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November 25, 2020
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 33: (BLIND) in the C rhyme line
Thought I’d try a new one, this week, Ronovan has a Decima challenge. A different type of syllabic poetry, with a rhyming structure as well. Décima poetry is a 10 line stanza with 8 syllables per line. The rhyming pattern is abbaaccddc. Using the 10 lines there are generally two ways to organize: The 10 lines, or […]
OMG! I Just Hit A Six! #Blogiversary
Time flies when you’re having fun, doesn’t it? I logged in this evening to check my blog and in the notifications sat this little beauty, nestled amongst the comments and likes. And I have had a blast the last six years! Thank you all for putting up with me, my silliness, my ups and downs, […]
November 24, 2020
2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 204, #THEMEPROMPT – Truth
Colleen’s Syllabic poetry challenge! This month’s theme is a haiku written by Sue Vincent: clouds cover the moon,beyond dawn's pale horizonsun rises unseen©2020 Sue Vincent Here's my take:Truth is never hiddenEventually, you'll seeReality bitesRitu 2020
November 23, 2020
A Winter Romance – Historical Romance Anthology #BlogTour
I always love to promote work that is for a good cause, and an anthology that is selling for charity is definitey a good cause. One of the Facebook groups I am a member of, The New Romance Cafe, has another short story anthology, in time for Christmas, and all proceeds go to The Breast Cancer […]
Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 333 Life and View
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge It’s been a while, and I went from Haiku to Tanka! Prompt words: Life & View Mysterious life Meaning changes upon view What is it you see? Dead trees, or waiting to bloom? Beginning or end? You choose Ritu 2020
November 22, 2020
Chai And A Chat #111 #ChaiAndAChat #CoronaDiaries Week 35
I’ve come to this Monday with a renewed sense of faith. Things are rubbish out there, but we will get through. A little hope, a little positivity, always helps. Right, now, where’s that drink? If we were having chai I’d get right into the rigmarole that is self-isolating children! So, you know that Lil Princess was put […]
November 21, 2020
The Importance Of Being Edited
Pop over to my other blog, for a few musings of mine, about editing
Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 298 – Rejuvenation
“Perhaps the earth can teach us, as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive.” Pablo Neruda Thank you for this one. Spidey. It resonates, this week, especially. The last few months, I have been feeling a part of me shrivel away, as the momentum of the current situation around the world takes […]
November 20, 2020
#SoCS Nov. 21/2020 –
Linda’s #SOCS prompt for this week: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “the last thing you put in your fridge.” Start your post with the last thing you put in your fridge. Let your mind wander from there. Enjoy! Beer-ly, Linda? (Like what I did there? Beer was the last think I […]
November 19: Flash Fiction Challenge – Toilet
It’s been a long old while, but I thought, I have to get back to creating, and why not start with one of Charli’s 99-word fiction challenges! November 19, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that glorifies a toilet. Capture the marvel and status and love for a contraption […]
