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Live life the way you want to because if you don't you'll always wonder "what if?"
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One sentence story
Write a story (or a poem whatever I don't really care) in one sentence. Tag me @thelonely I want to read your entry. Thanks for the inspiration @voiceinthewind. No runons please. Just a sentence. No mass tagging. If you don't have enough words just add random ones at the bottom.
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Shade

As I got ready for work I realized I had no shadow and no reflection.

Challenge
Write a haiku about summer.
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Summer

Hot wind blows against

The nape of my neck. I wish

For ice cream and pools.

Challenge
Write the longest grammatically sound alliteration you can possibly muster. The longest such alliteration's author wins $150 if, and only if, this challenge receives at least 300 entries. Editing is allowed.
If you don't know what an alliteration is, Google it. Ensure that your entry is an alliteration and that it forms a coherent thought. Remember, editing is allowed.
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Elephants and Edmontonias

Empty elephants engorge eggplants emphatically, emphasizing ever elegant eating ease, enhancing endorphins, enriching enzymes, engaging expendable energy. Enjoyment ensues. Economical elephants exhibiting enough excitement, exemplifying extreme extravagance, enrages extinct edmontonias. "Enough!" edmontonias exclaim. Elephants enquire, "End?" Elephant enclave elect entreats edmontonias, "End eating eggplants, eggs exempt?" Edmontonias explain engorging eggplants, eating eggs, equals expensive eating. Economical elephants explode. "Expensive eating?!" "Expensive eating," exhort ectopic edmontonias. Elephants eye edmontonias. "Evict edmontonias?" enquires enclave elect. Enchanted, elephants extort, "Evict? Enslave enclave elect. Expensive eating equals extinction. Edmontonias exemplify erroneous economic effects." Elephant enclave elect entreats, "Eggplants. Eggs. Eucalyptus enamors echidnas. Elephants enjoy eggplants; eggs entice elephants. Elephant entities eating eggs, eating eggplants, end egregious earldoms." Elephant enclave echoes, "End egregious earldoms?" Elephant enclave espouses enclave elect; elect earns edmontonia enemies.

Challenge
Write a poem with the beginning line....I sat down by the river Styx.
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Encounter

I sat down by the river Styx

Alone, and weary at heart.

I took a long breath and,

Just as I was about to try

And drink from that river,

I was stopped by a thought.

Do I really want to die? I

Asked myself (a good question

really, why hadn't I considered 

it before?) And while I stopped 

To think about the possible

Consequences of such an act,

Another unfortunate fellow 

Came up and sat beside me.

No words were said, on either

Of our parts, and in peace we sat 

There for quite some time, 

Me thinking about the river

And him who knows what.

Then, together we rose as one,

And, startled, I turned to my friend

To ask his purpose in standing up.

But he moved to the riverbank

And pulled some clothes out from

Behind a rock, donned them, 

Turned to me and asked, 

"Well, then son, are you coming or not?

I push the boat, tis true, but if 

You aren't inclined to cross I

Have other souls to pick up,

Which would be happy to

Take your place." "So, what

Would you have me do?" I

Asked of the man in front of me,

And he laughed a dry laugh,

Coughed, and spoke to me,

"Do? It's your choice. You

Can either sit there on that

Bank forever, like I used to do,

Or you can come with me and

Go where the master decides to

Send you." I nodded and thought,

And thought, and thought, and when 

I looked up finally ready to reply,

Alas I saw that he was gone,

Already halfway across the Acheron.

Challenge
Write a haiku by reversing the rules as, 7/5/7 syllables instead of 5/7/5 syllables. Rhyme appreciated!
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Wonder

A chilly wind sets in; oh

On the break of day

What do you see? Tomorrow?

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WHEN I SEE YOU

I scream internally

WHEN I HEAR YOU

I wish I were deaf

Then I remember- I am strong, and you are nothing. Blocking process completed.

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Completed

I take my rest now

Smiling, it was hard but

I am now at peace.

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Tree

Tall, magnificent

A tree stands above them all

Provider of shade.

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Summer day

Clouds lie in the sky

A peaceful day makes me smile

Summer here, and light

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Leaves

Flutter, fly, twirl around

Colors of amber, green, and red

Here one day, gone the next

Taken in by the wind