itsmagicalmcb.bsky.social
Experimenting with creative writing
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Thank you very much!
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Thank you very much!
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Thank you! I was trying to capture a bit of that cylical energy—always shifting, always moving things back and forth
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Thank you!
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Thank you! And thank you for your great prompts!
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Thank you! I love that the shoreline is always there but can be totally different from day to day, so I've been trying to find ways to express that duality.
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"We've become hot-house flowers" is so evocative—lovely!
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Love the idea of your husband standing outside with a hose just to make the stones sparkle—what a nice image use for the ending!
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I like that interpretation more than my actual thought process lol—it was much more "hmm what if I put literal SPACE here"
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Thank you! I've been experimenting more with form and I think (maybe?) that incorporating blank space can give people more room to fill in their interpretations
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Love the sense of hope in this piece
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Beautiful! Love the idea of fireflies as a lighthouse
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Love the use of repetition for this piece—it adds to the idea of ancient lore
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"still—we burn" is a fantastic line!
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Love how you added the line about "Ferris wheel childhood"—it makes the poem that much more personal
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"Breaking", "refracting", "tumbling"—love how these contribute to a sense of danger & unease with crashing waves and sunken ships
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You are welcome—and thank you! It's been fun connecting & engaging as a host
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Alright, I wasn't expecting that! & I like the line, "as dawn approached, the light faded"
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Lovely, as always! Beautiful idea of home as a lighthouse leading the way to comfort & warmth
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Same situation over here—I love them both as a result. Glad you enjoyed the prompts! Thank you for sharing your writing
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That's quite the warning sign! Though I can think of a few places near me that warrant a similar one...
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Ah, I haven't kept up with vss365 while hosting blueskyrelay—thst explains why I've now seen susurrus several times! It's nice when the prompts work together!
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Had to look up "susurrus"—thanks for introducing me to this word!