Some Thoughts on Recent Challenges

Moment of Silence

You can read more about this challenge here:

I liked this one. I don't think I was very good at it, but I had fun, so I'm sure Mr Rogers would be proud or something.

My entries

drumroll - the charged, usually silent moment before a kiss

when the nagging stops - did she leave, or did he kill her? We may never know.

on the importance of communication - few things hurt more than someone you love shutting you out. I wanted to do a one word per line poem, and a poem about silence seemed like the perfect opportunity to try.

Shout outs

There were 865 entries to this one. I know for a fact I missed a lot of them. Even just counting my very favourites out of the ones I did see, there are too many to list all of them. Here are a few, anyway! I've generally avoided ones that placed, or were picked for Top Story.

The Hush by Castidhe

scalpel by Poppy

knotty girl by Daniel K

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Epic Beginnings

Here's the link to the challenge if you haven't seen it yet:

There were 400 entries to this one. Of course I didn't read all 400, but of the ones I did read, no two were alike. They were all different and interesting. I am subscribed to some pretty cool, imaginative people.

I found this more tricky than I expected. I read the prompt and I thought, "cool, that should be easy" and it wasn't. I think it was more tricky than the Moment of Silence one. Which is really saying something, because poetry is not my wheelhouse and I usually prefer fiction.

My entries

Advanced Potion Making - this one is about a kid making "potions" in the bath. Pretty sure we all did that!

The Steak is Always Perfect - this one is about a self-caged superhero who has shut themselves away to avoid hurting more people. Sorry it's a bit of a bummer!

My New Talent (wtf) - about someone who wakes up with the wrong memories. Law enforcement are keen to channel (exploit? experiment with?) this ability.

Shout outs

The Weaver by Rachel Deeming

Jayne Interstellar by Novel Allen

The Inebriator by Lamar Wiggins

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Overboard

Here's the obligatory link:

I wrote these in reverse chronological order, but it occurs to me I also managed to do it in ascending order of difficulty. The Plank came out a little easier, but The Guest hated me and pummelled the crap out of me. I was relieved when I missed the deadline four billion times, and every time they extended it, I sat in the shower hugging my knees and crying.

I wonder if others found this one just as tricky. There were only 276 entries, so maybe?

My entries

The Plank

The Guest

Shout outs

the pirate and the swamp monster by Heather Hubler

Early in the Morning by Hannah Moore

Jones by Donna Fox

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L*pogram

Linky linky:

This one was nowhere near as difficult to yank out of me as The Guest. In fact I found it relatively easy, only to have it pointed out to me (after the deadline) that I'd missed a couple of stray i's. Oh, well! It was kind of fun, even if the topic was a bit unsettling. (It's fiction, but Munchausen by proxy is real and scary.)

I wonder how many of the 178 entries successfully avoided the letter i, and how many messed up like me?

My entries entry

One For My Blog

Shout outs

Curse Ned! by D. J. Reddall

Damsel Fly Gossamer by John Cox

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Thank you for reading, and happy birthday, if it is in fact your birthday. If it's not, well, there's no helping some people.