writing prompts 2024

For Now

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Bloganuary writing prompt: Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

William Hays (American, b.1956)
“Nightfall Snowfall,

I am thinking about now- what I ‘m seeing and feeling right now.

Most people will whip out their phones and capture these moments, but the reality is I take crappy pictures so that would be a wasted effort.

Instead I just stand there and soak it in- the rain, the fog, or the Sun ( I hate the Summer but that’s not the point here )  the conversations going on around me ( for some reason if laughing is involved, I ignore it ) and if there are good smells in the air- the smell of baking is a favorite I want to take it all in on atom at a time.

My dog lives in the moment and along with my Granddaughter  they are  the happiest creatures I have ever known. So I am following their lead.

However, there are times though when I like to look back and sometimes I look forward and turn over those frozen moments in my life and then I put them away-

for now.

Jemma

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Last October I was in Wisconsin visiting my Granddaughter Jemma for Halloween and during my trip we went out exploring cemeteries together.

I grabbed these pictures of her and  what jumps out at me is the confidence in her face and demeanor.

She created a mood or a look without any prompting from me and when I went back to file the pictures I was stunned. She is only 5 years old, she is learning to read and she is already finding ways to tell a story.

That’s my girl- that’s my Cemetery Girl.

Riverside Memorial Park
Fox Lake Wisconsin
Photographer: A.M. Moscoso

Riverside Memorial Park
Fox Lake Wisconsin
Photographer A..M. Moscoso

Riverside Memorial Park
Fox Lake Wisconsin
Photographer A..M. Moscoso

Word of the Day Prompt: Confidence

Quiet Please

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RDP Thursday: STUPOR

Artist Unknown

There are times

when my head feels empty

my lips feel numb and my tongue sits behind my teeth

and hides.

 

There are times

when my eyes feel like they are

on fire , there is a tickle on the back of my neck

and my blood boils inside of my veins.

 

And then there are other times

when I feel all of these things at once

and all I can do is laugh hysterically

at the state I find myself in.

 

The Making Of A Princess

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RDP Wednesday: Tiara

I won’t sugar coat it- when I was little I wanted to be a Disney Princess.

Specifically I wanted to be Snow White because she got to live in the woods with little trolls and her hair was jet black.

Of course in the end, she almost died and a Prince ( as far as I was concerned he was Captain Kirk ) had to save  her life ( OH THE SHAME OF IT ALL HA!).

I held tight onto that fantasy until a few of my school friends pointed out that I wasn’t white and therefore I could NOT be a Princess, let alone one called Snow White.

Some people are born jerks and they were put on this Earth to kill dreams. No kidding. It’s true. I know that for a fact.

snow white
by
BexHappy

So with my dreams of ever wearing a tiara, becoming a Princess and finding my Prince Charming ( Captain Kirk) dashed straight to Hell before I turned seven years old,  I resigned myself to a rocky, dark path. One that is full of monsters and deadly plants and haunted castles, cottages and graveyards. One  where the sky  is full of creatures with leathery wings instead of soft feathery ones.

On this path that goes from one horror to another. nobody sings and it is always midnight.

Like I said, some people are put on this Earth to dash dreams straight to Hell and with that they take the Dreamer along for the ride,  but those slayers of hopes and dreams also create Nightmares and as I consider that  in stealing that hope for  beautiful delicate tiara from me-

they may have done me a favor.

AI Art by Cursejourney