This week’s prompt uses an image many years old. If you know where the picture was taken (and I know that some of you will!) please keep it to yourself until the prompt ends. 🙂
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 10th 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 the view from within a cave on the sea shore, looking out onto a beach. There are the shadowy entrances of other caves across the bay and a waterfall tumbles down from the rocky cliffs.
All posts will be featured in the round-up on Thursday April 11th at…
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.
Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog.
Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well
Tell your readers 3 things about yourself
You have to nominate 10 – 20 people
Notify your nominees by commenting on their blog
Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice; with one weird or funny question (specify)
Share a link to your best post(s)
Three things about myself:
I was born and raised in Los Angeles.
I love the arts.
I am grateful for what I do and don’t have.
Questions and answers:
1.- Which tool you prefer for creating, heads or hearts?
i’m not a trained artist, so i usually just empty mind mind and let my heart and fingers create.
2.- Have you ever feel like the world stoped just for a minute? (yes/no) Tell us about
i have felt like that, when people i care about. love or admire pass away, especially if it wasn’t expected. i feel that same way about animals. i remember when Lou Reed and Anthony Bourdain passed, then Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington, Prince and of course Aretha Franklin.
3.- Do you fear the empty canvas? (Yes/no why?)
i relish the emptiness so i can fill it up!
4.- (Funny) Have you ever eaten so much that you had to unbutton your pants? (yes/no and what)
Yes. any Ramen restaurant on Saturdays from Little Tokya DTLA and on Sundays at La Guelaguetza (Oaxacan Restaurant) in Korea Town near East Hollywood. Yum and i’d do it everyday if i could!!!!
5.- If you could could travel into the outer space, which planet(s) would you like to visit?
Saturn, i wanna skip on its rings….
My nominees:
@jordanpeterswrites
@wordhunter53
@poetofthelight5
@alphabetravine
@shreyavikram
@jamuckley
@thisischechewinnie
@tusharaolivia
@bergkirchenviertel
@veronicadonovan
@awesomengers
@nancybotta
@caliath
@thejamesedgarskye22
@ankandas
@wolffpoetry
@susibocks
@midwestfantasy
@hvail
@amanpan
The five:
when did you contemplate writing?
sport’s car or skateboard?
sweet or savory?
what kind of sea creature would you like to be?
have you ever ran away from an authority figure? (funny story)
Devereaux 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 challengesthat 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 yourown blogs and/or Facebook.
Today’s Prompt: How can we best avenge the fallen?
Welcome back to my weekly challenge. It’s time to get your creative juices on again! So tell me, how would you interpret this image above?
Rules
Create a standard three line, 5/7/5 syllable count haiku/senryu
Deadline for each submission will be on the Saturday of this week
Up to 3 pieces permitted
Link to this IWH Haiku/Senryu Challenge on your post
Always give photo credit if there is one
Complete entry form below
Above all else, have fun with this! 🙂 SUBMIT ENTRY HERE
Here are the links to all the wonderful submissions I received last week. I do hope you enjoy them as much as I did! Thank you to all who participated! 🙂
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Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe readers, guest writers, and baristas are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from your blog into the comments section below.
If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing people have linked to.
words less spoken 