Month: July 2018

Scribblings by Sarah

Motive

Sarah W

“You need to ask yourself, What’s your motivation?”

My motivation? I think incredulously. Is this really the response to constructive feedback.

My motivation is best practice. What’s yours?

Wishing I’d the balls to ask.

Sammi Scribbles, Weekend Writing Prompt #64 – Motive

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Other, Poetry by Sarah

Off

Sarah W

The wedding loomed closer and all Tay
could do was think of the storm clouds. 
They say it’s lucky; rain on
your wedding day. But what
if you realise you
didn’t love him?
And so, Tay
called it
off.

By Sarah ©2018

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie, First Line Friday – July 20th, 2018

Free Verse, Poetry by Sarah

Crumble

Sarah W

The foundations are shaky.
And things are getting crazy.
My knees feel quaky.
When did reality get so hazy?

What was once up, is now down.
What were once smiles
Now be only but frowns
These times…they are so vile.

It’s hard to keep the faith,
Find any meaning in it all,
When you feel you may break
While you’re trying to stand tall.

And in the face of adversity
There’s two ways, to be sure.
Either way, it’s never pretty –
We can crumble, or conquer!

By Sarah ©2018
Sammi Scribbles, Weekend Writing Prompt, #63 – CrumbleBERJAYA

Poetry by Sarah, Tanka

Monumental Moments

Sarah W

When things are tough and
change catches you unaware,
remember to stop.
Take time to see the beauty
in those monumental moments.

By Sarah ©2018

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Image credit Illuvis via Pixabay

Ramblings Of A Writer, Weekly Tanka Prompt Poetry Challenge, Week 104 – Beauty and Monument

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Challenges by Sarah, Mindlovemisery's Menagerie - Saturday Mix

Saturday Mix – Same Same But Different, 14 July 2018

Sarah W

#SSBD

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Welcome to the Saturday Mix, 14 July 2018!

This week we are diving into the depths of our thesaurus and exploring the world of synonyms.

Same Same But Different
Your ‘Same Same But Different’ task is to take the five challenge words and NOT use them in your writing. That’s right, you need to dig out your thesaurus and find a synonym for each word instead.

Your words this week are:

  1. check
  2. dress
  3. hand
  4. snake
  5. drop

Your writing form is either poetry or prose.

Synonym Searching
Synonyms are words that are similar, or have a related meaning, to another word. They can be lifesavers when you want to avoid repeating the same word or if your word might not be the most appropriate. You can search for synonyms online at: http://www.thesaurus.com/

You may be asking yourself, What are some examples of synonyms?
Luckily, the nice folks at YourDictionary have some…

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Stories by Sarah

Good Neighbour

Sarah W

What miscreant has been here? I wondered, inspecting the damage to the fence.

I was not at all, properly attired, and looked about, seeing if there was anyone who could assist.

Nope. It was just me.

I considered my freshly polished shoes, crisply starched white pants, and my lace detailed silk shirt, and huffed.

I did not need this today, not one bit, I cursed.

Part of me was tempted, to just walk by, pretend I had never seen it. But I couldn’t abandon my responsibilities.

As they say, “Good fences make good neighbours.”

So I got to work.

 

By Sarah ©2018

BERJAYA

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie, Photo Challenge #221; Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie, Saturday Mix – Same Same But Different, 14 July 2018, Synonyms for check, dress, hand, snake, drop highlighted in bold; and also, Carrot Ranch, July 12: Flash Fiction Challenge, July 12, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a broken fence. You can mend it, leave it, or explain its place in a story. Go where the prompt leads.