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NEW CHALLENGE
Okay, coincidentally, I discovered this morning that Ernest Hemingway once was challenged to write a story in SIX words. This is what he came up with....."For sale: baby shoes, never worn." Now, using your imagination, doesn't THAT tell a story?
So the challenge is: Write a 6 word story. It sounds difficult, but I did this just a minute ago. "Once again we met and parted". See? There's a whole story behind that. The reader just has to use his imagination.
So let's see what you can come up with in 6 words that will inspire people to conjure up the REST of the story.
So the challenge is: Write a 6 word story. It sounds difficult, but I did this just a minute ago. "Once again we met and parted". See? There's a whole story behind that. The reader just has to use his imagination.
So let's see what you can come up with in 6 words that will inspire people to conjure up the REST of the story.
REPRISE
Frank Sinatra long ago created a record label wherein he recorded old songs in a new way and new songs in the old way. It was called "Reprise" records. They were great albums and I had an idea for this group that follows that pattern; a reprise.
A while ago we had a challenge to create poems from Onomatopoeia. You know what that is, don't you? View the first reply for the definition and examples and see what you can come up with. Above all...have fun.
A while ago we had a challenge to create poems from Onomatopoeia. You know what that is, don't you? View the first reply for the definition and examples and see what you can come up with. Above all...have fun.
JUST FOR FUN
The chicken crossed the road,
Why?
The usual response is,
"to get to the other side, diz!"
But, chickens have a mind of their own
and have Art as their notion.
So chickens cross the road
to be "Poultry in Motion"
Why?
The usual response is,
"to get to the other side, diz!"
But, chickens have a mind of their own
and have Art as their notion.
So chickens cross the road
to be "Poultry in Motion"
FLOUR SACKS
This was sent to me by Rose and I enjoyed it so much, I thought I'd share it with you all. I just wish I wrote it. LOL See first reply.
Poem and Picture
He hung there silently,
with just a soft moan.
Having gone so far
and soon it would end.
A life with more meaning
than anyone's since,
and none had been greater
and no will be.
He hung there knowing
for whom He suffered
and He prayed that they
would know also...
"The Nail That Changed The World"
See Photo Gallery.
with just a soft moan.
Having gone so far
and soon it would end.
A life with more meaning
than anyone's since,
and none had been greater
and no will be.
He hung there knowing
for whom He suffered
and He prayed that they
would know also...
"The Nail That Changed The World"
See Photo Gallery.
STRESS
Stress is the absolute best
at stealing
much needed rest.
And no matter how dressed,
can kill,
but this you have guessed.
So, if this is your guest,
although unwanted,
shed it and you will be blessed.
at stealing
much needed rest.
And no matter how dressed,
can kill,
but this you have guessed.
So, if this is your guest,
although unwanted,
shed it and you will be blessed.
SMOKING!
Smoking...
for 57 years
a way of life,
but the fears
of what it can bring
and the coughing
in the morning
led me to the sloughing
of that habit
recently...
cigarettes
are not for me.
With the help
of the patch
and my trusty pipes,
oh, there's the catch.
I still smoke my pipe
but not to fear,
don't inhale,
so it may add a year
to a life that is winding down,
what the heck,
it's been a long haul,
but my lungs are clean without a speck.
And, who knows how long
I can go on
I can still get around
And the cigs are gone.
for 57 years
a way of life,
but the fears
of what it can bring
and the coughing
in the morning
led me to the sloughing
of that habit
recently...
cigarettes
are not for me.
With the help
of the patch
and my trusty pipes,
oh, there's the catch.
I still smoke my pipe
but not to fear,
don't inhale,
so it may add a year
to a life that is winding down,
what the heck,
it's been a long haul,
but my lungs are clean without a speck.
And, who knows how long
I can go on
I can still get around
And the cigs are gone.
CRAMPS
Foot cramps,
incidental,
compared to
leg cramps.
After all,
muscles and tendons,
are very
small.
Legs lead to agony
unbearable pain.
And it happens
again and again.
But feet
when lying abed,
watching TV
clearing your head,
For sleep to come
after a long day
of more aggravation
and it won't come your way.
Because the feet
cramp up and to no avail
is the stretching of toes
and massaging will pale.
And sleep is lost
because of twitching
and pain
but no sense in bitching.
Just another symptom
of day to day
in a life there seems
to be no other way.
incidental,
compared to
leg cramps.
After all,
muscles and tendons,
are very
small.
Legs lead to agony
unbearable pain.
And it happens
again and again.
But feet
when lying abed,
watching TV
clearing your head,
For sleep to come
after a long day
of more aggravation
and it won't come your way.
Because the feet
cramp up and to no avail
is the stretching of toes
and massaging will pale.
And sleep is lost
because of twitching
and pain
but no sense in bitching.
Just another symptom
of day to day
in a life there seems
to be no other way.
Desperation and Despondancy
When things go wrong,
(as they often do)
you can't sing a song
as you want to do.
Depression is formost
and it is an ugly head
that rears itself
and you wish you were dead.
Times are rough
for everyone
and it's just tough
that to me it's come.
I'm here
and healthy
(at least physically}
and even though I shed a tear
Some day this all will pass
and I can say
that friends will last
and I will find the way.
(as they often do)
you can't sing a song
as you want to do.
Depression is formost
and it is an ugly head
that rears itself
and you wish you were dead.
Times are rough
for everyone
and it's just tough
that to me it's come.
I'm here
and healthy
(at least physically}
and even though I shed a tear
Some day this all will pass
and I can say
that friends will last
and I will find the way.
DECISONS
A little something I just knocked out at the behest of a fan.
Decisions, decisions,
so hard to make,
especially when
they are hard to take.
It seems that the longer I go
while studying them over,
the less I know,
whether I'm in the doo-doo,
or clover.
Some days the thoughts
come like lightning
the do's and don'ts and "oughts"
are so less frightening.
But then others are much less pleasing,
can't make up my mind,
so with much reasoning,
I resign to movies and their kind.
The heck with decisions!
I'll worry about them tomorrow,
and so with precision,
fantasy I borrow.
Decisions, decisions,
so hard to make,
especially when
they are hard to take.
It seems that the longer I go
while studying them over,
the less I know,
whether I'm in the doo-doo,
or clover.
Some days the thoughts
come like lightning
the do's and don'ts and "oughts"
are so less frightening.
But then others are much less pleasing,
can't make up my mind,
so with much reasoning,
I resign to movies and their kind.
The heck with decisions!
I'll worry about them tomorrow,
and so with precision,
fantasy I borrow.
