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Valkyrie

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  1. Day 7 Prompt: Warning Poem - Let your poem imply a story through the narrator’s warning to another character. Regret is a bitter pill to swallow, my dear. Don’t let it consume you like an insidious disease. Throw it out like the trash it is Or, even better, burn it into oblivion. Heed Dylan Thomas’ words and Rage against the dying of the light. When the circle closes and it’s your time to lie here, Speak with pride about a life well-lived.
  2. No worries, Renee
  3. Hmm... I don't remember writing Gary's promo... It's nice to see three anthology/contest stories featured. There are real gems contained there, and these are no exception. Dirty Pool is one of my favorites because of the pure emotion portrayed. Like Litlover said, it's a realistic portrayal of how miscommunication can completely derail a relationship. One of my comments on the story was about how I wanted to live in that house... so Gary very clearly described what was in his head. Nice promo! I always like reading about the inspiration behind stories.
  4. Go Sabres! oh wait...
  5. Valkyrie

    Thaw

    Ah yes... the February thaw. It gives us hope that winter will be over soon and makes us crabby when winter returns... lol I'm guilty of yelling at bulbs that want to sprout too early too, although with not quite the same phrasing. Thanks for the giggle.
  6. There are a lot of good people in the world. http://www.knowable.com/a/kindhearted-people-share-their-most-wholesome-secret/p-1
  7. My BFF and I binge watched most of Schitt's Creek during my recent vacation. I thought it was absolutely hysterical.
  8. Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked them
  9. Valkyrie

    Day 6 - Day 10

    This is a great selection, Addy. I think you did all the scenes justice. Dead Poet's Society is one of my all-time favorite films, so I have to say I loved #10. Great job
  10. Valkyrie

    Days 1 to 7

    As Mac said, your poems always carry such an emotional punch. The second one was haunting. The ones showing relationship struggles are poignant, yet give me hope. I love the last line of the April 4th poem. "Still our hands entwine". It's been a long time since I was in Toronto, but I can picture your neighborhood clearly even if I don't know the exact place you're describing. Nice week one!
  11. Thanks so much for the high praise, Mac. I had a lot of fun with the 'Careful' prompt. I'm glad you could relate to my happy place. Thanks for the comprehensive review, Emi. Glad you liked them
  12. I have the prompts emailed to me from a woman in the Hudson Valley. If you're interested in checking them out, PM me with your email address and I will add you to my list of people I forward them to.
  13. Happy Birthday!! I hope you have an awesome day! Here's a math cake for you, featuring pi
  14. The list of mistakes prompt should be interesting. It's going to be hard narrowing it down... lol
  15. These are all great offerings, Parker. I'm glad so many people are using the prompts I forwarded. It's so interesting to read the different takes on them. I really liked the "Careful ties his hat on" prompt. The second six-line poem really stood out to me. You described this week's weather perfectly! I hope Friday was the last of our snow. I liked how you tied three haiku together for the Nature Guide prompt. I especially like the 'heralds of the green' line. There's a typo in that one that you missed. It should be 'bright'. The April 6th poem was brilliant. You had me guessing about the chair right until the end. I loved the 'warning' poem, also. You described me to a T, only sub glasses for car keys... I look forward to seeing what this week offers
  16. Thanks so much, Addy Your input has been invaluable.
  17. This is another one of my favorite prompts so far from this year. I've written two so far. I liked your take on it.
  18. Congratulations to your cousin What a nice tribute to her special day
  19. What Parker and tim said... Good job BTW, it's nice seeing how others interpret the same prompt. I love reading the different takes on the same theme.
  20. You did a great job with this prompt. The haiku is one of your best. Very clear and succinct. The longer work expands the haiku nicely. Now I feel like I need to write a longer companion piece to my own response to this prompt. lol Nicely done
  21. The elegy was quite sad, which it should be, so you accomplished your task there. Kudos to you for writing two in one day
  22. This has been my favorite prompt so far. I could write so many of them! You wove yours together to tell a clear story. Nice job
  23. Valkyrie

    April 1 : Begin

    I really like the form of this also, especially the single word at the end of each stanza. Nice beginning! And Happy Belated Birthday and Retirement to your pappa!
  24. Thanks so much, Parker
  25. Thanks so much I think Parker's nefarious plot is to infect all of us on GA with math... Thanks for the comments, tim. I'm glad you liked the 'Careful' prompts. I had a lot of fun with those.
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