Category: The Daily Post
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Art Appreciation
It was the first thing she saw each morning when she woke up, and the last thing she saw before falling asleep. It bungled her dreams and ruined her days. For as far back as Tammy could remember it had hung there, taking up almost the entire wall. The monstrosity was an eyesore; a waste of valuable space where Barry Manilow…
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Mavra Ph’tera
Today’s writing prompt at The Daily Post is the word, fortune. ** It was a lot to take in. Mavra Ph’tera* struggled to make sense of it all. Below, the Chicago River flowed the way it always had, as if nothing had happened. He thought about jumping; just to see if they really worked, but the…
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Career Move
Today’s writing prompt at The Daily Post is the word, folly. French soldiers are building a fort in 18th- Century Rashid, Egypt. “Hey, Champollion! “Oui?” “Can you read hieroglyphs? “Plus ou moins. Pourquoi?” “Check out this rock.” “Merde sainte!” “What?” “Mon Dieu!” “C’mon! What?” “Le CV de Pharaoh!” “Cool! When can he start?”
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Good Enough
Five days ago…The Daily Post writing prompt was the word fish. ** My dad had his heart set on a boy. From what I understand, he did not hide his disappointment well. When the nurses brought me out to the waiting room and asked if he wanted to hold his daughter, Dad quickly shoved his hands in…
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Grapes of Loftiness
Today’s writing prompts at The Daily Post is the word, lofty. ** Lofty. I rarely use the word, if ever. I had trouble writing anything intelligent using this writing prompt so, I googled it. The phrase ‘lofty aspirations’ came up first. Let’s go with that. In the mid-70s I was in junior high school, which is now known…
aka, The Abject Muse 