Category: Challenge

Challenge, Poetry

Lance’s Meadow Dance

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Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly. Tag your responses with 3TC, #threethingschallenge or TTC, and you can add my logo […]

Three Things Challenge #M803

PRANCE
STRUT
SWAY

In the meadow, a horse named Lance,
Decided to break into a dance,
With a prance, a strut, and a sway,
He wowed all the animals that day!

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

Listless

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Today’s Prompt: Listless

In a world so vast and wide,
Sometimes, I feel listless inside.
No motivation, no spark or flame,
Just the feeling that everything’s the same.
But I know deep inside my core,
This listlessness won’t last forevermore.
I’ll find my purpose, my drive, my zest,
And this listless feeling will be put to rest.

MAD 9/1/24

Challenge, Poetry

Wilderness Chronicles

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Opposing Forces – Saturday Mix, 31 August 2024

Use the two sets of antonyms in your response, which can be poetry, prose or other!

Your words this week are:

  • courageous and timid
  • cunning and simple

Here you go

In the vast wilderness, the timid rabbit hides,
While the courageous lion prowls with pride.
The cunning fox devises a clever scheme,
While the simple deer roams free, pure as a dream.

MAD

Challenge

Timepiece

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Weekend Writing Prompt #379 – Timepiece

A timepiece, a faithful guide through time’s sway,
Each tick and chime, a comforting array,
It marks life’s journey, the highs and lows we face,
A silent witness, in each fleeting embrace.

It counts the years and centuries in quiet grace,
Reminding us, life’s moments we must embrace,
A symbol of time’s passage, transient and pure,
A timepiece, a companion, steady and sure.

Seasons change and memories fade away,
But this timeless symbol will always stay,
In our hearts and minds forever.

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

Graceful Pivot 

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Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly. Tag your responses with 3TC, #threethingschallenge or TTC, and you can add my logo […]

Three Things Challenge #M802

PIVOT
DIVOT
IDIOT

There was a divot in the way, so I had to pivot
So I don’t look like an idiot.
I danced around it with a graceful spin
To avoid looking clumsy, I just had to win.

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

Annie’s Artistic Struggle

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Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly. Tag your responses with 3TC, #threethingschallenge or TTC, and you can add my logo […]

Three Things Challenge #M801

SCOFF
STUFF
SMOCK

Annie was in her smock, painting away,
Creating scenes of joy, in every stroke she’d convey,
All the stuff that she enjoys, her heart poured into art,
But then along came Agustus, with a scoff and a snarky remark.

Tears glistened in her eyes, as her enemy belittled her creation,
Her work was special and dear, a masterpiece in her imagination.

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

Writer’s Workshop Prompts for August 29, 2024

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Here are the prompts for this week’s Writer’s Workshop: The Writer’s Workshop is open to anyone and everyone. Here’s how you can join us: Hope to see you Thursday!

Writer’s Workshop Prompts for August 29, 2024

Here are the prompts for this week’s Writer’s Workshop:

  1. Write a post based on the word request.
  2. Write a post in exactly 14 sentences.
  3. Do you believe in destiny, or do you believe that life’s outcome is strictly the result of choice and circumstance? What experiences or evidence has led you to your position on fate versus free will?
  4. Do you read memoir, biographies, or reference books? Which ones are your favorites and what do you get out of them? 
  5. Write about a time when you wanted to escape or run.
  6. Write a critical review of your favorite television show.

This is my first time trying this, so we will see how it goes. I chose to do number 1: write a post based on the word request. So here goes…

I request that you stay true,
To the values that guide you,
May your heart be light and free,
As you dance through life with glee.

I request that you find peace,
In the moments of sweet release,
Let your spirit soar and fly,
Underneath the endless sky.

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

Betrayed Trust

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Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly. Tag your responses with 3TC, #threethingschallenge or TTC, and you can add my logo […]

Three Things Challenge #M798

SOLEMN
SULTRY
TERSE

I once trusted my brother so solemn and true,
But he took from me, and my trust he did eschew.
His sultry lies and sly deceit,
Left my heart heavy, my anger replete.

MAD

Challenge, Commentary, Missy's MAD Challenge

Welcome to Missy’s MAD Challenge #004

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Every week, a creative prompt will be offered for you to unleash your imagination and artistic skills.

You can share your response in the form of art or any creative expression that the prompt inspires.

There are no restrictions on style, genre, or length and no deadline, so feel free to take your time and enjoy the creative process.

Remember to label your responses with #missysmadchallenge.

The creative prompt is typically posted on Mondays at around 1 pm Pacific Time.

Your Prompt for the week

  • Crying uncontrollably

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

A Workshop Tale

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Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly. Tag your responses with 3TC, #threethingschallenge or TTC, and you can add my logo […]

Three Things Challenge #M796

SCREW
TACK
NAIL

Screws, tacks, and nails, oh my!
In the workshop, they all do lie.
The screw got twisted and turned around,
The tack got stuck but didn’t make a sound.
And the nail, oh the nail, so strong and stout,
It held it all together without a doubt.

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

Victoria’s Testament

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Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly. Tag your responses with 3TC, #threethingschallenge or TTC, and you can add my logo […]

Three Things Challenge #M797

REMNANT
PIECE
RAG

The remnant piece of rag,

A symbol of strength and hope,

In Victoria’s hands it lay,

A testament to resilience.

Tattered and worn, yet cherished so,

It held memories of struggles,

But through it all, it stood tall,

A reminder of perseverance.

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

Life’s Winding Road

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Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly. Tag your responses with 3TC, #threethingschallenge or TTC, and you can add my logo […]

Three Things Challenge #M793

ACCEPTANCE
REJECTION
DISAPPOINTED

In life’s winding road, we seek acceptance,
Hoping for love and inner peace,
But faced with rejection, we feel the sting,
Leaving us disappointed, searching for release.

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

Bravely Begin

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Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly. Tag your responses with 3TC, #threethingschallenge or TTC, and you can add my logo […]

Three Things Challenge #M792

BORDER
GATED
WALL

Bordered by walls, gated within,
Seeking to break free, to bravely begin.

MAD

Challenge, Missy's MAD Challenge, Poetry

What If

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Missy’s MAD Challenge #003

What if,
the sun refused to rise,
And the moon decided not to set?

What if,
the stars fell from the skies,
And the oceans all dried up and left?

What if,
birds forgot to sing,
And flowers never bloomed again?

What if,
winter forgot to bring
Snowflakes gently falling, now and then?

What if,
love ceased to exist,
And kindness disappeared from sight?

What if,
hope could not persist,
And darkness banished all the light?

But even in these what if’s, true,
There’s strength in us and ways to cope.
For in our hearts, the answers brew,
And we’ll find our way through, with hope.

MAD

Challenge, Poetry

Stitch by Stitch

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Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge. Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly. Tag your responses with 3TC, #threethingschallenge or TTC, and you can add my logo […]

Three Things Challenge #M790

EMBROIDER
STITCH
SEWN

In threads of time, stories unfurl
Embroidered tales, stitch by stitch
In the fabric of history, neatly sewn

MAD