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Prompt Me! #490 & #491

Renee Stevens

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It's time for new prompts! You were probably beginning to think they were never going to go up, but here they are! And guess what! We also have a new poetry prompt in the forums. Have you checked it out? If not, don't worry, we've included it to make things easier for you. Don't forget, prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection.

Prompt 490 – Creative
Tag – List of Words
Use the following words in a story : A man’s ring, a dish rag, a pillow, a snake, and a ticket.

Prompt 491 – Creative
Tag – The Find
You and your best friend have gone out shopping for a surprise gift. You wander into this cute boutique and discover what you feel is the perfect gift. What was the find?

Poetry Prompt #19 - Lullaby
The prompt: Write lyrics to accompany George Gershwin's piano version of his composition, Lullaby. On the video, the place to begin setting the words occurs at minute 0:27. Choose any metre and rhyme scheme you think appropriate. You also decide if you want to write a song about sleep, or a song to put someone to sleep. You can read more about it, here.



Now, I decided for this weeks prompt responses, we're going to look at the Poetry Prompt #18:


A bridge in the forest at dim twilight
A drear dismal image of black and white
The atmosphere’s hazy, cold and unreal
A surreal scene of horror and fright

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With startling beauty all around
And all God’s love in nature found
In such despair he has to stand
As rustling leaves make peaceful sound

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How peaceful when you’re sleeping by my side
oblivious to the crazy human hive,
Against what all the people might assume
how beautiful it is to be alive!

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Soldiers stand fast as the rope is prepared
the prisoner is quiet—his neck bared
then the rope is tightened, he sees his life
we hope against hope, his life be spared.

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I gave my muse a little shake
in fervent hope she might awake.
Instead, she groaned, "Oh, go to hell!
Just let me sleep, for goodness sake!"

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The promise you made that night with your word,
your body, became music in my blood,
and let me form lines of songs yet unheard
to open the cage and free my black bird.
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Timothy M.

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what is a dish rag?

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Puppilull

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For wiping dishes or wiping crumbs off a table? 

 

what is a dish rag?

 

Nice to be featured! It was an emotional one... 

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clochette

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what is a dish rag?

It's like a piece of "clothe" that you use to do the dishes. I think it call a washcloth too. Hope it'll help :)

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Valkyrie

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A dish rag is like a washcloth for dishes.  A washcloth is for people. :)

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Puppilull

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In Sweden we only use brushes (or dish washing machines...) for dishes. Cloths are used to wipe. Maybe it's the same in Denmark? 

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Timothy M.

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In Sweden we only use brushes (or dish washing machines...) for dishes. Cloths are used to wipe. Maybe it's the same in Denmark? 

 

Yep, a karklud is used to wipe tables etc, we use an opvaskebørste (a brush) to deal with dishes.

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Puppilull

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Yep, a karklud is used to wipe tables etc, we use an opvaskebørste (a brush) to deal with dishes.

 

As it should be... LOL 

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Mikiesboy

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Thanks for sharing the poetry prompts responses! The Mad erm Live Poet's Society work hard to write these. 

 

And AC Benus has done a lot of work to bring these prompts to us. There is a whole free 'learn to write poetry' course on GA, brought to us by AC.

 

So thanks Renee and AC.. for all you do. 

 

tim

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Renee Stevens

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Thanks for sharing the poetry prompts responses! The Mad erm Live Poet's Society work hard to write these. 

 

And AC Benus has done a lot of work to bring these prompts to us. There is a whole free 'learn to write poetry' course on GA, brought to us by AC.

 

So thanks Renee and AC.. for all you do. 

 

tim

 

Thank you, Tim! There were some great responses and glad I was able to feature them.

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AC Benus

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Thanks for sharing the poetry prompts responses! The Mad erm Live Poet's Society work hard to write these. 

 

And AC Benus has done a lot of work to bring these prompts to us. There is a whole free 'learn to write poetry' course on GA, brought to us by AC.

 

So thanks Renee and AC.. for all you do. 

 

tim

Thank you, Tim for the shout-out. Sorry I missed this yesterday, but I'm very appreciative  

AC Benus

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Thank you, Tim! There were some great responses and glad I was able to feature them.

Renee, thank you for talking about Poetry Prompt 19, and it's truly wonderful you highlighted everyone's response to No. 18, the Rubaiyat.

 

A thousand شكرا

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