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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Out of Standard - Best Party of One....Ever



Image copyrighted, Isadora Gruye Photography.



Greetings Garden Dwellers!
Welcome back to Out of Standard, where I will set before you a challenge to defy the conventions of a particular theme.  I will call upon you to write out of the standard and find new places in the everyday.  It is in that spirit in which I present May’s challenge...

BEST PARTY OF ONE... EVER

Todays prompt involves connecting the physical to the page, and I am not kidding when I say you will be required to boogie woogie (or maybe just twist the night away).  

Your challenge:  blast your favorite dancing song and allow yourself to jam out.  It’s okay, no one is (probably) watching.  Shake your groove thing, flail about, raise your hands....move.  When the song is over, write out the first thoughts that come to your mind and use them in a poem. Let’s see what phrases the dance sets free!

KEEP IN MIND 

Like every challenge, your poem must by newly written for this challenge and not one which you have previously written which conveniently fits the theme.  

So go now, my muddy buddies, and bring us back something shiny and new.  
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16 comments:

  1. Kerry O'ConnorMay 28, 2015 at 12:47 PM

    Hi Izy! Thanks for another prompt to take us out of of our comfort zones.

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  2. hedgewitchMay 28, 2015 at 2:35 PM

    I'm afraid this one would take me out of my comfort zone and into a hospital zone. ;_)

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  3. brudbergMay 28, 2015 at 3:38 PM

    I will find a secluded area... plug in my headphones and dance away... Believe it or not, a few years ago I did dance-aerobic.. :-)

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  4. HelenMay 28, 2015 at 3:50 PM

    Oh my ~ no one has seen my 'happy dance.' Perhaps it's time?

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  5. FireblossomMay 28, 2015 at 4:00 PM

    I'd be there on the ward next to Hedge!

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  6. HannahMay 28, 2015 at 4:07 PM

    There's a rippin' thunderstorm so I'll shut down and comment later!! Thank you, Izzy!

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  7. Sanaa RizviMay 28, 2015 at 4:17 PM

    Hello everyone :D

    Okay so I literally danced my butt off and came up with this..! Hope I got it right :D

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  8. Maude LynnMay 28, 2015 at 4:18 PM

    Hedge and Shay, can we all share an ambulance?

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  9. SusanMay 28, 2015 at 5:21 PM

    Heck, I lay down and just thought about dancing, avoiding the ambulance altogether. I'd prefer to be outside dancing in Mama Zen's starlight! Listened to two songs, and it won't be hard to figure out just what ....

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  10. Isadora GruyeMay 28, 2015 at 8:09 PM

    Love what we have posted so far. I've posted mine, though dare I say my dancing was better than the poem (and my dancing ain't that great).

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  11. Stacy M.S.May 28, 2015 at 10:11 PM

    these comments have tickled me!

    i really wanted to write about a cute, angsty girl playing guitar in a quiet corner of the cafe...

    but i stayed with the prompt...danced and lived to write about it! :)

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  12. brudbergMay 29, 2015 at 2:53 AM

    Ha.. had to search way back in my memory for this one.. not my usual style..

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  13. Brother OllieMay 29, 2015 at 5:17 AM

    I needed...or at least benefited from this very much.

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  14. MarianMay 29, 2015 at 5:59 AM

    alright alright alright :)

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  15. Rosemary Nissen-WadeMay 29, 2015 at 7:54 AM

    That was fun! And a bit confronting. :)

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  16. AnonymousMay 29, 2015 at 1:08 PM

    Whoo hoo! Groovin'

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