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23jgreco
Winner at heart. #notloserface
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Write Your Best Poem
Write me your best poem! The winner will be chosen in 10 days, on the 30th.
23jgreco

In ’Murcia

’Murcia’s a good place.

Minus issues about race

And also gender.

Let’s tear down our walls.

Build bridges that cannot fall.

That would be better.

Nothing would go wrong

If we could all get along.

Life would be better.

Why d'we have to fight

When things don’t go quite right?

It’s really stupid.

If we were all nice,

We’d just worry about mice.

There’s an easy fix.

That’s what we should do

If the president were you

Or if he was me.

That’s my idea.

This is the end, so see ya

In Africa next.

Challenge
What if?
We live in a world of what-ifs, tell me about yours. Any format is welcomed. The goal is to connect emotionally with the readers through a shared experience.
23jgreco

What If?

What if everyone could get along?

What could we do if we stopped our petty disagreements and worked together for the good of humankind?

Challenge
The effect
Ok So this is the 2nd part of #EndTheSilence. I want you instead of talking about the left over pain that came after a tramatic exprince, talk about a the moment it happend, how it felt and what happend the following days. this can be what happend to you, a friend, someone you know, or just make it up. Rember to hastage it #EndTheSilence. Cant wait to see you guys heal!! Love you all
23jgreco

PTSD

Friends are bad

They make me feel sad

Don’t ask why

She was very hot

I thought I had a spot

In her heart maybe

I gave her a rose

She blushed from head to her toes

It was really cute

Then her friends asked me

“Do you like her? hee hee hee”

What could I say?

I told them, “Um, no”

They smiled, and I thought, “Uh oh,

They’re going to tell her!”

I wrote her a note

That note is now my scapegoat

Second thoughts are bad

She won’t talk to me

My life is sad now. Whopee!

My PTSD.

THE END

Challenge
Short Story
Write a short story about gorillas. Be creative.
23jgreco

Last of the Apes

Bang! Bang! Bang! The noise of gunshots echoed through the forest, as the last gorilla ran from the trophy hunters. Ahead, there was a cliff. Behind, the hunters. Wishing to die rather than be used for cloning and trophies, the gorilla jumped. She had made it to the ocean.

As she fell, the water pulled back to reveal harsh and unforgiving rocks. The gorilla hit them. The trophy hunters got to the cliff, and saw the broken body of a gorilla on the rocks below. They lowered a rope, and as they started to climb down, a huge tsunami wave reared its head above the gorilla. The trophy hunters started to climb back up the rope, but it was too late.

The tsunami crashed against the cliff with a sound like thunder. When the waves receeded, all that was left was a rope, dangling in the wind. Another gorilla came out from the brush, looked down at the black ocean, and let out a ear-rending wail. I thought about how lucky I was, to have the only gorilla in the world in the sights of my tranquilizer gun.

I shot, and it hit the gorilla. As I ran toward it, the gorilla started falling. Falling off the cliff! I hadn't realized how close the edgeof the clif was. I dove toward the gorilla as it fell off the cliff. Tumbling off the cliff, I barely grabbed a clump of its fur before both it and I went over the edge.

Luckily, we were close enough to the rope that I was able to hold on. The gorilla got swept out to sea, but I had enough DNA from its fur to be able to clone it back in the lab. We (I) had saved the gorillas from extinction! Now for the dodos.

Challenge
Evil arises
Write a story in which the whole scenario is flipped over... i.e: evil wins. The person may be evil in the eyes of one person; it may be circumstance that made him evil, he may be just pure evil. It also can be betrayal, or the hero turned evil. Please tag me @Manya
23jgreco

Jump

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a prince. He was the prince of a teeny tiny nation, devastated by civil war. One day, as Prince Edward sat in his solid gold throne, a man came in to request an audience. The guards outside the throne room, impassive and stony-faced, let him in to see the Prince. The man claimed that his name was Sir Jeffrey, and he had been sent with a message from the Very Mighty All-Powerful Baron King Allen. Prince Edward hated him. Many said that the Baron King hated him back. Bored by the monotonous tone of Sir Jeffrey’s voice and of his own mind’s wanderings, Prince Edward started to fall asleep. Seeing an excuse, Jeffrey reached into his jacket, and drew out an old rusty dagger. He threw it at the drowsy Prince.

Prince Edward sat bolt upright in his throne. He realized that a single ray of sunlight had reflected off a rusty dagger spinning out of Sir Jeffrey’s hand toward him. Leaping from his throne and out of the dagger’s path, Edward ran to one of the nearby windows. He tried to open it, but to no avail. It was bolted shut. Grinning, Sir Jeffrey advanced knife once again in hand. He threw it, and Edward ducked as the knife smashed through the window. Yelling naughty words, Sir Jeffrey ran toward the Prince. Unsure of what to do, Prince Edward jumped through the flying shards of broken glass and out the window. 

Regretting it instantly, he saw the sparkling blue ocean about three hundred feet below. He knew, from his earlier travels, that the nearest land was a desolate island about five miles north of his position. Edward (now the ex-Prince) thought about how funny it was that he was plunging to his death within sight of his entire country, as the palace was on a tall mountain. Then he passed out.

When he woke up, Edward’s first thought was that he should be dead. While he was pondering this strange event, he realized that he was still falling! As the sheet of blue-green water rushed up to meet him, Edward straightened into a diving position in preparation for the bone-crushing impact impending. Splash! As soon as he hit the water, Edward somehow knew that his arms were the only thing broken. Rocketing toward the ocean floor, he saw a cave off to his right. Edward foolishly turned and swam into it. 

Thirty seconds later, his head popped up out of the water. Edward saw a vast underground lake, with a shoreline a stone’s throw away. Getting over to it was the easy part. Getting onto it was not. Edward bashed his hands again and again on the slick, smooth rocks, hoping desperately to find a handhold to pull himself up with. After what seemed an eternity to Edward, his hand struck something sharp, and started bleeding. 

Ignoring the screaming pain from his broken arms and hand, Edward hauled himself out of the frigid water, and onto the rocks, cold, but immobile. Finally! A solid surface! He groped his way along in the darkness, wishing he were elsewhere. At last he reached a door, set in an archway of gold. Thinking that it might leadup to the palace, Edward continued. Passing by doors framed in silver and bronze, he came to a door, seemingly without an archway.

Edward felt around for a doorknob but couldn’t find one. As his fingers ran over the spot where he guessed the doorknob should go, he discovered a small hole and some grooves in the cool stone of the door. He traced the first groove with his finger. It was an N. Then there was a L. The next one felt like a V, no, a Y. “NLY” thought Edward. “What does this mean?” 

A soft voice sounded in Edward’s ear. “Only the chosen shall enter there. Others beware.” As suddenly as it had started, the voice stopped. The letters on the door glowed with a golden light, and Edward saw a stone nearby light up as well. He picked it up. Then he saw his arms. They glowed with golden light, and they weren’t hurting anymore! He looked back down at the rock. It looked like a doorknob, with a little rod poking out of the back. “Put it in the door.” the voice in his ear urged Edward. Edward put it in the hole quickly.

As soon as the doorknob touched the hole, the door transformed. The gold seemed to seep from the doorknob into the rest of the door, and before long, it was all glowing gold. When Edward took his hand off the doorknob, it transformed into a giant key. The door grew and divided in the middle. Soon two huge oak doors ribbed with gold stood before Edward. “Enter, Prince Edward,” a new, powerful voice boomed, “You are the chosen one!”

The doors opened, and there stood Sir Jeffrey. He threw his knife, and it hit Edward in the chest, killing him and knocking his body into the lake. Sir Jeffrey dusted off his hands. "Ha,"he said,"I win!"

THE END

Challenge
Challenge of the Week CXIII
The Tables, Turned. Perhaps it's somebody you vehemently disagree with, or somebody whose actions are incomprehensible to you. Write from the perspective of somebody you don't understand. What is their story? Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.
23jgreco

I loved her. She didn’t love me.

Friends are bad

They make me feel sad

Don’t ask why

She was very hot

I thought I had a spot

In her heart maybe

I gave her a rose

She blushed from head to her toes

It was really cute

Then her friends asked me

“Do you like her? hee hee hee”

What could I say?

I told them, “Um, no”

They smiled, and I thought, “Uh oh,

They’re going to tell her!”

I wrote her a note

That note is now my scapegoat

Second thoughts are bad

She won’t talk to me

My life is sad now. Whopee!

That’s my love life.

THE END

Challenge
A contradiction
Write a poem, short story, whatever you feel like writing that is based off of a contradiction. Can be anything! For example you could describe a contradiction, argue one or even write how two things that contradict can co-exist. Whatever comes to mind. It can be as long as you want it to be and all I ask is that it entices and excites. Enjoy!
23jgreco

America

In America, we say that we believe that all men (and women) are created equal. Yet we didnt't abolish slavery until almost a hundred years after we wrote our Constitution. Even now, color still divides America. We Americans need to forget about color and racism, and only judge others based on their characters. If only the people in positions to help with this major issue could be convinced! Our country would finally be able to move past one of our darkest moments.

Challenge
Write a 15 word rhetorical question (or questions) without resorting to obtuseness.
Alternatively... make it as obtuse as possible!
23jgreco in Comedy

?????

Is it ethical to kill one person to save two other people who are dying?

Challenge
Your life in a poem!
Its your story. Its your time. Write freely, live freely. I want to hear your life stories in a poem, be creative and be honest x Winner will receive nothing because im broke but i really look forward to hearing your journeys !!
23jgreco in Poetry & Free Verse

MY LIFE

Friends are bad

They make me feel sad

Don’t ask why

She was very hot

I thought I had a spot

In her heart maybe

I gave her a rose

She blushed from head to her toes

It was really cute

Then her friends asked me

“Do you like her? hee hee hee”

What could I say?

I told them, “Um, no”

They smiled, and I thought, “Uh oh,

They’re going to tell her!”

I wrote her a note

That note is now my scapegoat

Second thoughts are bad

She won’t talk to me

My life is sad now. Whopee!

That’s my love life.

THE END

Challenge
Generation X
Using any random word generator on Google, generate one word and write a poem inspired by that word.
23jgreco in Poetry & Free Verse

My word is Tragic

Friends are bad

They make me feel sad

Don’t ask why

She was very hot

I thought I had a spot

In her heart maybe

I gave her a rose

She blushed from head to her toes

It was really cute

Then her friends asked me

“Do you like her? hee hee hee”

What could I say?

I told them, “Um, no”

They smiled, and I thought, “Uh oh,

They’re going to tell her!”

I wrote her a note

That note is now my scapegoat

Second thoughts are bad

She won’t talk to me

My life is sad now. Whopee!

That’s my love life.

THE END