All she knew about this celebrity guest was the note sent by his personal assistant, and a few news clips. She pulled out a picture of his, and pasted another face on it. “Glad to meet you, Sir! Hope you enjoy our hospitality.” Her tenacity and tolerance for tantrums was well-known, but this time around, … Continue reading Dumb-founded
Gigi assembled her planners, her calendars, her pens, pouches, and post-its before her on the desk and stood over them like a general surveying maps. These are bits and pieces of her life, and there is no point in denying or denigrating it. Her autobiography would be a collage made from these, and a little … Continue reading Life – Authored by ….
Sadje takes the faucet head on …..
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Well, there are more terms and conditions in this prompt than any other episode of the Exploration Challenge. Enjoy the difference 🙂
A breakdown in domestic water supply
Work-from-home scenarios, Covid, weather or whatever you can think of.
Write a story as small as a sentence, or as large as 500 words, or somewhere in between. I promise to read the entire piece.
If you can tell a poetic tale or write a ballad, you are most welcome to do it.
The story has to be from the perspective of any one of the given characters. The other characters in the piece can be one or more of those listed here, or any…
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Wow! This is an interesting prompt….
It is First Line Friday! Welcome and let’s get writing.
Below, I give you the first line, and you all get to write the rest. This prompt alternates with Jim’s Music Prompts, so make sure to check back next Friday for some musical inspiration.
I’ll provide the first line, you get to write whatever comes afterward. Length, genre, and structure are completely up to you. Feel free to modify the line as you see fit, adding punctuation, quotes, or other bits if so desired. No need to tie it to the picture, unless you want to.
Or for more of a challenge, change nothing. You have a week to write it, enjoy!
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Gigi…
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Nor any drop to drink ….by Von Smith
The shampoo is in my eyes when the shower coughs and spits and stops. I grab blindly for the towel; missing twice before my fingers find it.
Great, I think, and much stronger words pass through my mind on their way to my mouth. I wipe my eyes, head, and shoulders, still conjuring curses. The shower remains mute.
Thank goodness I shaved first!
I stumble to the kitchen with the towel wrapped around my waist. No water there either, except two bottles of Pellegrino.
I grab one of the bottles and wonder “could I make coffee with this?” I open the bottle and take a big drink. I love the mineral and bubbles in my throat.
I get a large cup and spoon in the best instant coffee I have. I add the Pellegrino and watch the strange foam form as I stir it. Then I open the microwave and…
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Neglect ….. By VJ Knutson
Oil glistens
contaminates
drinking water
250 evacuated
25 years of
boil-water advisory
an elder recites
and now this
We’re not animals,
adolescents rally
but ears turn away
government wheels rust
Neskantaga First Nation
want to go home
to live with dignity
know their human rights
Do they know
a .05% increase
in corporate taxes
would suffice
For the 73%
of First Nations
also lacking
this basic need
Acknowledge
prioritize
address
It’s all they ask.
(Written for Reena’s Exploration Challenge #168. Image and information sourced from :
ctvnews.ca
and Government of Canada: https://canadians.org/fn-water)
We want to earn, not beg. Help us earn our livelihood. He saw a huge crowd carrying similar placards, snaking its way through streets. Is that Emily? Yes, she is leading the procession. But why? Later in the evening …. “You don’t qualify to be called domestic help.” “Really? Who has been managing the house … Continue reading He wished he had…
Unwritten Magic —- by Eugenia
again, no water!
lips parched and dry
longing to sup dew from
a single leaf clinging to life
before its last disconnect.
concerned for her children,
she harangued customer service,
her rant lapsed on the weary.
come morning, the skies awakened
in fairytale fashion, cascading tears
from unwritten poems.
a dazzling performance
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-Eugenia
image source – lovethispic.com
Well Water ….. by Jim Adams
A breakdown in domestic water supply caused the town leaders to consider new alternatives and they made an appointment to talk with the well water sales engineer today. When Mr. Jones arrived, they asked him what type of guarantee they would get for their money, if they decided to invest in this well water system technology. Mr. Jones said that he would need a retainer to do a study and depending on what information came from that, then he could give them an estimate. Mr. Jones told them, “Since you can’t see ground water, we have hydrologists on staff that utilize scientific methods to find water, but this can be a crap shoot and sometimes your neighbor may have water and you won’t. We will have some test holes drilled and check our records that we have acquired for all the holes that were drilled in this area and that…
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Welcome back! Complexity is a lot like freedom - everybody knows what it is, but cannot tell. The author of this quote was not talking of writers and poets. For they sure can tell. PROMPT #168 Well, there are more terms and conditions in this prompt than any other episode of the Exploration Challenge. Enjoy … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #168
