My Take – COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 193,...
Here I present a “Classic Ethree: Ten lines featuring a syllable count of 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 syllables per line.” * Which One Do I Choose? Dazed Doubtful Dubious Disputable Changeable answers...
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Hey Fandango! Online it is. It seems it goes right along with “encounter” from yesterday. Here is a senryu. Short and sweet. Online Cyberspace equips Invisible connections Love and hate abound...
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MyTake-FOWC with Fandango-Lampoon
The word is lampoon!! Well…. remember when I said I have a unique vocabulary collection? Lampoon, was definitely missing from my list! I wrote a cute four line poem, and decided to look for a photo. I...
View ArticleMyTake-FOWC with Fandango-Heresy
I do know what heresy is! Thank you Fandango for picking a word from my vocabulary list! (If that makes no sense to you, see yesterday’s blog re: lampoon.) I am a heretic I am not a dick If you don’t...
View ArticleMyTake-The NEW Weekly A Mused Poetry Contest 9/5 – 9/11/2020 AND FOWC with...
Today will be a two-fer. #FOWC’s word for today is obnoxious. And Chel’s prompt is an eccentric in limerick format. (Did you notice that she has changed her name to be called Chel?) Here ya go! There...
View ArticleMyTake-FOWC with Fandango-Cage
Fandango gives us the word cage. Have you ever been thrown in a cage? To be thrown in a cage filled with other women or children is a terrifying thing. Our southern border has cages full of children....
View ArticleMyTake-FOWC with Fandango-Television
Fandango! I have a television story to tell. Television bad Said the man in the pulpit The man is my dad In my church it (the television) was called the boob tube, the idiot box, sinful. Instead of...
View ArticleMyTake-FOWC with Fandango-Only
IF ONLY Fandango’s word challenge today is only. Here’s my senryu. Regrets If only they had Worn a mask visiting me Now I’m in an urn ~RuthScribbles
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MyTake-FOWC with Fandango-Incessant
Welcome to September 15, 2020 and to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). Today’s word is “incessant.” Droning is the sound Yammering incessantly Make the preacher stop ~RuthScribbles
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MyTake-FOWC with Fandango-Din
I thought the word was Bin, and then I realized it was Din. Fandango, how do you pick your words? Just really curious. I do not have a problem with your word choice. The Drum Set He heard mother say...
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MyTake-The A Mused Poetry Contest 9/12 – 9/18/2020
This week we are to make you laugh writing a snappy poem about warning labels. The Geriatric Behavioral Unit Granny was a pistol She really was a rascal And after Grandpa died last month Her pranks...
View ArticleRemembering Ruth Bader Ginsberg
In memory! RemarkableUnderstandingTruthHonesty BeforeAngels now,Died tooEarly,Recently GeniusInsight. SheNeverShirked.BelovedElderRemembered, weGrieve. ~RuthScribbles
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MyTake-COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 195...
Wow… Ekphrastic PhotoPrompt…. What is anEkphrastic poem? It explores art by describing it. (At least that is my interpretation.) The PhotoPrompt: Image credit: Unsplash, and the photographer is...
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MyTake-FOWC with Fandango-Doleful
This word, doleful, is a perfect fit for how many of us are and have been feeling since Ruth Bader Ginsberg died. May her memory be a blessing. INTERESTING: I heard something the other day, and you may...
View Article#BlackWomensLivesMatter
A Call to Action for Co-Conspirators The young woman in the back Weeps silently, hiding tears Fearful that someone will kill her Folks don’t even see her She is the last one to receive justice- If...
View ArticleA Diatelle – Encounter
I am going to try to write a Diatelle as introduced by Colleen Chesebro. A diatelle which has the syllable count and rhyming scheme like this: 1a 2b 3b 4c 6b 8c 10c 12a 10c 8c 6b 4c 3b 2b 1a. It will...
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MyTake-COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 196,...
The theme for this week’s challenge is The Night Sky. Galveston, Texas 2017 The sun goes to bed Now the moon and stars shine bright While the people sleep Moon Eclipse January 2019 ~RuthScribbles
View ArticleMyTake-FOWC with Fandango-Antipathy
Fandango asks us to share our thoughts using Antipathy today. I decided another acrostic was in order. He is: A bhorrent N asty T raitorous I ntolerant P athetic A bominable T reacherous H ateful Y et...
View ArticleMyTake #OMM #FOWC #OctPoWriMo #TankaTuesday
So today I am combining FOUR prompts. Two are not from WordPress, however Fandango’s word today, ensconced, goes along with the theme for October’s 1st challenge of OctPoWriMo “shining your light,” and...
View ArticleMyTake-FOWC with Fandango – Eulogy
Fandango’s word today is Eulogy. After last night’s debate, I mean debacle, you can probably guess what I am about to do. I will do an acrostic of eulogy, that is the opposite of a eulogy. No Eulogy...
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