In What Ways is The Story Not About You? KTHT Challenge Prompt — Humans are hardwired to be selfish. We see the world through our eyes, which are connected to our lives and it’s often hard for us to think about others when we’re the ones feeling scared or in need. My oldest memories are of staring through the slats of a wooden…

Greetings Poets, I hope you all are doing good. I am here with March’s third-week prompt of Lifeline. Life's not fair. Don't expect it to be. -Monty Williams The teenage years of my life taught me the biggest lesson about life which is, life isn’t fair. It doesn’t matter whether…

Greetings Poets, I hope you all are doing good. I am here with March’s third-week prompt of Lifeline. Life's not fair. Don't expect it to be. -Monty Williams The teenage years of my life taught me the biggest lesson about life which is, life isn’t fair. It doesn’t matter whether…

Greetings Poets, I hope you all are doing good. I am here with March’s third-week prompt of Lifeline. Life's not fair. Don't expect it to be. -Monty Williams The teenage years of my life taught me the biggest lesson about life which is, life isn’t fair. It doesn’t matter whether…

Creative nonfiction — The Prompt: Write a poem, essay, or piece of fiction based on the following prompt You have been given a magic wand and a genie in a lamp for one day. What will you do? — jules My Piece Inspired Thereby: Frigid winter day without a cloud in the sky…

Two tanka stanzas responding to Ravyne Hawke’s November 30th poetry prompt — The prompt: “Use five of the following ten words and write a poem. You may use any tense of the verb, any form of the word: acquisition, recording, selection, avant-garde, spokesperson, reputation, difficulty, secretary, repetition, and fireplace Poetry Form — tanka Line Length — any in case you want to do…

Haiku series of the sights and sounds to a voyeur — Sitting at the bar Guinness, double Black Bush neat Slams whiskey past lips Ahhh warmly exhales Squeeks stool over to window Closes eyes and hears The gulp of the beer Soothing stomach and his nerves Snow crunch underfoot Same sounds his tracks made just a few minutes before Face in bush hears…

Let’s do some unforgettable things to make long-lasting memories — Greetings Lifeline Poets, Welcome you all to the third-week prompt of Lifeline publication. Hope you all are doing great. Thanks for submitting some of the great entries for the first two prompts of November month. Today’s prompt is exciting and interesting. Sometimes, we take life so lightly. Life is precious. …

What is writing to you? — Writing is a fulfilling job, that is a voice. Write articles, you tell stories happened to you, or stories from others. Write online or on paper. Prompt: Write a short story: explain in 145 characters what writing means to you. Let me know what your take is, and add my prompt…

Witches, love potions & cozy breakfasts — Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. Mark Twain We have a power-packed week ahead, folks! The kind of week that could set in motion some positive changes. Buckle up and let’s take a look at what’s coming up for us. ♡ …

Monthly Prompt №5.2: August — introducing the cinquain — Background The modern form, known as American Cinquain inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka, is akin in spirit to that of the Imagists. In her 1915 collection titled Verse, published a year after her death, Adelaide Crapsey included 28 cinquains. Crapsey’s American Cinquain form developed in two stages. The first, fundamental…

a poetry collection dedicated to #ShansPoetryPrompts — strangers in the subway people-watching as I find people who innovatively try to balance a 5-course meal on public transit while batting off an unrelated toddler from stealing their fries. people-watching as I find unhappy couples bicker passive-aggressively citing regretful examples that I do not know of, yet understand were weaponized against their partner as the other scowls and gives in…

A challenge you can do anytime. — Good afternoon, sweetest & wisest souls! As promised, today I shall be revealing the 30 day poetry challenge inspired by Noelle’s initiative. I adore challenges because they are so versatile, lighthearted and fun! They can literally be done anytime & anywhere, which in my mind equals…Endless freedom! This article will…

A place called home. — I searched everywhere for love, peace and solace Found it at home though, no other place… What it means to be a wife Adds a new meaning to life… Being a mother Is a joy compared to none other… So no longer do I need to search for love, peace…

An open challenge for anyone willing to commit to 50 days of reflection. — Some people have answers, but I, for one, have lots of questions. That inner voice is dying for a dialogue and I have to feed it with some (a lot of, actually) reflection. Bobby Kountz is right. We need space between the space. We need time between the time. I…

31 July 2021 Saturday Poetry Prompt: just because you love the sound — Three monstrous syllables – already programmed towards the error – and yet I like the fucking rhythm the additional “s” to begin – to end – set up a mad shrine right in the middle of Stephen St – trio that lifts an ordinary dialogue – fictional confetti – the…