Prompt: What is the meaning of life? The meaning of life is to collect as many mismatched socks as possible, because whoever dies with the largest pile wins the cosmic laundry game. You see, the universe is basically a giant dryer. Every time you lose a sock in the laundry, it doesn't just vanish—it gets …
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Prompt: What’s a word or phrase that annoys you? The word “literally,” oh, how I loathe,It’s literally used, I swear on my oath,For things that are not, in the truest of sense,So literally wrong, it makes my brain tense.My head literally spins when I hear,“I literally died,” though they’re literally here.Or “My heart literally broke,” …
My disappointment in the widely acclaimed works of Sherlock Holmes, finding the writing poor, grammar questionable, and plots predictable. Despite their celebrated status, I perceive them as lacking genius or grace, ultimately concluding that the praise is misplaced and the stories do not meet expectations. Follwed by a poem on the subject.
Prompt-How can you build a regular fitness routine? The alarm screams truce at five AM,But I pull the covers over my head again.A neon track, a choreographed plan—Training regime? No thanks, man.I’ll take the slow lane, the unkempt trail,The bike with the rust and the squeaky wheel.Let others grunt in their gleaming shrines—I’ll chase sunsets, …
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Prompt: Which is the best thing to do in your city? The pebbles shift, the breakers callI shed my coat, forget the fall,and wade through grey to meet the swellwhere winter waves and secrets dwell.January’s needle-shock,a key that turns the coldest lock;my breath becomes a silver blade—the first good choice I’ve made all day.My blood …
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Daily writing promptWhich aspects do you think makes a person unique?View all responses Uniquely You - A Poem What makes you uniquely you? Oh, come gather near It’s not just your shoes (though those shoes are a fear). It’s the way that you sneeze like a trumpet from Mars, And the fact that you misplace …
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Prompt: Something on your "to-do list" that never gets done. The item that sits with patient spiteUpon the list, by day and night,Is not to climb a mountain peak,Nor some profound, poetic streak.It’s simpler far, yet seems to growA dread that only I can know.It mocks me from its linen throne,A simple, solitary groan:"Change bedroom …
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Prompt: What is your favourite animal? What is my favourite animal? I really have no clue!I’ve pondered by the fireplace, meditated in the loo.I’ve weighed the pros and cons of every beast I know,But indecision follows me everywhere I go.The lion has a fabulous and fluffy mane,But have you seen his dentist bill? Insaine!While the …
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Prompt: What is your mission? The Bearing of the NameWe do not peddle polished hope in markets loud and cheap,Nor hang salvation like a shawl on shoulders bent with sleep.This is no bright and easy coin to clink upon the stone,But something nearer to a seed a sower casts, alone,Into the unplowed, waiting dark where …
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