“Some topics are too unsavory to discuss at this moment.”
That was
part of the response a member of a chronically ill forum received, after they
asked why the word list they submitted for future group discussions had been rejected.
I was surprised when I heard of it, but was feeling too tired at the time to participate
in the debate the rejection exploded into being. Since I thought they were rather
good words (and not unsavory in the least), I selected
3 of them for today’s optional prompt. So, dear poets and storytellers, if your
muse and you are looking for a bit of inspiration, I invite you to create
poetry or prose which includes one or all of the following terms: belief, choice, freedom.
If the prompt doesn’t speak to you, share a piece that does. Let your contribution be new or old, unsavory or pleasant, short or longish (prose pieces should be 369 words or fewer). Share the direct link to your post. One link per participant. After you share your bit, visit other writers and let them know just how not unsavory you find their words.
next week, our Rommy will ask us to write about hope.
"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose" are the words in one of my favorite Janis Joplin songs.
ReplyDeleteNice choice of words here, they fit the heart of our divisions withing the U.S.
I feel there will be plenty of writing of the loss of Women's rights to control what goes on with their bodies. I feel it won't stop with a b o r t i o n, In Texas it is a done deal, all is lost. Instead, I wrote of the teachers' loss of how they approach the U.S. former sin of Slavery. Instead of Slavery they want all teachers, books, and teaching aids to address this period as having "involuntary relocation." Hmmph, and worse.
Again, still I cannot post comments on some blogger blogs requiring a sign in as my sign-in has been quelled by google. I will read those poems and perhaps soon I will give google total freedom of my blogs, YouTube, email, and forced melding of my computers, smart phone, pads, etc. Then I can sign in again for writing posts on others.
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Jim,
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OMG!! 'involuntary relocation'!!! Ah well, I can't point the finger, as Australia had its own form of slavery involving the kidnap of South Sea Islanders. And of course jargon and euphemisms abound everywhere. It must be up to us poets and storytellers to use language better than that.
DeleteAnd, ah – my favourite Joplin song! As I am sure it is many others'.
Delete"involuntary relocation"? Really! I really hope people fight that nonsense. Pretending that something didn't happen, whitewashing it to make some feel better about a horrible won't fix a thing.
DeleteIt will come as no surprise to our regulars that, in relation to 'freedom', I am opting yet again for the unsavoury topic of prison – but this time a poem, drawn from the same experience I've been writing stories about. (And of course I don't think any words are too unsavoury for poets and storytellers to use, and use well.)
ReplyDeleteAgree! All words are yummy. :)
DeleteCouldn't post. Mine is here: https://purplepeninportland.com/2022/07/08/change-coming-round/
ReplyDeleteThe link you give wouldn't work for me, but I was able to get to your hime page and then to the specific post. Once again, it worked when I left off the https:// at the beginning.
DeleteI mean I was able to link it successfully without that bit.
DeleteGood day, Poets & Storytellers!
ReplyDelete"Find the cost of freedom buried in the ground." - CSNY
I am posting an old poem today. :)
Good week to you.
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