Friday Writings #225: If These Bookshelves Could Talk (or Write)

I love bookshelves, book piles, books leaning (interestingly) against unexpected places. I have 5 bookshelves in the room where I spend most of my time. I also have books on top of dressers, on windowsills, on plant stands, and pretty much everywhere I can get away with. I love looking at my books, dusting them, rearranging them, playing with them, pulling them out to smile at a particularly loved passage… 📚🥰 📚

So, my dear poets and storytellers, since I know I’m not the only one who LOVES spending time with a favorite bookshelf (or 13), for today’s optional prompt, I invite you to find inspiration on your bookshelves. Interpret this any way you like (take a picture, explore the titles, the arrangement of the books... and write on).

Add the direct link to your response to Mister Linky. One post per participant, please. 369 words maximum. Share old or new poetry or prose, write to the prompt or to a topic of your choosing. Visit other writers. Share your thoughts on their words. 

next week, we shall invite you to write poetry or prose inspired by a moment of inappropriate laughter. Need an example? Here are 3: Raucous laughter at a funeral, giggling during a root canal, explosive cackles when a priest uses the phrase “friendly intercourse with your classmates might help”.

Friday Writing #224: Just Desserts

Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! Dessert has been on my mind a lot lately. I have a lot of friends and family members with April birthdays (including myself). Between that and the seasonal joy of sakura everything, and I've been living the sweet life for the last few weeks.

So for this week's optional prompt, I'd like you to write about a dessert, desserts in general, or just use the word dessert in your piece. The floor is open to both fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose. Just be sure to keep your entries to 369 words or fewer and one entry per person, please.

Next week, We shall invite you to find inspiration on your bookshelf. Interpret this any way you like (take a picture, explore the titles, the arrangement of the books... and write on).