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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Sunday Mini-Challenge: In Other Words

Greetings to all Toads and friends, who are joining me today for the weekend challenge. Ordinarily, I would be presenting you with a form challenge in the third week of the month, but I have decided it is time for a change. Our mini-challenge for the next few months will be based on titles of well-known (or obscure) novels. The two books I have chosen for the first prompt of this kind are:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon.


Published 2003


AND

A Grain of Wheat, a novel by Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Published 1967

Our Challenge:

Select either of the titles and substitute your own words in the place of those indicated below, and write a new poem under the title you have created.

1. The ____ Incident of the ____ in the ____-Time

2. A ____ of Wheat

3. A Grain of ____

Link your poem up, and visit the other participants' blogs to see what innovative words and ideas they have chosen. Have fun!


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11 comments:

  1. Vandana SharmaOctober 18, 2014 at 1:15 PM

    Oh!! wow sound great and a very unique one too.

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  2. Sherry Blue SkyOctober 18, 2014 at 1:44 PM

    Ha, I'm first? I had fun with this prompt, Kerry. Just what I needed this morning!

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  3. brudbergOctober 18, 2014 at 2:18 PM

    Great one.. I combined it with the pictures from yesterday..

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  4. HannahOctober 18, 2014 at 5:17 PM

    Thank you, Kerry. :)

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  5. GraceOctober 19, 2014 at 8:01 AM

    Thank you Kerry ~ Wishing you all Happy Sunday ~

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  6. JeyanthiOctober 19, 2014 at 8:55 AM

    Thanks for prompt... i did mine, saved my seat... :)

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  7. UnknownOctober 19, 2014 at 8:58 AM

    Finally I tried something new and hope to see some great views from all of you.. Thank you for such wonderful prompt. :)

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  8. AnonymousOctober 19, 2014 at 11:55 AM

    As the mother of a child with Asperger's, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time is one of my all-time favorite books! The voice is so very authentic. I love to see that you have featured it here this weekend :-)

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  9. SusanOctober 19, 2014 at 12:13 PM

    This took time,Kerry. As I haven't read either book, I had to force myself not to read/research but to feel instead. I like the result. Thank you. I'll be back to read.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 19, 2014 at 7:23 PM

    Dear Kerry--such a very cool prompt. I have only read the Conan Doyle story--though I know the book is so popular and the Kenyan book looks so beautiful too. I really enjoyed the prompt--I'm afraid mine is a bit long--more of a prose piece maybe--

    A super great idea for a prompt Kerry--I thought of a few different things, and then just decided on this, maybe because it felt the strangest. (Ha!) k.

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  11. JimOctober 19, 2014 at 11:12 PM

    Nice thoughts, Kerry. I chose the last one for my poem. Actually just used the title, will check book contents soon. I did like the sounds of your first selection better but the title of the second was tempting me.
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