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Continue reading →: 55. Dear Diary: Write a poem or short story about a diary entry you’ve read or imagined.An imagined diary entry from a key worker at the start of the pandemic… Into the invisible war I go Like my Grandfather’s and Great Grandfather’s before me Packed their bags and went to war Mine is but a small bag containing little more than lunch A national effort A…
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Continue reading →: 54.Tear-Jerker: Watch a movie that makes you cry. Write about that scene in the movie.Slightly embarrassing but a guilty pleasure of mine is Disney, the past year I have found a new appreciation of the big movie giant. Catching up on some of their newer works has been an emotional roller coaster. Non more so than Coco, the story of a Mexican kid who…
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Continue reading →: 53. Memory Lane: What does Memory Lane look like? How do you get there?Continuation of the shadow story. Chapter 5 Jim could never quite remember everything that went on in life just like every other human on the planet. Humans never tend to remember everything, exactly the way it was their brains always try to twist it in some respect, usually the past…
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Book Review: Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Treasure Island, Robert Louis StevensonFirstly this book is known as a classic, I however know it from the Muppets version of it as a VHS that I’m sure would probably still haunt my parents to watch after the numerous times I must have watched it as a kid. However it has been a long…
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Continue reading →: 52. Sunrise/Sunset: The sun comes up, the sun goes down. It goes round and round. Write something inspiring about the sunrise or sunset.The sun always rises So we like to say As a dark time Becomes day. This is the eternal hope of man The wanderers upon the earth Without the sun There be no fun Nor life to worry out. So let it go and sing it clear With a positive…
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Continue reading →: 51. Just Say No: Write about the power you felt when you told someone no.No means No Thats what I said So that’s what I meant When you say No Its the Silver or Lead What will it be, a hard sounding No Lest we forget the dry taste of lead Why would you stop when its so smooth Wouldn’t it hurt if forever…
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Continue reading →: Bleak midwinterTurning the lights on at half past two The call of the bleak midwinter sighs With the rooms of the house to dim to abide With cold perspiration of the windows inside What could it mean to be so bleak What could it mean to be so grim Why must…
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Continue reading →: 50.Joke Poem: What did the wall say to the other wall? Meet you at the corner! Write something inspired by a favorite joke.When the horse walked into the bar Would you in fact from afar expect the man at the bar To say ta da In these unsettling times Would he in fact be happy to see the dimes Even with the horse Who was full of remorse who would have found…
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Continue reading →: 49. The Stars: Take inspiration from a night sky. Or, write about a time when “the stars aligned” in your horoscope.When you look above to the sky at night what do you see? I see the vast darkness broken by just chinks of light that peep through, its almost as if there is a large dark blanket pulled over the top of the world with the lights above still shining…
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Continue reading →: LockdownLockdown Tier Three Fear You Fear me What is it to do But sit at home Waste away As they day goes by Lockdown Tier Three Fear You Fear me Keep them apart Tear at the heart Ripped from the street Won’t be defeat Lockdown Tier Three Fear you Fear…






