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Scariest short story you can come up with only a limited amount of words allowed.
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HGG in Flash Fiction

Time Slipping Away

"They had these fantastic things called beaches. My family loved to spend long summer days there," my father muttered, dying. "Oh, you don't know what summers are. The weather used to change throughout the year... Oh, family... weather... years... time... difference... You didn't grow with any of that stuff, right?"

Challenge
In honour of the birthday of poet Sonia Sanchez, write a story or poem inspired by number 5 of her "14 haiku (for Emmett Louis Till)": 5. footprints blooming/in the night remember/your blood... Please tag me in the comments. #SoniaSanchez
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What Remains

footprints blooming

in the night remember

your blood

footfalls stained crimson

through sand, dirt,

snow, and rock

carelessly sprinkled prints

line our paths

through the broken night

untouched and untamed

even when the marks

fade to oblivion

waves washing away

mountains crushing proof

spring destroying happiness

even when we

are gone and no one

remembers us

and that giant night

is left consigned

to the book

of unrecorded majesties

the blood remains

blooming

reddening

spreading

growing

becoming

Challenge
Can anyone come up with a good paradox? Something contradictory, that wouldn't or shouldn't exist.
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HGG in Poetry & Free Verse

The Roads Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And I took them.

Challenge
The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Get creative and write an Etheree on any topic. Challenge yourself with more than one verse if you like, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count. Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...Triple Etheree, Quadruple Etheree, and so on! You'll find an example on my profile. Click on #etheree to see more. Have fun! I can't wait what wonders you creative folks will write using this poetic form.
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HGG in Poetry & Free Verse

The Fall

I

Go spring

And forth fly

By divine wing.

Air rushing through me,

My body freed from care.

All about, my great fall see,

Under these clouds and sky so fair.

This must be what the birds and bees feel

That makes them joyfully flirt with nonsense,

For, without want nor burden, the appeal

Of being a teen, for once, makes sense.

But, it's too late and my prime's lost

With the ground rushing ahead,

The rocks my fall accost.

Near all has been said:

This is my will!

I'm at bat!

Until

Splat...

Challenge
Pen a piece of micropoetry about some literary masterpiece, be it a novel, play, poem, etc. Please tag me!
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HGG in Poetry & Free Verse

The Grotesque Gatsby

Born, born again,

Spurned, and destroyed

By forces beyond his ken.

At his core he's but a void never filled,

Waiting, wishing, wanting a nevermore,

Until, at last, he's killed.

Challenge
Write the saddest sentence some one could say to you or you could say to some one....in only 5 words
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You never knew me anyways...

Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #38: Write a piece of micropoetry about what summer means to you. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
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In the summertime...

Memories flow from deep within,

Buried under seasons

Of snow, leaves, and rain.

Peach juice dripping past a wide grin,

Smiles, giggles, waves: reasons

To shrug off today's bitter pain.

Challenge
Use only six words to create a STORY inspired by the sunset or sunrise, dawn or dusk. #sixwordstory
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HGG in Micropoetry

Each morning...

Daybreak draws lifeless, sullen workers forth.

Challenge
Write one word that describes the world we live in.
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HGG in Poetry & Free Verse

Orgastic.

Challenge
Congratulations you just became a professional fortune cookie writer! What's your proudest fortune cookie line! Share it below and please tag me!
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HGG in Poetry & Free Verse

Metamorphosis

Don't let the creepy-crawlies of your past stop the butterflies of your future.

I am 21 years or older.