Inspiration point (IP)
Today is the 100th birthday of naturalist Sir David Attenborough, himself a wonder of nature and one of our very, very few genuine national treasures. So this week, please write about an animal (or many animals, if you prefer!) Animals you love, or hate, or that give you the horrors, or that you once fleetingly glimpsed in passing. I look forward to seeing the results!
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The Axe
When the axe entered the forest, the trees whispered, 'that handle used to be one of us'.
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A Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance
No bears were harmed in the writing of this poem.
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Early
It started in November. 5:15, then 5:00. His body dragged him from the sheets as though a debt had just come due. He made the coffee. Drove to work...
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Different perspectives
No idea what it involves? Not going along with the doom-doom stories Not counting aloud the seconds until daybreaks when our planet deflates like a...
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Those Three Words
It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning; a perfect day. She was perfect. The sea glistened on her, salt like diamonds as her heat turned...
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