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I Need Another Crutch

I just seen an add for this writing tool called Grammarly.

It is suppost to make you not look stupid.

Thats good for my resume,

But what happens when I meet them in person for the interview?

I talk in double negatives,

Use words that don’t belong in the sentence,

Accidentally swear and stutter.

Man I'm screwed!

Challenge
creativity activity.
I read that there was an IQ style test to determine one's creativity level. Give yourself two minutes to write every possible use of: a brick and a blanket. Have fun with it! Winners receive the privilege of feeling creative and will be determined by most combined likes and retweets. read more about the test here: https://www.creativehuddle.co.uk/the-alternative-uses-test
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Brick and Blanket

If I were to just randomly have a blanket and a brick on me.

In a crowded noisy room I would wrap the brick in the blanket and pretend it was a baby,

I could ask people around me to shut up or they would wake it.

If the bench at the bus stop was full, I would sit on the wrapped brick and have a padded seat for extra comfort.

I would like to find a chimney sweep and ask them to have a picnic with me on the blanket, and give them the brick to put on their keychain.

Challenge
It's always something
You meet a person who happens to have the exact same problems that are plaguing your own life. You sit down with them over coffee. What advice do you give this person? Using dialogue only. $5 Prize. Mass tagging results in disqualification.
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Free Advice, and That’s What it’s Worth

Me: “Oh, so I see you hate black coffee like I do, next time order some cream”.

Them: Oh , that makes sence.”

Me: Don’t get so drunk every night and you won’t feel so bad in the morning like I do.”

Them: “Oh, I will have to try that”.

Me: “Get a real job and not some part time bullshit like me and you won’t be so fuckin broke all the time.”

Them: ” Oh right, I never have any money”.

Me: ” Quit smoking and your chest won’t hurt so much and you’ll be able to have sex longer and not have to stop to catch your breath”.

Them: ” Oh sure, I do get winded very easily”.

Me: “Why are you listening to any of my advice anyway, I cannot solve the same problems as you”.

Them: “Oh yeah, your right, this is bullshit”.

Challenge
Audio Challenge
Record an audio reading of one of your poems. Sound cloud or google are both fairly easy to use. Share the link and repost the write. Please tag me. I've been MIA for a long time and would love to get to know the new community. Cheers to all.
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Arcade_Version in Poetry & Free Verse

Centrville Bait and Tackle

I recorded this song a few years ago on this not so great recorder. I put it on You Tube for a laugh. Saw this challenge and thought I would participate, even though it is an older poem/song. It’s a song about my dads baitshop he used to have, we used to have all night card games quite often, but for sure always the night before the opening day of trout season which is really popular where I am from, which is western PA. Well I hope you like it anyways it’s just a little story about me and my old dog waitin for the card game. Thanks for listening, if you can make it though the whole song. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCVCVi4L5ak

Lyrics

Sittin around dads place, waiting for the card game, scraping little resin

from my pipe.

I’m kind feeling lucky, hey think that I am due, I hope that lady luck’s

with me tonight.

My dog is at my left side, bowl is in my right hand, I think that I need to

find a light.

But my light is in my other hand, think I’ll take another hit, I hope that

lady luck’s with me tonight.

Well I look out the window, and what do I see, some gorgeous girl

walking down the street. 

Think I should go talk to her, hey man she’s kinda cute, she’s the type of

chic I wanna meet.

But I just seen my dream girl, just a couple minutes ago and I think

she’s the prettiest of all.

I’d do anything to meet her, walk a hundred miles or so, I think that I

would even crawl.

Crawl on my hands and knees, give me your love well wont you please,

when I see you I just melt to the floor,

So why don’t we go hand out, hey lets go have some fun, then we can

go home and lock the door.

Challenge
The purpose of life.
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Arcade_Version in Poetry & Free Verse

Some Kind of Purpose

If life is a bunch of heart beats in a row,

A net is a bunch of holes tied together.

And if the net has to hold all the heart beats,

The heart beats have to be bigger than the holes.

If the purpose of my life is mending my net,

I hope they gave me lots of string.

If I knew when a raindrop turned back into the mud puddle,

I could name the space between a waterfall and the stream.

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Advise is Funny

When I hear someone say, ” If I would have known then what I know now, blah blah blah..”

I don’t think they would have done anything different,

Because they were probly told back then and didin’t believe it.

What they should say is something like, “Man, had I not called that guy a senile old bastard I would not be living in this pig hole paying rent to a slum lord”.

Challenge
Write a poem that begins with "See me"
Write a poem that begins with "see me". After these 2 words, the stage is yours, I set the stage, you set the script. I rarely create challenges, but its been too long since I have seen how a human brain (I don't think mine is human) works. Show me your script. Set this stage. Have fun!
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Arcade_Version in Poetry & Free Verse

See Me

See me run, see how I run, nobody ever cares how I run,

It’s alway about them blind mice, you know, the three of them.

Same goes for that dog named Spot.

And look and see me,

See me laugh and play,

It’s always about Dick and Jane.

What about me and my needs?

I’m just kidding,

I don’t really like alot of attention.

Challenge
Challenge of the Week CIX
Was that a Question? Begin your entry with a question. Perhaps it's one you know the answer to, and we too will know by the end of our reading. Perhaps it's something you barely fathom an answer for, and will ponder via the pen. You can write anything you want, so long as it begins with a question. Fiction of non-fiction, poetry or Prose.
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Sign at Bills

Why was there a sign hanging above the door on the inside of that old repair shop that read, “Your story has touched my heart, never before have I meet anyone with as many problems as you”. ?

I am not sure but I think it had something to do with another sign that was hanging on the other wall that had the letters ,

“YIZDERZOMNYHRZEZAZAZDANDERIZHRZEZ”

written on it.

Challenge
Is the world over populated?
Any format
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Sociology Job Security

If the world is over populated,

Hell must be running out of room,

Im gonna keep being good just in case.

But really though it is hard for me to write about overpopulation.

I don’t even know if it is spelled with one or two words.

Challenge
Truth or lie
write about yourself or to yourself poem or prose must contain lies and truths. No one will know which is which...Be honest and free;)
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Arcade_Version in Poetry & Free Verse

Some Stuff About Me

Why do I have to be a tuff egg to crack?

Why not a difficult piece of chicken to cook, or tuff water to freeze?

I prefer to be a dam near impossible pickle to ferment.

If I am told that I look like hell it would make me feel cool,

Who else has burning hair and fire shooting out of their eyes?

And if someone says that I smell like shit than I feel quite unique,

Most other people smell like b o.