )

glitter galore, still…
soul defies migration from
moonlit earthly hues.

——————–

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Migrate

Good afternoon and till later….

Guidelines-

look to the sky

stars migrate safely

blissful adventures

Welcome to Moonwashed Musings

Your Weekly Prompt – Migrate

Let the prompt word and/or image inspire you!

Prompt contributions can be any variation of the prompt and/or image. 

  • Publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. Copy the URL (the HTTPS:// address on my post) and paste it into your post.
  • Copy your link into Mr. Linky below (underlined with a hyperlink). You might have to delete your previous entry.
  • Please click the small checkbox on Mr. Linky about data protection

The screenshot below shows what Mr. Linky looks like inside. Add your name and the URL of your post. Click the box about the privacy policy (It’s blue). As everyone adds their links to Mr. Linky, you can view the other submissions by clicking on the Mr. Linky link on the challenge post. All the links will show in the order of posting.

NOTE: If you are reading this post from the WP READER, Mr. Linky will not show on the post. Please go directly to the post on amanpan.blog to add your post link.

Be sure to check out the comment links and pingbacks to view other posts inspired by today’s prompt!

Copyright © 2023 MoonwashedMusings@amanpan.blog – All rights reserved.

Image by Enrique from Pixabay

Brokenly Yours

you said I’m sorry,

and my last words; God bless you,

see the difference….

being loved but not caring…

getting hurt, still wishing well….

 

Au Revoir my love…

Sometimes, destiny is not what it simply looks like..Maybe HE thought otherwise…

good afternoon and see you next time….

Ignorantly Yours

( Written for W3 Prompt #78: Wea’ve Written Weekly )

Hate,

Or love,

Don’t ignore,

never ever!

for I want to be,

inside your heart- in veins,

in mind, emotions and throbs,

you love or hate, I live with you….

if you ignore, I become lifeless!!!

“Love or hate, don’t ignore, never ever”

W3 Prompt #78: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Good afternoon and see you next time…

Guidelines-

Dear friends,

Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

Part I

The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

Part II

The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

Part III

After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

Simple enough, right?

Suzanne’s prompt guidelines

Dectina Refrain

  • Ten lines;
  • Syllabic: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10;
  • The tenth line is comprised of the first four lines all together, as one stand alone line in quotation marks. (apparently the quotation marks are optional.)

III. Submit: Click on ‘Mr. Linky’ below

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.

Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, October 30, 10:00 AM (GMT+3)

 

Virtually Yours

All the prompts provided by Reena ji this time read very well, but somehow I found it a bit difficult to use them and get an enjoyable read. So using my fascination for movies, just presenting a comparison of the prompt vis a vis what the Bollywood hero would do or perform if the plot was to be anything like what is there in the prompt.  This should not at all be taken as a derogatory remark on the movies as such as I am also very fond of them like many others-

  1. He smiled as he closed the book, knowing that he had just read the most beautiful story ever written- Bollywood hero does not have to read a book to smile, rather only the glimpse of the heroine makes him smile.
  2. She looked at the stars one last time, then turned off the lights and left the observatory forever – Bollywood did make a movie like ET from Steven Spielberg but yet to make one like Star wars.
  3. He pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. The gun was empty, just like his life – Very acquainted and popular plot for an Amitabh movie, he only needed his long legs than the loaded gun.
  4. She hugged him tightly, feeling his heartbeat. It was the first time she had ever felt alive –  A common plot for a musical masala blockbuster.
  5. He watched the Sun set over the horizon, then took a deep breath and jumped –  Gone are the days for parallel cinema as it was called as. Remember the likes of Shyam Benegals, Mrinal Sens, Satyajit Rays, Nihlanis,Hrishikesh Mukherjees and others.
  6. She opened the envelope and read the letter. It was too late. He was gone – Fascinating love stories but always wondered as to why that envelop could never be opened timely in any movie before the sad song was played in.
  7. He finally reached the top of the mountain, only to find that there was nothing there – I am sorry, I never watched a movie on this, even a photograph like this will be hard to find.
  8. She closed her eyes and whispered, “I love you.” Then she let go of his hand and fell into the abyss –   Wait a moment, she will be reincarnated for another look alike and dance again with the hero of ours.
  1. He looked at the mirror and saw a stranger. He had forgotten who he was – Our hero never looks at the mirror, only girls watch him from the corner….
  2. She waved goodbye to her family, then boarded the spaceship. She was ready for a new adventure – Budget dearth always for such science movies to be made here.

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #307

Good evening and till later…..

Guidelines-

I give you 10 openings or endings for your piece this week to be included in your piece at the beginning or end.

Find a way to include it in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, poetic prose, prose poetry or alternating prose.

Choose any one of the following prompts.

  1. He smiled as he closed the book, knowing that he had just read the most beautiful story ever written.
  2. She looked at the stars one last time, then turned off the lights and left the observatory forever.
  3. He pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. The gun was empty, just like his life.
  4. She hugged him tightly, feeling his heartbeat. It was the first time she had ever felt alive.
  5. He watched the sun set over the horizon, then took a deep breath and jumped.
  6. She opened the envelope and read the letter. It was too late. He was gone.
  7. He finally reached the top of the mountain, only to find that there was nothing there.
  8. She closed her eyes and whispered, “I love you.” Then she let go of his hand and fell into the abyss.
  9. He looked at the mirror and saw a stranger. He had forgotten who he was.
  10. She waved goodbye to her family, then boarded the spaceship. She was ready for a new adventure.

If you feel adventurous, you may use more than one line. If you feel inspired you may choose to write more than one piece.

It’s all up to you 🙂

There is no restriction on format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly Wrap.

Any post that is found to be offensive, vulgar or something that hurts common sensibilities will not be included. This needs to be a safe space.

Create a post on your blog, and copy-paste the link in Comments. In case you are using a pingback, do check back to see if it has worked.

The feminists, humanists and individualists amongst you are welcome to follow us at
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