Day: April 18, 2019

Pay It Forward Thursday – April 18, 2019

~ thereluctantpoet ~ 1 Comment

Please pick the one poem/post that moved you this week and share it with the over 4,700 patrons at The Cafe! You can also reblog The Cafe’s event notice to your followers so they can join in the fun too!!!

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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Lost In Silence

~ thereluctantpoet

Sarah Doughty

“Sometimes, it’s the silence that gets me.
Even though you’re within arm’s reach.”

Sometimes, it’s the silence that gets me. Even though I know you’re within arm’s reach, I still feel as though I’m miles away. Lost in a midnight mist that covers the ground like a shroud. I can feel the earth beneath my feet, the grass tickling at my ankles, but even above the blanket of fog, there’s no light. Not even the moon to guide me home. But it’s not so much the darkness that scares me. It’s the silence. Somehow, the silence leaves me with no compass. No sense of direction. And I fear if I begin to walk, I might end up further away. In the dark. In the quiet. In the mist.

© Sarah Doughty

And that’s when
the silence
becomes deafening.

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Wednesday (oops)Writing Prompt Challenge, April 17, 2019

~ thereluctantpoet

Go Dog Go Café

Tuesday Writing Prompt

Apologies for this not being posted yesterday!!! We hope you will still join us!

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 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 “fading light” in a poem or piece of prose.

Happy writing!

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Tuesday’s Thoughts!

~ thereluctantpoet

Nuggets of Gold

HAPPY TUESDAY! It may be April, but yesterday we had March winds, they were strong! I opened the van door to get out at a stop I made and the door tried to take me on a ride, thankful for much calmer weather today. I do believe its safe for me to go outside now.  I hope the winds of happiness blow your way today. If its other winds that are trying to blow HOLD ON and I hope they calm for you soon. Enjoy the quotes, and if the day is windy look to the sky, perhaps you will see Mary Poppins fly by!

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