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Evoking imagination since the summer of '75
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Assorted Self Stamps
Chapter 1 of 8
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Playing in Sand

Passing by a beach

stick in hand

just drawing some lines

that soon will wash away

stick in hand

just to doodle

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Lost Frog

Incredulous expression

feet firmly planted

do you need directions

and to

what pond or skip

shall I go

hop

let’s hop

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Stumbling For Pictures

the best sound

is to hear

that I am understood

despite my stumbling

for pictures

of the faraway

forthcoming

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Assorted Self Stamps
Chapter 2 of 8
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Distinct Scraps

those stamped softly

with flowing ink

of the younger old

and older young

scrappy edges

sturdy

behind boundaries

those ready to wrap

in yards of yarn

any other shredded bit

waiting to trade dots, feathers,

gently shifted letters,

within the boundaries that weather

add to social papercraft

fluttering by

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Sharing Carob

sharing carob

is not what I’d expect

to be a delight

nor is this a turn around tale

at least not for me

I know what carob is

and I wouldn’t mind sharing

but I know what it is

and I’m happy

just to keep it with me

safe

as it is

at this time

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Living Liquid

Water.

Fluid.

A basic building point.

Many elements come from it.

Many creatures are alike in their need for water.

I feel calm in water,

though not an expert swimmer.

It fills wherever it goes.

It gives as much as it is available.

It is a host.

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I don*t understand why ...???
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Beth
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What to Ask

Is it because

I forgot

a reason to ask

what news of advances

I no longer comprehend

is it because

I am a no smoking zone

or only because

I shouldn’t ask

how

is the weather

wherever

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I Preferred Studious

to think

perhaps

my consideration

of (thoughts or person)

was an inaccurate analysis

of a conditional nature

not nearly so calculating

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Challenge of the Week LXVIII
Share the best or worst dream you ever had. This challenge must receive at least 50 entries by March 27, 2018. If it does, then Prose will spotlight one winner and nine finalists on our landing page, newsletter, and social media. Winners determined by the Prose team based on writing skill and creative edge.
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Beth in Dreams
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Piddle A Scratch

open the latch

go down the spattered path

and ding the tinkling bell

rest the pack there

relinquish your care

and continue alongside the old way

singing your song as you say

piddle a scratch

and skuff your satchet

the mark of the path they insist

this is the way we persist

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a definition of your favorite word, both dictionary and yours... (choose as many words as you like)
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Beth
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Flummox

flummox, v.

Etymology: probably of English dialectal origin; compare flummocks to maul, mangle ( Heref. Gloss. 1839), flummock slovenly person, also hurry, bewilderment, flummock to make untidy, disorder, to confuse, bewilder (see various E.D.S. glossaries, Heref., Glouc., S. Cheshire, Sheffield).

And per myself:

All the things are mixed up

How do I say the things?

What are even the things?

This is mixed up and what I know is forwards and upside whichways.

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