Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! I had been chatting with Magaly the other day about recent reads and interesting quotes. She told me about My Life as a Goddard Movie by Joanna Walsh. It's an essay about beauty, desire, and revolution inspired by the work of Swedish film maker Jean-Luc Godard. One particular quote seemed very ripe for exploration:
“The most expensive garment you’ll ever own is your own flesh.”
So for this week's optional prompt, I ask you to take some inspiration in that quote. As always, prose and poetry are welcome, as is fiction and non-fiction. Just please be sure to keep your pieces to 369 words or fewer, and one post per person.
Next week, we’ll invite you to write about “food as ritual”.
It's a great prompt! But I am getting ready for a quick visit from my dear son and lovely DIL, arriving from Melbourne this evening, so didn't make time to write something for the prompt, and may not be very present here over the next couple of days. If necessary, I'll catch up during the week!
ReplyDeleteLOL, I can't take any of the credit for it, as it was originally Magaly's
DeleteEnjoy your time with your family and if you have a minute maybe you could put my poem on again( I know I know it's stretching the friendship:)....Rall
DeleteIt would take a lot more than that to stretch our friendship!
DeleteLOL, thank you Rosemary. I can always count on you!
DeleteThank you Rommy - Jae
ReplyDeleteYou are quite welcome!
DeleteThanks Rommy for the challenge. I am hosting Thanksgiving Dinner next week, may be late with a poem ~ the challenge is inspiring, I'll be back. Hope Magaly is doing well, I miss her!!!
ReplyDeleteShe's doing well. It just works out for her schedule better that I fill in for her this week.
DeleteWhat that prompt brought to mind was a long rant. Would youall rather see the first section of it linked here, or something shorter and self-contained on a different topic?
ReplyDeleteHere at Poets and Storytellers United, the choice is always yours, as long as its 369 words or fewer.
Deletemy first thought was that the prompt is very difficult, then I reasoned and convinced myself it wasn't - at the end I learnt, I must trust my first thoughts more!
ReplyDeleteLOL, but there is glory in the striving, even if we aren't exactly where we want to be.
Deletehttps://rallentanda.blogspot.com/2025/11/friday-writings-204.html
ReplyDeleteMy computer has still got gremlins so can't access any poetry sites and sign in with Mr Linky. Loved this prompt and the video clip.Old French movies were an obsession of my youth. Now in old age writing poems is my obsession.Rosemary was kind enough to put my poem on Mr Linky last week. Hopefully I will have a new computer up and running for next week. Hi to Magaly. Glad her health is OK.....SIgned Rall
I saw this before Rommy did, so I've succeeded in adding you again. Good luck with new computer; what a relief it will be! (I think French movies and poetry are both healthy obsessions!)
DeleteThose all sound like fun obsessions to me too
DeleteI did not write to the prompt this week - I was focused on my amazing 1929 travelers album I purchased - has like 300+ photographs and it has me spellbound. I hope you enjoy them as well. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI manually added your link in. Thanks for stopping by.
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