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Started July 1st 2019 for contests, etc. as other blogs are filling up and have other purposes.  I'm starting a new blog because
I'll be linking to
I've started an appendix (I no longer have one personally) to keep track of my Space Cadet journals for Space Blog. It's a work constantly under construction. Mind the mess.
I needed to start a folder for contests as there are so many deadlines and details to remember.
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  Received for a new prose/poetry piece (similar to a haibun) that I wrote today.
I wrote to Redtowrite  who kindly reviewed it before it won (I'm hoping Fivesixer  will read as well):Thank-you.  Yes, I won, as you know, but this email means more because it's hard to be invisible and frightening to step out into the light. Your email makes me feel like I was seen and acknowledged. Which is what Kevin did in February 1979 - May 2003. His wife put an end to our friendship. Very sad. And yes, it's a hole in my heart. It's fictionalized non-fiction in that sense. I do remember a pink rose blooming one December (the 9th sticks in my mind) along Delaware Avenue in Buffalo (blocks south of where Roosevelt took the oath in 1901 after Mckinley was shot). It was very odd to see roses blooming in the autumn there and never so late in the year. And I did glean rosebuds this summer/autumn around town where I now live between mountains. And yes, their fragrance is fading. I put some in a bowl and others in a pale chalice (pale blue-indigo) that now sits over the stove on a shelf with the store-bought spices (and gleaned fennel, sage, tarragon and lavender). Unlike many efforts to write, this one was almost effortless. There was too much to work with! And my Muse was kind enough to provide some rhythm, rhyme and flow. I've done similar pieces in the past, been awhile. I called the others 'gzaibun' so I wouldn't offend certain writing-purists. It's not a haibun, but it shares a similar [structure] and the short interruptions act as a pause to reflect and slows the reader (many of whom read too fast, imho). Those are similar to haiku or senryu... but not quite. It reflects the poetic Japanese influence of my childhood. I'm glad it moved you. I only need to figure what to do with it from here. It's new so it can use an edit but then it needs to be submitted elsewhere on-site or off-site. I found out how to do trinkets! So... this is one of them. The theme seems related to "Winter Rose" albeit at a slant. K (as in Cory)   For
"at the party"  [E] by Rhyssa Mini-review: I felt I was there. I really like the strong ending "bitter-dark and sweet as every year they’ve known." Uses smells, colors, touch, taste and sound. Great use of senses. I'd prefer 'smack!' to 'strike' because it is more of a sound and would be echoed by 'crack' later. But that's a quibble. The syntax towards the end puzzles me. I shouldn't have to stop to figure it out. Near rhymes like bubble/gurgle and the assonance of spin/stick/dizzy is very nice. After 5 years it's due for a second look and edit. As is I give it a 4.6. It could be a tad higher imho. Related prompt: Write about this item or a Birthday Party. Well I don't do birthday parties... ever... so I will respond to other questions it asks. I think that children's events are important as they will be remembered for better or for worse. I seldom was at a party with a piñata but then ... I didn't like parties. That said, I felt I was there at this one. Years ago, a friend would have parties with neighborhood children and she paid attention to details and all the senses. I'm certain the children remember the joy she brought to everything 20 years later. 3368 |
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