Day: July 12, 2018

Pay It Forward Thursday- July 12, 2018

~ thereluctantpoet

Here is your chance to say a thank you to a talented writer that touched your heart with their words. Please pay them a thank you with a link to their work on The Cafe’s – Pay It Forward Thursday Event

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Pay It Forward 7-4-2018

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.  However, Pay It Forward Thursday has not been getting a lot of love lately, which we think is a shame. Dear reader, you are losing out on some great writing! We’ve decided to shake things up a little and the baristas will be reblogging our Pay It Forward picks for the week directly onto GDG Cafe so you don’t miss out on our favorites.

We like this idea so much that we will also reblog the posts you think were the best thing you read this week if you drop a link below. You are invited to post one link to one specific post (600 words or less please!) from someone…

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Unmoveable

~ thereluctantpoet

Come and see if being pulled two ways makes you feel – UNMOVEABLE

Wary Honesty

Take part!
Take part!
something screams within
Enjoy!
Participate!
hounding
bothering
Time is ticking!
Don’t miss out!
guilt whispering in ears

Too much effort.
Too much risk.
inner voice
Painful.
Scary.
reminding
cautioning
Be safe.
Live peacefully.
fear whispering in ears

pulled 2 ways
standing still

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ALL THE EVER AFTERS, The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother, by Danielle Teller, William Morrow/HarperCollinsPublishers

~ thereluctantpoet

Come and explore “The Rest Of The Story” as told by Cinderella’s Stepmother in – ALL THE EVER AFTERS – THE UNTOLD STORY OF CINDERELLA’S STEPMOTHER

MY BOOK ABYSS

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In the vein of Wicked, The Woodcutter, and Boy, Snow, Bird, a luminous reimagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective of Agnes, Cinderella’s “evil” stepmother.

We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we?

As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess Cinderella roil the kingdom, her stepmother, Agnes, who knows all too well about hardship, privately records the true story. . . .

A peasant born into serfdom, Agnes is separated from her family and forced into servitude as a laundress’s apprentice when she is only ten years old. Using her wits and ingenuity, she escapes her tyrannical matron and makes her way toward a hopeful future. When teenaged Agnes is seduced by an older man and becomes pregnant, she is transformed by love for her child. Once again left penniless, Agnes has no choice but to return to servitude at the manor she…

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A kiss away

~ thereluctantpoet

Come and enjoy – A KISS AWAY

Siren Whispers

The task, as she sees it,

is to rename,

to redefine

all she knows of love.

Where once she bled 

profusely

from the blithe cuts given to her heart and soul,

she needs no bandage in this,

her new reality

where she chooses the meaning for words

that have lost their luster,

words that never meant what they should have.

Transformation is a kiss away

and the eyes she needs to see her

are his.

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