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Saturday, May 2, 2015

FLASH 55 PLUS!

The first Sunday of a new month is upon us again, and it is time for Flash 55. The rules of this prompt have not changed: Write a piece of poetry or prose on a subject of your choice in precisely 55 WORDS.

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PLUS!


Japanese Zen Garden - Dirk Ercken
fineartamerica.com

The optional extra for this mini-challenge is to add a touch of Zen to your piece.  Follow this link for some fine examples of Zen Poetry.


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17 comments:

  1. brudbergMay 2, 2015 at 1:10 PM

    Zen.. wonderful.. I tried my best.

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  2. SusanMay 2, 2015 at 4:00 PM

    Good one, Kerry. Thank you.

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  3. OutlawyerMay 2, 2015 at 4:29 PM

    Hi Kerry, I did one thinking about Zen and one just thinking about life (which may actually be more zen). Posted the zen one, though the other quite a bit better as a poem, so maybe post both. k.

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  4. Rosemary Nissen-WadeMay 2, 2015 at 4:29 PM

    I'm not very Zen, but the link to the Zen poems helped. Very interesting to try and get myself into that way of thinking!

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  5. Susie ClevengerMay 2, 2015 at 6:16 PM

    Great 55 plus. I needed cleansing expression.

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  6. Sanaa RizviMay 2, 2015 at 6:48 PM

    Hello everyone,

    Well this was fun :D posting my poem "Intuition", for the Flash 55 plus challenge. Hope you all like it.

    Thanks Kerry for this amazing challenge! :D

    Lots of love
    xoxo

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  7. GailMay 2, 2015 at 8:14 PM

    Great prompt...I did it! Thanks.

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  8. Kerry O'ConnorMay 3, 2015 at 12:23 AM

    Karin, by all means post both. The 55 lends itself to several attempts.

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  9. JimMay 3, 2015 at 12:27 AM

    Please don't un-Mr.Linky me tonight. I worked hard, went to copy my link, and then I discovered that I missed the Zen request until I saw it at the end.
    The best I did was to decline but MENTION THE SITE. Perhaps some of my readers will go there.
    It might have been fun. Tomorrow? Probably not, we are still very, very busy.
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  10. Kerry O'ConnorMay 3, 2015 at 5:38 AM

    Hi Jim, the Zen is an OPTIONAL part of the challenge. Any 55 word poem is suitable for this prompt.

    For those interested in a few basic steps to writing koan, here is a link to a previous mini-challenge which might shed some light. The only problem is the 55 word count, because this seems to come out a little shorter.

    http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2012/06/mini-challenge-for-sunday-koan.html

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  11. hedgewitchMay 3, 2015 at 8:07 AM

    I have rather an antipathy to Zen(don't ask--it comes from my first marriage) but I have no intention of missing a 55. I'll let othersa be the judge of how Zen my effort is, but thanks, Kerry, for keeping this meme alive. Will comment when I can, as lots of work ahead today.

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  12. AnonymousMay 3, 2015 at 6:11 PM

    Great challenge! I followed De Jackson to your site. Glad you did.

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  13. HannahMay 3, 2015 at 6:21 PM

    Thank you, Kerry for hosting the 55 and the plus as well... I love the image! :)

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  14. Kerry O'ConnorMay 4, 2015 at 11:12 AM

    Sorry, Candy, your page would not load on my PC or tablet.

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  15. AnonymousMay 4, 2015 at 3:20 PM

    I tried the Mr Linky widget again and it said I was already added. You can get to my page from mt comments. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. Tech is not my forte

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  16. EllaMay 4, 2015 at 5:22 PM

    Oh, I missed the magic~ I will make some Zen tea and return to indulge in these offerings~ I love the photo, I am working on a poeTEA journal, these days.

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  17. JimMay 5, 2015 at 11:13 PM

    Hi Kerry ~~ Running late as usual. I took your advice and posted an oldie, March 2009, version. Smoke. Smoked.

    That was a nice interview you did with Sherry, I was glad to learn of your teaching and of your kids.
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