Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 62 – The Moon Is dark…

An excellent piece of Orwellian fiction in a different context by Michael….

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The moon is still dark which doesn’t surprise me, as it’s been this way for so long. I’m beginning to think I never saw it otherwise.

The atmosphere is so clouded with gasses nowadays it’s a wonder sunlight finds its way through.

We are forced to wear masks if we venture outdoors, the air being so toxic people have stopped wearing artificial cloth as the gasses burn holes in it or dissolve it totally which was an embarrassment many suffered in the early days.

The constant radio broadcasts promising a revolution since the darkness descended have stopped. The longer the rhetoric went on, the worse everything got. People now are tired, surviving as best they can.

Food is a problem, with reduced sunlight, growing crops even in greenhouses has become an issue, man-made sunlight isn’t the same and crop after crop has been produced which is stunted and poor in…

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Atonement For A Nation

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I look upon the face of our nation

The creases of strife and hatred etched as stone

I look in to the eyes of damnation

The years of a democracy perhaps overthrown

I look for the spirit of liberation

The pain of the hopeless is ours to atone

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 62

The festival of lights made an attempt to light up the dark skies with fireworks, and the earth with strings of lamps … all for a night or two, and then, the Moon goes back to its normal routines. The challenge has ended. For how long? A fortnight, a year or for eternity? What did … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 62

Gratitude

This is a difficult one for me, Michael, but I will give it a try. My first thought was about all the challenges that made me stronger, the people who posed those challenges and disappeared from my life, and those who continue to pose those challenges. But that is not the spirit of your challenge. … Continue reading Gratitude

Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge November 6, 2018

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Tuesday Writing PromptDevereaux Frazier and Beth Amanda are currently hosting the Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge which was started by our star writer Christine Ray. We hope to offer all of you something that will spark your creativity and willingness to participate.

The prompts are designed to be quick challenges that can be written in 10 to 15minutes,  inspire you creatively, are fun, and get everyone interacting.  Please post your response to the prompt in the comments below and show your fellow posters some love and support.  All members of the Go Dog Go community, including Baristas, are welcome to participate.  Feel free to share this post on your own blogs and/or Facebook.

Today’s prompt:

Here are 3 words to spark your imagination for a piece of poetry.  BUT, you CANNOT USE these 3 words in the poem.  What images, feelings, emotions do they conjure up for you?  Good luck!

gray, wind…

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Standing Tall

“It takes a lifetime to become that Tower- burning to provide light to others, letting myriad currents pass through your body, watching the world and learning from it, standing tall despite pressures from the wind, clouds and pollution, being in a constant process of change….: I think I have reached a certain level in storytelling, … Continue reading Standing Tall

Monstrous

“What is this tree called?” “No clue. I’m lost in the art.” “Check the internet quickly, and build a story around its significance and benefits to the human race.” “You have no interest in the chiselled parts? I think this is extraordinary. We must meet the artist.” “The artist needs to go underground. This will … Continue reading Monstrous