Inspiration point (IP)
My son and I were wondering what it might be like if a gentle person managed to fend off a Viking attacker and the Valkyries took them to Valhalla instead. He suggested that this might make a good IP. So, here it is - write about being in an Unexpected Place!
I hope this helps stir your imagination, and look forward to reading the results
Inspiration point
Dust
your ivory face a canvas for the etching of seconds of time ghostly pallor it becomes apparent you hide from the sun when it shines you're flinching...
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For the Love of Her
“...and if I should carol aloud from aloft all things that are forked, and horned, and soft would lean out from the hollowed sphere of the sea all looking down for the love of me.” ‘The Mermaid’ (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
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A Golden Touch
The Midas story. Be careful what you wish for.
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Montage of my sons. IP
Quicksilver hands as sharp as eyes. Your Trojan smiles flinty edged, your jawlines merge with the fizz and pop of consonant and vowel. American and Anglicised.
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Centralian
The soil is boiling. Noxious fumes rise from fissures. Ice cubes and air-fresheners Are thrown down from the mansion windows And we are expected to...
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