MindLoveMisery Menagerie

  • The Elder’s Hogan

    The Elder’s Hogan

    It’s Wordle-day at MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie! We are to create a story using at least ten of the words below: Rub Psyche Vitiate – spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of: development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population. • destroy or impair the legal validity of: the insurance is vitiated because of foolish acts on the part of the tenant. Rose Receive Occurrence Persuade

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  • October Farm

    Once again, it’s time for Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille over at Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie.   After cold-moon night thin frost sparkling on pumpkins a crisp sun rises      

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  • New Crescent Moon

    New Crescent Moon

    It’s First Line Friday over at the MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie Blog. The first line of our story or poem will be “Summer died that night.” Summer died that night. Logically, I knew it had to happen. But when it did, it felt like a sucker punch. For a split second, I didn’t see it coming. I’d

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  • Shamans Call

    Shamans Call

    Today at MindLovesMisery’s Menagerie, we have Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille. The prompt is the image below by Alexander Nickolsky/Siberian Times. Shamans call upon Siberian Ancestors — Bang the drums harder.   Shapeshifting into reindeer brings swiftness, insights. Shamans play with fire.    

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  • Trois-par-Huit

    Trois-par-Huit

    It’s the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip at MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie. Today we are tasked with creating a Trois-par-Huit. Trois-par-Huit (Three-by-Eight or Octa-Tri for short), a poem containing three stanzas of 3, 3 and 2 lines OR 3, 2 and 3 lines: 8 lines total with a syllable count of 3, 6, 9, 12, 12, 9, 6,

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