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Today at the dVerse Poets pub it’s Sestina time! This complex form contains six stanzas, each with six lines and concludes with a three line envoi. The pattern of the form is as follows: 1. A,B,C,D,E,F 2. F,A,E,B,D,C 3. C,F,D,A,B,E 4. E,C,B,F,A,D 5. D,E,A,C,F,B 6. B,D,F, E,C,A 7. BE, DC, FA (The envoi of three
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Today at Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie, it’s Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille Our prompt is to create a Haiku about daisies. A tattered daisy muscles through a sidewalk crack craving the sunlight
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Today’s writing prompt at Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie is the photo below by Julien Tabet. Her real name was Darlene, but the entire herd — including the brain-damaged shepherd — called her Baldie. Sheep could be so very cruel, she thought, as she stood munching alone in the far corner of the meadow. Most people think sheep
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It’s Mad About Metaphor over at the Mindlovesmisery’s Menagerie! This week our metaphor is give a wide berth. Gloria awakened that morning with an erroneous smile on her face. Slowly, reality set-in as she came to accept the fact that Sunday was gone and Monday had taken its place. Monday meant school. School meant mean kids and
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It is First Line Friday over at Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie. Our writing prompt for this week is “Take the gun.” “Take the gun,” Gary whispered. Melanie stifled a giggle. “And leave the cannoli?” “Oh, for God’s sake!” Gary flung the script to the floor. “Will you please be serious for once?” “I couldn’t help it!” Melanie laughed.
Ergo, the Ogre 