Friday Writings #206: Everybody Scream

Greetings, dear poets and storytellers! 

Are you enjoying the arrival of December? I don’t know if I am. To be honest, I think I’m in shock. I feel like 2025—and the orange horrors it brought—just began. Then again, so much has happened this year (and so much of it terrible) that I also feel like 2025 has lasted ages. Makes me want to scream… which brings me to today’s optional prompt. I invite you to find inspiration in the titles of Florence + The Machine’s latest album, Everybody Scream: 

1. “Everybody Scream”
2. “One of the Greats”
3. “Witch Dance”
4. “Sympathy Magic”
5. “Perfume and Milk”
6. “Buckle”
7. “Kraken”
8. “The Old Religion”
9. “Drink Deep”
10. “Music by Men”
11. “You Can Have It All”
12. “And Love”

As usual, add the direct link to your response to Mister Linky. One post per participant, please. 369 words maximum. You may share old or new pieces of poetry or prose, write to the prompt or to a topic of your choosing. Visit other writers. Read their screams… share your thoughts on them. 

next week, we’ll invite you to let yourself be inspired by the concept of “in between”, whatever that suggests to you.

Friday Writings #205: Food as Ritual

 

According to the ancient wisdom of Google, “food as ritual means that the preparation, serving, and consumption of food are deliberate, symbolic acts that go beyond mere nutrition to express cultural values, build social bonds, and connect individuals to their heritage or beliefs.” Since I agree with the thought, and this weekend most people around my bit of the world are celebrating a holiday that involves a whole lot of cooking and eating and squabbling, I think that it makes total sense for today’s optional prompt to be “food as ritual”. 

photo by Artem Maltsev, on Unsplash

So, my dear poets and storytellers, write poetry or prose. Let your writings be old or new. If food as ritual doesn’t tempt your muse, delight on a topic that does. One post per participant, please. 369 words maximum, excluding title. When you’re ready, add the direct link to your response to Mister Linky. Then visit other writers and share your thoughts on their tasty words. 

next week, we’ll invite you to take inspiration from the title of songs in Florence and the Machine’s new album, Everybody Scream. Examples: “Sympathy Magic”, “Perfume and Milk”, “Buckle”, “Kraken”, “And Love”.