Greetings, dear Toads.
I hope you and your muse are having a glorious day. Today’s prompt was born out of a nursery rhyme (see below), which can be found in Terry Pratchett’s Wintersmith.
I hope you and your muse are having a glorious day. Today’s prompt was born out of a nursery rhyme (see below), which can be found in Terry Pratchett’s Wintersmith.
The last three lines of the piece, not included in the
image, say that one also needs the following to make a human:
“Strength enough to build a
home,
Time enough to hold a child,
Love enough to break a heart.”
Every time I reread this book, I ask myself the same
question: what else are humans made of? For today’s prompt, I invite you to ask
yourself, what am I made of? Then
craft your answer into a 3-stanza poem or a very short story (of 131
words or fewer).
Feed
the link to your new poem or story to Mr. Linky.
Visit
other Toads, and see all the wonders they are made of…
…and,
as always, let them know what you think of it.
I'm extremely excited to read what you are made of. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI always love a reminder of Terry Pratchett's words and craft.
ReplyDeleteInteresting prompt and thanks for sharing. Greetings!
ReplyDeleteYou and me both, Kerry.
ReplyDelete@BLogoratti, you're very welcome... and welcomed to join in, too. ;-)
I'll like writing this!! Good pick, Magaly!!! Our second grader came home from school with a bunch of papers I've never seen before. I hope her dad didn't throw them away, we would keep them rather than have that happen. I'll ask our daughter about them. I did take pictures. One was a Haiku poem, another was a writing assignment similar to the assignment here.
ReplyDeleteMy comment on Ms. Pratchett's "Wintersmith" is that she sure is hard on the animals, seems all three come to an unnatural end, killed.
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Jim, I'm not sure if the original nursery rhyme was created by Sir Terry Pratchett, since I have a feeling that I heard it before reading it in Wintersmith. You are right, other living things don't seem to end well around the making of human beings, I wonder if the one who created the rhyme thought about that--we, humans, tend to destroy a lot of things in order to be.
ReplyDeleteFabulous prompt, but tomorrow we have a book-release for a jointly written book called Dead Ends....
ReplyDeleteIf anyone is interested in the book there will be updates on this facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/KeyholeStories.KS/
Luv this prompt. I'm done, can you believe it? It one of those easy fun writes
ReplyDeleteHappy Saturday everyone
much love...
@Bjorn, best of luck with the publication!
ReplyDelete@Gillena, I really enjoyed your contribution.
Terry Pratchett always tickles my muse. Thank you for the wonderful prompt, Magaly❤️ just posted my offering.
ReplyDeleteThank you, all.
ReplyDelete@Sanaa, our beloved Knight Writer has that effect on most of us, methinks. :-)
ReplyDelete@Martin, right back at you.
Great challenge Magaly!
ReplyDeleteDidn't think I'd find time to do this one, but it proved irresistible.
ReplyDelete@Susie, I loved your response.
ReplyDelete@Rosemary, the muse won't be denied. :-D
WAY late in playing - Will also Post for Tuesday's Platform most likely.
ReplyDeletePoetry is never late, Margaret. The poem is just making a grand entry. :-)
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