Friday Writings #171: Firsts and Lasts

 

Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! Firsts and lasts come in all sizes. For instance examples of big ones are my first day at a new job or the last time my dearly departed, winter-loving corgi Kit got to enjoy the snow. Some small ones include the first time my new(ish) corgi Jelly Bean walked into the living room without giving the ceiling fan a side eye (she's a strange dog) and the last time I shall have sakura mochi this spring (I'm hoping my tea teacher makes them all April long).

I should probably try making them myself.

Whether they are big or small, firsts and lasts have a way of making us pay attention to time. And if we slow down just enough to feel their weight, they add a lot of richness to our lives. 

So for this week's optional prompt, I invite you to write about firsts and/or lasts of any size. I'm accepting poetry and prose, fiction and non fiction. Just be sure to keep it to 369 words or fewer and one post per person please.

Your optional prompt for next week will be to write a prose poem, or if you prefer, a piece of poetic prose.

Friday Writings #170: “April is the cruellest month”

Greetings, word lovers. 

So… for some strange reason, which has nothing to do with the chemo-perimenopause-double whammy currently fogging my brain, I was totally sure that today was April 2^nd. I must spend some time figuring out how this happened. I hope it’s case of calendar vandals or time travel, because the alternative involves wild hot flashes and mood swings. And who wants that? Hm, maybe April—since I’ve heard it has quite the poetic mean streak.   

While we are on the topic of poetic cruelty and other wonders, for today’s optional prompt, I invite you to find inspiration in the first line of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land: “April is the cruellest month”. 

Please, add the direct link to your response to Mister Linky. One post per participant. 369 words maximum (excluding title). You may share old or new pieces of poetry or prose, write to the prompt or to a topic of your choosing. Visit other word lovers. Comment on their words. 

next week, we will invite you to write about the first or last time you did/experienced something memorable (it can be a small thing or a big thing).