Friday, the 13th

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In honour of the month of November and Friday the 13th
Free flow poetry mix
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Writing 101, Day Ten

Find a spot where you can sit and observe for at least 20 minutes: a bench at a park, shopping mall, or museum; from inside your car in a parking lot; or even a place close to home, like your front porch. Ideally, it’s a location where you can watch action and interaction in a setting (between people, wildlife, weather, etc.).

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“Happy Friday the 13th. Satan texted me saying watch my back…With a winky face.”

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Friday, the 13th

The tale told below
Was it based on a true story?
Or just pure fiction?

That, my dear reader
Is for the writer to know
And for you to enjoy!
As I arrived in the office, the place seemed more quiet than usual. At least this early in the morning. Sitting in my seat, pondering, where everyone else were.

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No emails, no calls
No contacts at all
Had I mistaken?
Or too early awoken?
Was this a wrong day?
A Saturday, a Sunday?

Thinking about it, the traffic had been oddly light.
Even though it had been early morning time.

After a few hours of waiting in solitude, people I had never seen, entered the room.
Talking in strange languages, sounding like a record been played back the wrong way.
I was observing them. They did not seem to notice me.

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Passing me by
Wondering why
Seemed like a dream
So unreal did it seem

I tried to greet one of them. I kept repeating
Hello, hello, HELLO!

But unnoticed
Even by the closest
Visitor did I go

Getting irritated, I did no longer hesitate.
Jumped in front of the nearest stranger.
I did not feel I was in any danger.
Waved my arms and shouted.
Like a mad person undoubted
.
But nothing, no nothing stirred the strangers.
As if I wasn’t even there…

Maybe, just maybe
I had turned invisible
Or maybe,
It was all, just a dream

After all
It was Friday the 13th!

Friday 13th

Writing 101, Day Ten: Let the scene write itself

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Writing 101, Day Ten: Let the scene write itself

Find a spot where you can sit and observe for at least 20 minutes: a bench at a park, shopping mall, or museum; from inside your car in a parking lot; or even a place close to home, like your front porch. Ideally, it’s a location where you can watch action and interaction in a setting (between people, wildlife, weather, etc.).

You can write your post “on location,” on your laptop or your phone, so the details are fresh in your mind. Or, you can take notes first in a notebook, then draft the scene later at home. If you’re not sure which direction to go, here are some ideas:

Write a poem based on what you see, like this sonnet on plastic and pollution by Malcolm Guite.

Create a short story with dialogue based on exchanges you overhear between two people.
Draft a meditation on life inspired by nature surrounding you.
Shape a story or personal essay around an object, sign, or something else within your setting.

Don’t be afraid to take risks! Your response can be purely nonfiction and be an exact report of what you see, or a piece of creative nonfiction that uses storytelling elements (like point of view, pacing, and dialogue) to shape a more dramatic narrative.

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“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress” Philip Roth

Writing 101, Day Ten: Let the scene write itself

Writing non fiction
Causes me lots of friction
I am torn between real life
And the safety of fantasy
The internal strife
Living a daydream
Or surrendering to reality
Quite simple it would seam
If I only gave the permission
To write a simple edition
Of something non fiction
Without too much contradiction
Maybe a learning curve
My thoughts to unnerve

 

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From Sunrise to Sunset, Part Three: Sunset, Nightfall

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In honour of the month of November
Poetry and Photography

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“There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same” Carlos Santana

From Sunrise to Sunset, Part Three: Sunset, Nightfall

The sun is slowly setting
It is the time for letting
Go of daily grind
Peace and quite to find
The darkness soon will fall
Covering sky, nature and all

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From Sunrise to Sunset, Part Two: Daytime

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In honour of the month of November
Poetry and Photography

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“There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same” Carlos Santana

From Sunrise to Sunset, Part Two: Daytime

Leaves have fallen on the ground
The sun hanging low in the horizon
The warm colours painting the trees
The warm red as far as eye can see
November’s day cool and crispy
The weather maybe a little misty

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From Sunrise to Sunset, Part One: Sunrise

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Poetry and Photography

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“There’s never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same” Carlos Santana

From Sunrise to Sunset, Part One: Sunrise

Darkness surrounding the morning suburbia
No worries, no hurries, no hysteria
Stepping out from the warmth of the bed
Tasks of a working day laid ahead
Moving along with the rising sun
Lots to do before the day is done

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Painted Red

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In honour of the month of November
Poetry and Photography
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Posted in Travel Words Photo Challenge 

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“The judge told me to approach the bench. We were in a park”Jarod Kintz,

Painted Red

The only bright spot
In the entire parking lot
In the midst of suburbia
Causing a minor hysteria
The colour of reddest red
Some say, it joy may spread

Carefully trying to sit
Just to see, if it is a fit
After I little while
I started to smile
The colour seemed to be
A perfect choice for me

And soon enough…
As far as the eye could see
All the red painted seats
Were occupied to the extreme

There is something to be said
Of the colour red
It never leaves you cold
Yes, and I too was sold

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