Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! Wouldn't it be nice if the road to success was a neat, never wildly undulating, straight line? I'm sure sometimes it works that way, but most of the time, there's a lot of backtracking, second (third and fourth)-guessing, promising starts that ended up being side quests, and so on and so on. I definitely feel that way about my quest to lose the 15 pounds that crept up on me during the early days of Covid. But I've also found that as exhausting as starting over (and over and over) again can be, if the why is strong enough, I can squeeze out just enough energy to to take a tiny step. Then that step leads to another.
So for this week's optional prompt, I invite you to write about starting over... again and again. I'll happily take prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Just please remember that it's one post per person and keep your pieces to 369 words or fewer.
Next week, we'll be inviting you to write about something very small (a thing, a concept, a belief…) that you are very stubborn about.
Thank you Rommy! Jae
ReplyDeleteOf course!
DeleteI liked the prompt, made me remember Mark Twain's "Punch brother, punch".
ReplyDeleteThe chorus:
"Punch, brothers! punch with care!
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!"
These words to the train conductor became an earworm (word wasn't invented in Twain's day) but finally he passed them on to another.
. . .
I don't like getting an earworm, but folks do.
Sorry, I am Jim above
ReplyDeleteHello, Jim! LOL, I can't say I enjoy earworms but some are less grating than others.
DeleteThank you for hosting, Rommy :)
ReplyDeleteGreat to participate. Interesting prompt.
I wrote 2 posts! Have shared one. Could I share them both please ? :)
Hi, Anita. Sorry but we really have to stay firm on that rule. If you'd like you can add a link to your second piece on the piece you submitted and encourage others to visit it as well.
DeleteSure. Thanks, Rommy :)
DeleteWill share it for a future prompt.
Thanks for hosting, Romy! I'm in!
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