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
2nd. 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”.
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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).
Thank you Magaly - Jae
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Jae. :-)
DeletePerhaps it is because it is today (your time) and tomorrow morn (Australian time) that three friends and I are getting together for a zoom chat about our new book, PAPER BIRDS, a poetic collaboration, which will be officially released (with the edited chat) April 2 (or 3, here). You don't think it was that, especially as you didn't know about it? But what a wonderful excuse you just gave me to self-publicise! Check out our publisher, Content X Design, on fb or Instagram. Events continue all month – free workshops, opportunities to win copies of the book ...
ReplyDeleteThat makes perfect sense. 😜
DeleteAnd I shall totally take a look-see.
Rosemary - best thanks for a prompt redolent with possibilities.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it – but this one came from Magaly.
DeleteThank you for the prompt. April is a month of cruelty, indeed!
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome. And I hope we all manage to transcend the cruelty somehow.
DeleteIntelliblog, this year seems to be full of cruel months.
DeleteRosemary, I join my hope to yours!
Good day, Poets and Storytellers.
ReplyDeleteApril is cruel. I will try to write some stuff. :)
Good! I always love your writing.
Deletedsnake1, your stuff always rocks.
DeleteHello fellow poets. I once participated in the prompts here many moons ago. I am happy to see the website is still active. I hope it's okay if I rejoin. Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteOf course it's OK! Welcome back! (Actually no-one has to 'join,' simply participate as and when desired.)
DeleteThanks so much Rosemary!
DeleteStacy M.S., It'll be great to read you again.
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