Greetings Garden Dwellers!
Welcome back to Out of Standard, where 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 September’s challenge...
LIES YOU COULD HAVE TOLD BETTER--
This month’s prompt is short and sweet and to the point. Believe it or not, I am bereft at times. Write a poem or piece of fiction which encapsulates a lie you could have told better.
NOTE:
Your linked piece should be a new work, written specifically for this challenge.
So go now, my muddy buddies, bring us back something shiny and new!
First of all, I can't believe I'm first! Thanks for inspiring this small poem.
ReplyDeleteI can't write anything. A giant bird swooped down and carried off all of my pens. Honest.
ReplyDeleteA very nice prompt. :) I'll try to write to the challenge. I've just read this poem which is all about lies. I felt like sharing with you guys. <3
ReplyDeletehttp://www.poemhunter.com/poem/suicidal-lies-2/
I'm liking this one, Izzy. First a lot of chores to do, we are just getting up and around here.
ReplyDeleteIf I can't remember the one I'd like to tell then I will write out the dream I had in the wee morning hours. A doozer.
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Not sure if this is what you wanted, Izy, but I had fun with it.Thanks for the challenge.
ReplyDeletenot quite sure if this fits what you're going for Izy, but what the hey ~
ReplyDeleteIm not a great liar I usually get caught... leaves me witha lot of stories ... but no way I know how to have done the lying better... maybe ill just tell a story!! thank you Isadora!
ReplyDeleteThis one fits in, somehow, I think.
ReplyDeleteOh, I have a HUGE confession to make, and this is no lie: I messed up this morning when I linked to Real a Toads! I should have linked to another site. That's why, if my poem made no sense in terms of the prompt , aside, of course, from the "bare bulb promise" of the light itself.
ReplyDeleteBig oops!
...and now, I see that I should have proofread my incoherent confession! Sorry about that. That's a double oops.
ReplyDeleteToads, a message from Izy: She's traveling with no internet access, but will read our Out of Standard responses when she gets home on Friday night. Safe travels, Izy!
ReplyDelete(maybe that means I actually have time to respond, heh. xo MK)
Wow, this was tricky at first...picking the situation. Thank you for the challenge, Izzy! :)
ReplyDeleteHaving trouble coming up with something… perhaps I 'm not ready to confess yet. I usually don't like to read linked poems until after I write mine but I will visit later tonight if I come up with nothing….
ReplyDeleteThanks, Izy , for the challenge!
Not sure mine is exactly what you had in mind, but it's up. Thanks, Izy!
ReplyDeleteI have a short, simple poem for your short, sweet prompt. I haven't been able to write for weeks - thanks for getting me going again!
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