Day: March 7, 2019

Pay It Forward Thursday – March 07, 2019

~ thereluctantpoet

Please come and share one of the best poems/posts you’ve read so you can spotlight the poet/author in front of 4,700 pairs of eyes!

Go Dog Go Café

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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Unheard Verses

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Confab With Me

Her moist eyes
spurred many stories
and her thin lips convulse gently
some heart’s unheard verse

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All The Places

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Sarah Doughty

“No matter where you are,
know that someone is by your side.”

Of all the places we have been, all the things we have experienced — good or bad — I feel a kinship with you. I can feel the longing in your broken heart. I can feel the excitement and overwhelming joy when you realized you’ve fallen in love. I’ve seen tragedies. Experienced them. And I’ve lived. Just like you. So no matter where you are or where you’re going, know that someone is by your side.

© Sarah Doughty

And I’m never leaving.

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Opposites Attract Challenge #2

~ thereluctantpoet

Keep it alive

A challenge from Teresa, The Haunted Wordsmith ;

Welcome to the new Opposites Attract Challenge!

For this challenge, I provide one word and a list of its antonyms. The challenge is to use the prompt word AND one (or more) of its antonyms in some form of writing (or creative work).

Explore the word and its opposite … challenge your creative side

HAVE FUN!

Today’s prompt is:
frivolous

Antonyms are:
big
consequential
eventful
important
major
material
meaningful
momentous
significant
substantial
unfrivolous
weighty

Most people think that pursuit of art is frivolous. But I beg to disagree. It can bring meaningful changes in the way we think and react in the world of today. It is often through the eye of the artist that we glimpse a meaningful and significant picture of how the world can be. This can bring substantial changes to our collective conscience and be an important milestone…

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