Oasis~Haiku

punctured clouds spilling
May flowers drink greedily

♠
verdant oasis

~Melanie Blackwell

treasures? (Shadorma- 2 attempts)

 

Take 1

estate sale:

everything must go

priced to move

9 to 5

find your recycled treasures

their loss is your gain

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Take 2

at first glance

the nude is the find

well placed

distraction

pirate’s trunk: gold and jewels

eye on wrong booty

 

 

~Melanie Blackwell

 

 

 

 

 

http://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/bastets-shadorma-photo-prompts-2/

gastropod (for Photo prompt Mollusk)

art by Tomoki Hayasaka

this

predatory mollusk

leads

a very different life

than a simple garden snail

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it comes out

only after dusk

in its shell

it holds a knife

and it hunts

for your trail

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unwhetted

by leaf and husk

it needs human blood to stay alive

it will kill us all

without fail

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~Melanie Blackwell

 

 

 

Trifextra Prompt: Fear

clowns, mimes and the severely vertically challenged

fear, illogical

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turning out to be anything like my family

fear, biological

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Phobos, Deimos, Phrike, and Pan (greek gods and goddess)

fear, mythological

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Apathy

fear, sociological

~Melanie Blackwell

Trifextra prompt.  Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia, wrote, “It’s like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.”  We are looking for a 33-word explanation of what scares you (or your character).  We already know you’re intelligent, so, according to Paterson, you should have no shortage of potential subject matter.

Good luck.  Have fun.

This weekend’s challenge is community judged.

• For the 14 hours following the close of the challenge, voting will be enabled on links. 
• In order to vote, return to this post where stars will appear next to each link. To vote, simply click the star that corresponds with your favorite post.
• You can vote for your top three favorite posts.
• Voting is open to everyone. 
• You have 14 hours to vote. It’s not much time, so be diligent! We’ll send out reminders on Twitter and Facebook.
• The winners will be announced in the comments of Monday’s post and will be posted in our typical fashion in the post on the following Friday.

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Childhood Dreams

Written for Prompt 15: Childhood Dreams from mindlovemisery

I know this is probably not quite what you had in mind…but it was my childhood dream! 🙂

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Many little girls dream in pink

dream of being princesses or ballerinas

dream of tutus and glitter and tiaras

that was  never my thing

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When I was little….what I wanted more than anything?

To be a Huxtable!

Thats right…I’m talking about the Cosby show

I longed to be part of that happy family

living in a nice house full of laughter

I wanted to sit around that kitchen table

where problems were dealt with quickly and with levity

I wanted to play with Rudy and argue with Vanessa

I thought Denise was so cool and so was Theo…for a boy

Clair was a fabulous, understanding mom yet still an accomplished lawyer

and then there was the cream of the crop…the dream encapsulated:

Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable  with his humor and ugly sweaters

I couldn’t imagine a better dad 

😀

~Melanie “Huxtable” Blackwell

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Rock

Finger from howanxious

Earth and gravel mass

form mineral protection

stony foundation

—

cornerstone of peace

for tranquility of mind

visit rock garden

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~Melanie Blackwell

 

 

Written for Right2Write Prompt 4: Finger

by howanxious

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The Princess Bride (Movie Mania Prompt)

Right2Write Prompt 2: Movie Mania from HowAnxious

forgive in advance

this sad, butchered retelling

watch it, I mean it!

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farm boy loves beauty

goes off in search of fortune

death most untimely

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grieving she enters

unfortunate engagement

to Prince Humperdink

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pirates, murder plots

kidnapping  and screaming eel-

infested waters

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Andre the Giant

has huge addiction to rhymes

offering peanuts

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Dread Pirate Roberts

scales Cliffs of Insanity

chit chat and swordplay

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Mandy Patinkin

as Inigo Montoya

is out for revenge

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a six-fingered man

must prepare himself to die

for his father’s death

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A battle of wits

Sicilian with Iocane

Inconceivable

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fireswamp dangers

lightning sand and rodents of

unusual size

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the Pit of Despair

Rugen’s torture contraption

can’t trump True Love’s Kiss

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Watch it or not “As you wish…”

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~Melanie Blackwell