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Connecting words, phrases, and clauses to form adventures, emotions, and worlds.
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Falling Through The Rabbit Hole
Any form of writing is accepted! You may interpret the prompt however you choose! Have Fun!
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BonnieBoo
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Silly Rabbit...

You believe your child is missing. You notify the authorities. They investigate, there is no suspect, in fact all of the agents assigned to the case believe that your child is actually not missing at all, that you should look harder and you will discover that your child is actually alive and well in the house sleeping.

Meanwhile, without any proof, the police chief calls to tell you he is sure that your next door neighbor has kidnapped your child, not because this is true, because he is faced with a mandatory retirement next week and for his own personal gain he desires to be seen as a hero for solving the case, believing he will be asked to stay on the job for another four years. In fact he had been spreading false rumors for months around the community that children were being kidnapped for the sole purpose of promoting himself claiming unapologetically to all the frightened parents, “Only I alone can fix this.”

Based on this lie, you decide to confront your neighbor yourself who denies all culpability because he is telling you the truth.

You become enraged at his denial. You go back to your house, you get a gun, you head back to the neighbor’s house, hold the gun to his head and shoot.

Who is guilty?

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Challenge
Write Ugly
Whether its with choppy sentences, weird topic, or in your characterization/dialogue, write something ugly. I put in a lot of effort to make my writing sound good and feel rhythmic, making my prose almost poetic. I'm tired of it. Please write me something to inspire off-beat styling. Please tag @wabisabi, I'll be choosing the winner.
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athenaknowz
48 reads

Beautiful

You’re so lovely

Thank you

I hate you,

you are freakin ugly

Can I buy a bag

for your egghead?

I love your smile

Thank you

I’m thinking about

your dead mom and

how the car drug her

for a mile

Your eyes, they sparkle

Thank You

I see your future,

YOU WILL DIE!

hehehehehe and

you can’t stop it.

heheheheheheheheh

Your golden hair is

so beautiful

Thank you

Is your hair removable?

Did your mama

have to buy your

hair at the poop store?

it smells like it

hahahahaha

Your beauty is out

of this world

Thank you

It’s a disguise

I am from another place, not of Earth

you humans find my true form

disgusting

and won’t talk to me

I’ve taught you to well

you humans are so cruel

a demon has to hide behind

this disguise or you won’t

play my games, you

think you are wise.

but all I have to

do is wear this

disguise and

you are my

friend

again.

It’s ok

you

will

forget

I

told

you.

~Lightbearer

god of Earth

Athena

09/10/2020

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Challenge
20 Word Challenge "throw it/me/her/him (etc) into the sun..."
Must include "throw it/me/her/him/them (etc) into the sun. It doesn't matter if it's at the beginning, end, or middle.
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nightscribbler in Poetry & Free Verse
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Gold Refined

If you throw me into the sun, I will emerge once again as gold refined in a fiery blaze.

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Challenge
Challenge of the Month XVII: August
You somehow find yourself back in 2019, sitting next to Jeffrey Epstein on the plane before it lands and he's arrested. You know what's coming, but he can't know. Write the ambiance and conversation. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
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JodeeJo16
34 reads

Just Breath! Epstein’s Sitting By Me...

I find myself in this odd situation

Sitting close with disgust comes a revelation

In my head are these thoughts I don’t want to see

About the dillys for dollars that HE helped be

The flight feels more stagnant than ever before

As I wait for the moment he’s met out that door

I just hold my breath, I can’t take it no more!

Just Breathe!... Epstein’s sitting by me.

::takes deep breathe::

Smugly he sits there thinking all is ok

Too bad for him, he is going away

I take solace in knowing his future plight

While I try not to move for the rest of the flight

The tension is palpable air is not flowing

I need to get off, is this plane even going

I don’t want to know all these things that I’m knowing!

Just Breathe!... Epstein’s sitting by me.

::takes deep breathe::

Landing gear is out and we catch eyes

Without speaking a word, I can FEEL his lies

They ooze through his gaze, his posture, the air

I can feel myself tremble though he’s unaware

I won’t smile, I won’t nod, I won’t smirk, that’s my goal

Departing this flight within my control

Knowing this demon who lives without soul

Will soon be in hell for playing his role.

Just Breathe!... Epstein’s sitting by me.

::takes deep breath::

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Challenge
List Poem
Make a list poem, whatever structure you’d like. Bullets, numbered, lettered, use conjunctions, whatever - tag me so I can share them!
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Mazzmyrrheyes in Poetry & Free Verse
200 reads

To Pack:

leather jacket

work boots

sweatshirt

sketchbook

journal

pocket knife

glasses

sunglasses

wallet

keys

belt

watch

CDs

golf clubs

scorecards

shaving kit

eternity by calvin klein

I hope a 1/2 empty bottle keeps.

chapstick

Yes, the one you couldn’t find that morning.

coin collection

(stored, loose, inside the shave kit)

favorite nike t-shirt

(the navy blue one

&

the one stamped with

footprints from the hospital)

anouncement

cards

obituary clipping

death certificate

I promise I’m only packing your belongings away to be sure that everything that holds so much of your essence is well-preserved for the days ahead as your “little man” grows up.

I wish you were here

to tell me

what

to pack

and what only

you

could know

he’ll need.

I wish we still had

you.

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Challenge
Challenge of the Month XVI: July
World Stage. You have the entire world's attention and can say no more than 1,500 words. What say you? Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
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alobaby
54 reads

We Are All Flammable

.

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when will we meet again?
Write a story, poem, prose or any form of writing using this prompt. Tag me!
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Dmoral
120 reads

On the Edge of Eternity

┊┊┊┊⋆ ✧    ·   ✧ ✵

┊┊┊☆ *   * ⋆

┊┊★ * On the edge of eternity is where,

┊┊* . * ✦ you’ll find me, waiting to hold your hand,

┊☆ ° ✧    · so don’t think this isn’t the end of

★* our journey.

Oh no,

we’ve held forever a long, long time,

meaning, it takes more than death’s cruel fate

for us to never have another pretty date.

Together,

is our promised forever, truly, it’s divine,

so look for me there,

whatever happens next,

after, life.

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Challenge
Challenge of the Month XVI: July
World Stage. You have the entire world's attention and can say no more than 1,500 words. What say you? Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
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Carissa
288 reads

With you

"Hello? Can I get everyone's attention, please? I would like to say a quick thought. I would like to say something to everyone out there who is hurting. To be more specific, If anyone out there is thinking about not living, then well you were made for a reason. Only one in four hundred trillion people are born. So if you are thinking of committing suicide, then just know that the people of earth are here to help. God is here to help. And I know that a lot of you don't believe in God. But he is there and he has never stopped believing in you. So why should you give up on him? And I know a lot of bad things have probably happened to you, but no matter what you should never ever give up hope, faith, love, wisdom, humility, or friendship. Just know whatever race you are, whatever gender you are, God and I love you for who you are not who you try to be. Thank you."

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Challenge
when will we meet again?
Write a story, poem, prose or any form of writing using this prompt. Tag me!
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Mara_C
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Meet Again

When will we meet again,

my Darling?

Will I look up to the Moon and see you looking back?

Will I dance to a song, that you wrote or sang?

Will I read a book about two lost Lovers and find that you wrote it?

Or will you move on,

leaving me behind,

all alone,

still stuck in our past,

in our love,

while you walk off?

Will we ever meet again?

And if so,

when?

30.6.2020

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Challenge
List Poem
Make a list poem, whatever structure you’d like. Bullets, numbered, lettered, use conjunctions, whatever - tag me so I can share them!
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Aora1 in Poetry & Free Verse
83 reads

Losing Sleep

1. Brush my teeth

2. Get in bed

3. Whisper "Pick up, please!"

4. In my phone screen, appears your head.

5. Discuss the tea

a. "And then she said..."

6. On the floor, sunlight gleams

7. 5AM, now sleep like the dead.

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