Thursday photo prompt: Bright #writephoto

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Use the image below as inspiration to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 3rd April  and link back to this post with a pingback to be included in the round-up.  There is no word limit and no style requirements, except to keep it fairly family friendly.

For visually challenged writers, the image shows a shadowy bluebell wood, where a shaft of brilliant light has erased all colour and form.

All posts will be featured in the round-up on Thursday March 4th at 10am GMT, linking back to the original posts of contributors. Throughout the week I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as space allows and (more or less) in the order in which they come in.

You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up. Please visit…

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Pay It Forward Thursday – March 28, 2019

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The baristas at Go Dog Go Cafe are big fans of Pay It Forward Thursdays. We think it is a great opportunity to give a shout-out to another writer who has wowed us or creatively inspired us. It a great way to share the love and pass it on to the readers. It also becomes a great pool for excellent reading stuff by your fellow readers of the WordPress community.

You are invited to post one link to one specific post of poetry, short story, or flash fiction, 300 words or less please, from someone else’s blog in the comments below.

Happy reading!

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mad house

in a mad house i shoo my heart away

i don’t know why      i stay

in the hope that you will feel

or think in your head to

need me

the yellow of the walls

suffocates me; I get held

down against my will

but it is not yellow

it is           dimness and fear

i see a tender brook out

of my third eye window

and the idea that i could

be free                  is unsettling

for letting you go

means being without

in my head i look into

my eyes and i see empty

inky dread         such a quick sand terror

in the night where did you go

from me

                        madness at all hours

stuns me; soothes me; makes me weep

cruelty beyond           all naturalness

of human spirit

the cell is silent              

the day is        come

the brook is                 muddy

mi naturaleza

llego

el

tiempo de

verme como soy

un humano de hueso estelar

caminando por los caminos indebidos con pasos tímidos

hasta el templo de la antigüedad donde todos los secretos mueren en silencio

y en la lucha yo contra yo no entiendo mi naturaleza deseo volar con halas de ángel pero solo soy hombre

y en la decisión de amar o odiar me tropiezo y con furia levanto mis manos para el rostro de la santidad golpear con puños destructivos que no me llevan al cielo más alto

no me sirven los pies para llegar al lugar bendito y mis pensamientos navego a lugares fríos donde no hay luz

este día suplico tener permiso de entrar a la casa de mis madres

y que mi espíritu sea nutrido por sus

consejos medicinales donde ya no

sufra mi alma

y descanse

en

paz


minha natureza

chego

o

tempo de

veja-me como eu sou

um humano de osso estelar

andando nas estradas erradas com passos tímidos

para o templo da antiguidade, onde todos os segredos morrem em silêncio

e na luta eu contra mim mesmo eu não entendo minha natureza Eu quero voar com halos de anjo mas eu sou apenas um homem

e na decisão de amar ou odiar Eu tropeço e com fúria eu levanto minhas mãos para a face da santidade atingida por punhos destrutivos que não me levam ao mais alto céu

meus pés não me servem para alcançar o lugar abençoado e meus pensamentos eu navego para lugares frios onde não há luz

hoje peço permissão para entrar na casa da minha mãe

e que meu espírito seja nutrido por sua

conselhos medicinais onde você não está mais

sofre minha alma

e descanse

em

paz


my nature

the

time

of seeing

me as i am

a human of stellar bone

walking on the wrong paths with timid steps

to the temple of antiquity where all secrets die in perfectly still silence

in the fight i against myself  i do not understand my nature wanting to fly with angel wings i’m just man

and in the decision to love or hate i stumble and with fury raise my hands to the face of sanctity hitting with destructive fists that do not take me to the highest heaven

feet don’t serve me to reach the blessed place  my thoughts I navigate to cold places where there is no light

this day begging to have permission to enter my mothers’ house

and may my spirit be nourished by their

medicinal advice where my soul

will not suffer

and rest

in

peace

jarhead

as a babe i was never the tender one in the infancy of the developing footsteps of the mind i was just a soldier trained and not raised for raising would mean a coup at some point i was rather just a little girl kid lost on the floor of Grand Central Market amongst the watch towers of produce foxholes of spices grenades of chow mein and old man coffee napalm Kurtz was at every corner and my bayonet still could never hook the salmon filets embalming in the smoky mist of downtown bus pollution of course not being an heir of Grant or Lee i fell back in the back of most everything but my duty was not to keep score but rather lead the budding anarchy of my Phoenixian heart

Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge March 26, 2019

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TUES PROMPTDevereaux Frazier and Beth Amanda are currently hosting the Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge which was started by our star writer Christine Ray. We hope to offer all of you something that will spark your creativity and willingness to participate.

The prompts are designed to be quick challenges that can be written in 10 to 15minutes,  inspire you creatively, are fun, and get everyone interacting.  Please post your response to the prompt in the comments below and show your fellow posters some love and support.  All members of the Go Dog Go community, including Baristas, are welcome to participate.  Feel free to share this post on your own blogs and/or Facebook.

Today’s prompt:  

Use the phrase “footsteps of the mind”in a poem.

Happy writing!

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the thoughts i had of you

as the dark of the night nodded off

and the rays of the yellow dwarf

slid through softly open curtains

reminding me that there wasn’t any romance between us

but when your phantom fingers stroked my mind

the imagination of the woman you turned me to

thrusted me into an explosive fantasy