Dutch Goes The Photo, Tuesday Photo Challenge, Week 145 – Rose
Month: January 2019
Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 26 January 2019
Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 26 January 2019!
For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out a Tongue Twister. The topic is up to you!
You may be thinking to yourself, What on earth is a Tongue Twister?
Luckily, Shadow Poetry has an explanation…
Tongue Twister
A Tongue Twister poem is made up of lines/verses that are hard to say when read aloud by using similar consonant sounds in succession (use of alliteration). In other words, the poem ties your tongue into knots. This form does not require end or internal rhyme.
Example of a Tongue Twister
Example #1
Serenity
Mystic moonlight, moments meet...
Softly, somewhere songbirds sweet...
Simple, soothing, soulful sounds...
Mem'ries murmer, mossy mound...
Wander wistful, winding ways
Linger, loving, lilacs lay...
Lazy langour, listless leaves...
Weeping willow, wonder weaves...
Pausing, picture, pristine plain...
Ruling romance, restive…
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NFSA
Bank
F – urrowed
“Well I think it’s funny!”
Mum furrowed her brow, disagreeing. “You make me sound like a bad parent.”
“It’s not your fault your daughter’s speech delay replaces tr- with f-“. Mischievously, I turned to my sister, “Hey Katie, say “truck”…
By Sarah ©2019
Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie, First Line Friday – January 28th, 2019
Saturday Mix – Sound Bite, 19 January 2019
Welcome to the Saturday Mix, 19 January 2019! This year, it’s time for some new challenges, and I have some exciting new prompts to throw into the “mix”.
Our 2019 Saturday Mix rotation will be:
WEEK 1 – Mad About Metaphor
WEEK 2 – Unique Personality
WEEK 3 – Sound Bite
WEEK 4 – Lucky Dip
This week we are hearing things as we explore the use of ONOMATOPOEIA. You will need to use the THREE onomatopoeic words in your response – which can be poetry or prose.
Our three words, using onomatopoeia are:
- bang
- clank
- glug
You may be asking yourself, How can I use onomatopoeia in my writing?
Luckily, Your Dictionary has some examples for you.
The word onomatopoeia comes from the combination of two Greek words, onoma meaning “name” and poiein meaning “to make,” so onomatopoeia literally means “to make a name (or sound).” That is to…
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Folded
It’d been a long day.
Kihei, Maui had deceptively more on offer than I’d thought. I sat my weary self down, noting the lazy colonnades made by benches and umbrellas. Even they had had it – pulled in and folded down for the evening.
I sat swirling my cocktail, hoping it would ease my aching muscles. The sun dipped below the tree line, drawing long shadows on the ground and I’m almost tempted to ask a passing cyclist if I can hitch a ride. The thought of walking up the hill, is overwhelming.
So I ordered another drink instead…
By Sarah ©2019
Carrot Ranch, Flash Fiction: January 17
In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes colonnades. It can be natural, architectural, or a metaphor. Take a stroll and go where the prompt leads.
The Ducks Nuts
A bit of a cheeky one for this week. We recently dined at a fabulous little bar called the “Ducks Nuts” in Canberra.
The toilet doors were particularly amusing – not so much pretty or beautiful, but definitely worth a chuckle and mention here at Thursday Doors…
Star Struck
“Wait for me. I’ll be back for you in a few days ” she whispered, full of promises.
Enchanted and beguiled, he did – but what he didn’t know is that she was of the stars, and that her days were measured in light years.
When she finally returned, all that was left was the rusting shell of their love, and the discovery that he had been gone a long time…
By Sarah ©2019
Breeze
Smashed
I waved goodbye to mum and noticed dark grey clouds in the frame of my windscreen.
It seemed rain was imminent, so I put my foot down on the accelerator and started the 20 minute drive home (depending on traffic).
As I snapped on my indicator and turned onto the motorway, fat drops splattered slowly, almost haphazardly on the glass.
The wipers moved back and forth clearing my view, and I gripped the wheel more tightly, bracing for the inclement weather.
A sudden bang, made me jump.
It was soon followed by another.
Then another.
Momentarily confused, I realised that the rain had now turned into glazed, white balls of ice. And they were coming down hard. Smashing into the bonnet and roof of my small car. Its boxy shell no match for the wild will of the hailstones. I guessed their diameter around 4-5cm.
Cursing, and scared, I looked around frantically for shelter. The steep embankments on the side of the road offered me no option. I saw an overpass ahead, and limped along cautiously, pulling up underneath.
With baited breath, I waited out the freak storm. The hail continued to slam down violently behind me, and the wind wailed eerily through the tunnel. I glanced in the rear vision mirror at the drivers behind me, their faces named with the same fear and concern as mine.
Then, as suddenly as it began, it was over. Shaking, I pulled back out onto the motorway and drove the rest of the way home.
I emerged safe and unharmed, but the same could not be said for my car.
I take her to the panel beaters tomorrow.
By Sarah ©2019
Honey, Sage and Apple
With grapes from the vine
Add honey, sage and apple
You’ll have one fine wine
By Sarah ©2019
Author’s note: This Haiku was inspired by a wine recipe for white wine with honey and sage, that appears in one of the oldest medieval cookbooks, Tractatus de modo preparandi. You can find and try the recipe here, courtesy of Quarto Cooks
Ronovan Writes, Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt, Challenge #236 – Sage and Vine
Silhouette
I like to dress in silhouette.
Undefinable. Abstract.
Yet, undeniably there.
I like to dress in silhouette.
My features blurred by shadows.
Anonymity is mine.
I like to dress in silhouette.
Shrouded in cloaks of black.
I am protected.
I like to dress in silhouette.
Blend and merge with forms around me.
I am a cameleon.
Yes, silhouette is my preferred outfit.
Now I’m gone.
By Sarah ©2019
Kiss The Sky
Towering above
The skyscraper kissed the sky
But human folly!
Cracks slowly appear, crumbling
Chunks fall to the ground. Earthquake.
By Sarah ©2019
Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie, Saturday Mix – Unique Personality, 12 January 2019
Saturday Mix – Unique Personality, 12 January 2019
Some new challenges for 2019
Welcome to the Saturday Mix, 12 January 2019! A new year, means it’s time for some new challenges, and I have some exciting new prompts to throw into the “mix”.
Our 2019 Saturday Mix rotation will be:
WEEK 1 – Mad About Metaphor
WEEK 2 – Unique Personality
WEEK 3 – Sound Bite
WEEK 4 – Lucky Dip
This week we are diving into the depths of PERSONIFICATION. Our challenge is all about the use of personification in our writing. You will need to use the statement provided in your response – which can be poetry or prose.
Our statement using personification is:
– The skyscraper kissed the sky
You may be asking yourself, How can I use personification in my writing?
Luckily, Literary Devices has some examples for you.
Personification is one of the most commonly used and recognized literary devices. It refers to the practice of attaching human…
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