Friday Writings #165: Torch

 

Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! Perhaps because it's been so cold here in northeastern USA, I've been thinking longingly about warm things. My still fairly new to me corgi, Jelly Bean, requires lots of walks to get her used to going potty outdoors. That results in more time outside (and more large mugs of tea as soon as I get inside).

So for today's optional prompt, I'm going to pick something warm to work with--the word torch. You may interpret it in any way you wish, in either poetry or prose form. Just please be sure to keep your pieces to 369 words or fewer, and just one entry per person please.

Next week, Rosemary will ask us to choose one letter of the alphabet, let its sound suggest what to write about, and use that letter repeatedly in the resulting piece of writing.

Friday Writings #164: Love Is Love

“I think… if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” ~ Leo Tolstoy

Once upon a time (on a Valentine’s Day far, far away), I got into an argument (okay, a fight) over the opening quote. Someone said there was only one kind of romantic love. And I might’ve said that the someone in question was an idiot to believe such nonsense. I was young, and my tact muscles were weak, so don’t judge me too harshly. Never mind, I’m not all that young right now, and I still think that person was an idiot, so… judge me as harshly as you must. Better yet, my dear poets and storytellers, let’s leave that particular memory behind and focus on today’s optional prompt: 

I invite you to find inspiration in the phrase “love is love”.

As always, add the direct link to your response to Mister Linky. One post per participant, please. 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 writers. Let your words show them how their words make you feel. 

next week, Rommy will invite us to use the word “torch” in our poetry or prose. 

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