Rules are very simple: 1) Share with us an artist (or two) on Prose that you really like. Maybe even add his/her work, but don't forget to CREDIT the author. It can be anything, prose/poetry, fiction/non-fiction. Let’s show them we appreciate their work and hopefully make their day a little better :) 2) Tag the author - if tagged, they are encouraged to do the same. That's it! Let’s share some positivity and help someone else’s amazing work get exposure it deserves.

Polaroid

Thanks for all the words!

I will start:

@OceanOfStorms

@1912writer

I highly recommend visiting their pages :)

(The idea behind this challenge is to create a friendly environment for all artists. I think we all need a bit of encouragement in our lives at the moment)

Challenge

Pay it Forward

Rules are very simple: 1) Share with us an artist (or two) on Prose that you really like. Maybe even add his/her work, but don't forget to CREDIT the author. It can be anything, prose/poetry, fiction/non-fiction. Let’s show them we appreciate their work and hopefully make their day a little better :) 2) Tag the author - if tagged, they are encouraged to do the same. That's it! Let’s share some positivity and help someone else’s amazing work get exposure it deserves.

Rosemandle

Hidden Gems

I have really enjoyed reading the posts from @AshleyTea. She writes in a poetic style similar to mine, and manages to make everything feel like a poem. Go check her out!

Challenge

Pay it Forward

Rules are very simple: 1) Share with us an artist (or two) on Prose that you really like. Maybe even add his/her work, but don't forget to CREDIT the author. It can be anything, prose/poetry, fiction/non-fiction. Let’s show them we appreciate their work and hopefully make their day a little better :) 2) Tag the author - if tagged, they are encouraged to do the same. That's it! Let’s share some positivity and help someone else’s amazing work get exposure it deserves.

1912writer

Recommendations?

Thank you very much @Polaroid for joining me into this challenge!

Now it's my turn...

I've been reading @Danceinsilence's Stange Holidays and Strange Facts About U.S. History lately, and there's a lot to learn about in these books. Check it out!

Also, I've also checked @Samina's poems and spoken words, and I recommend you to also check it out.

Thank you very much!

Challenge

Pay it Forward

Rules are very simple: 1) Share with us an artist (or two) on Prose that you really like. Maybe even add his/her work, but don't forget to CREDIT the author. It can be anything, prose/poetry, fiction/non-fiction. Let’s show them we appreciate their work and hopefully make their day a little better :) 2) Tag the author - if tagged, they are encouraged to do the same. That's it! Let’s share some positivity and help someone else’s amazing work get exposure it deserves.

JesseEngel

Where Courage Resides

Blind allegiance to a person or cause

no rhyme or reason to back it up

A people devoid of sense or principles

sets the stage for chaos and anarchy

A broken society ripe for the picking

tyranny and dictatorship love it to death

Constricting freedoms for the greater good,

only serving to choke our vital airflow

We shrivel and wither to torpid gray

a visage belonging to dead men walking

We claim no blindness, only rose-tinted lenses;

is that why we can’t see we are slowly dying?

Take off the shades, shed the scaled skin,

look closely at reality and decide to live again

Notice the chains, the tightening noose,

before the chance to act is past all reckoning

Democracy is easily lost, but not so easily found

once slid into dim disarray, hope is all but gone

If a nation desires to return to her roots,

she must search within, where courage resides

Liberty is a privilege, freedom a gift

but is only secured by a unified force

Patriotism is a virtue, love of country admirable

but only when seasoned by humankindness.

Though divided, we are not doomed

the gap is bridgeable by mutally reaching hands

Our latent life force lying fallow as yet,

will spring to life again under a gentle touch

Healing wounds, fighting injustices,

our past not forgotten, yet mercifully forgiven

Take courage, light the torches,

as we open our hearts to be joined again

Hand in hand, we march through the dark

looking ahead to brighter days

Where future generations bask in the sunlight

of our indivisible nation, liberty and justice for all.

Challenge

Pay it Forward

Rules are very simple: 1) Share with us an artist (or two) on Prose that you really like. Maybe even add his/her work, but don't forget to CREDIT the author. It can be anything, prose/poetry, fiction/non-fiction. Let’s show them we appreciate their work and hopefully make their day a little better :) 2) Tag the author - if tagged, they are encouraged to do the same. That's it! Let’s share some positivity and help someone else’s amazing work get exposure it deserves.

REllyn

I “know” no one on here, so … That being said, here I go:

So many Prosers … What to do?

How will I pick just one or two?

You've honored and supported me.

How I have loved your flattery.

I admit I have been a mess,

Yet on here, we are true artists.

See, I noted you didn’t flinch,

(‘Mess’ rhymed with ‘artists’ in a pinch!?) :O

I see one’s been busy of late.

His backing of me is first rate.

He ‘looks forward to stuff’ we write.

“Our R. Love”, you're a true bright light.

postscript: The first comment I had from @RLove327: "I would be delighted to read ridiculous limericks." (This regarded an unlikely connection post when 'There once was a man from Kentucky who wondered if he could get lucky.' ...)

Also, I note that though he's had distractions recently, he "looks forward to reading ... and will probably be reading a lot of [our] stuff," paraphrased.