Showing posts with label prompts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prompts. Show all posts

Thursday, March 31, 2011

It's the 'Final Let's-Tie-Up-Loose-Ends-'Cause-It's-The-Last-Day-Of-March' Post

♥♥♥ First, thanks to all the kind folks who stopped by here yesterday (and throughout the week) even 'though I hardly spent any time this week visiting you in return.  You rock.  (And I promise I will be around to see your stuff real soon!) Second, really thanks for all the nice words posted in response to my 'out-of-character' poem yesterday.  Downers do happen, and writing them out seems to be the best way (sometimes) to deal with them.  And third, I have a few more poems written to prompts which I need to get out before this merry month of March is history.  ♥♥♥

Okay then. On Monday, Monday's Child posted an illustration from the 1920s by Freddie Langler, and I paired it with an OvillejoThree Word Wednesday provided the words 'loud, persuasive and riches' so I penned one 5/7/5 Haiku to cover all three of 'em.  Yesterday, The March Challenge provided a prompt about writing and erasing (for which I wrote another poem beside Erasure) and also, today, Theme Thursday wanted writers to write about 'silly' and the March Challenge posted the final March challenge word of 'new world.'  I wrote one 5/7/5 Haiku for those two, too.

Yeah, I know - it's a lot, but I'm tying up all the remaining March loose ends.

And with that in mind, here's the stuff...


Invitation to Tea

Come, sit and have some tea,
            if free.
We’re underneath the trees.
            We’ve cheese
and honey, fruit and spread
            for bread.
Please join us – go ahead.
There’s always room for more
Here – take a cup.  I’ll pour.
             “Gee, thanks!” the Bunny said.

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Image courtesy of Cartoon Showtime
Supporters and Devotees

O persuasive pitch,
that loud call to adherents…
he had riches soon.

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Image courtesy of Monster Movie Music
Movie Review of Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser – in case you thought optimism was dead. ~Robert Brault

Optimistic Elliptical (Erased) Review

…[M]ost film critics, reviewers, and fans
will invariably mention Plan 9 From Outer Space; .
..honor …movie of all time. …
There is no doubting that this is
[the] …word to describe it.

[T]his movie…was actually
quite entertaining, and therefore…
entertainment value. …
I think everyone
should see Plan 9 From Outer Space

And…The Real Review, by Rinkworks

When asked to list the worst movies of all time, most film critics, reviewers, and fans will invariably mention Plan 9 From Outer Space; many will give it the dubious honor of being the worst movie of all time. I feel this is slightly unfair. 

There is no doubting that this is a bad movie. "Bad" isn't even a strong enough word to describe it. Some of the lowlights of this movie include: tombstones that teeter when the actors run into them; a hubcap-on-a-wire flying saucer that mysteriously turns into a toolshed upon landing; a single shot of a car pulling to the side of the road that is used every single time someone arrives on scene, regardless of what car they are driving or what time of day or night it is; actors who are visibly reading from cue cards; at least one scene where an actress completely blows a line and nobody calls for the cameras to stop rolling. 

However, this movie is not the worst movie I have ever seen. I say this because this movie was so bad, it was actually quite entertaining, and therefore I cannot in good conscience label it "the worst movie of all time." I'll reserve that label for a movie that was not only bad but was also completely devoid of entertainment value. So far, for me, Showgirls garners that label. I think everyone should see Plan 9 From Outer Space at least once. Anyone with a camcorder could make a better movie, but the chances of getting it on the big screen and into every Blockbuster store in the country so the rest of us can laugh at it are minimal. 

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Image courtesy Freaking News
Silly World

Duct tape is like the force.  It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.  ~Carl Zwanzig

Just remember, if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.  ~Author Unknown

It’s a silly world…
old or new, we’re stuck with it
as it’s stuck with us.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

A Toast...

...for toast.  Yep, today is 'Toast Day.'  And in honor of that crunchy, yeasty holiday...

The March Challenge wants writers to reflect on 'bread.'  A toast to bread! 

Three Word Wednesday supplied the words, 'volley, dual and identical.'  Here's to random words! 

Finally, We Write Poems provided a picture prompt, as created by Australian street artist Rone.  Raise a glass to street art!

Oh yeah - and one more toast:  Cheers to you, my friends, who drop by to read my work, write nice comments and in general, make me feel pretty toasty!

Image courtesy of Mental Floss
In a Jam

"I like reality.  It tastes like bread." ~Jean Anouilh

If reality
tastes like bread, a bit of jam
spreads the illusion.

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Image courtesy of Anime & Manga 4 All
Different/Same

Identical twins:
dual personalities with
a volley of same.

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Lady of Train, I Adore You...

She’s trained her thoughts well.
Insouciance is the track
she takes to go home.

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"Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread." ~Pablo Neruda