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Wallace & Gromit
Misbegotten travelers
Cheese-forsaken orb
#Haiku
It can be fun to challenge yourself to write a story with only dialogue. See if you can capture emotions, move the story forward, and still sound natural. It's not easy, but it is great practice for dialogue you might use in more regular stories. Here's one of mine from a while back to give you inspiration.

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Missing you  (13+)
A lonely dialogue with Barb... (Rotten Leaves Magazine)
#1418551 by Ben Langhinrichs Author IconMail Icon
Listen to Gran.

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Gran's Wisdom  (18+)
Will a thorn foretell the end of their love? (Every Day Poets)
#1548078 by Ben Langhinrichs Author IconMail Icon
*Laugh* I remember this... and it still makes me laugh. Nice job with the foretelling... {e:rolling{
I wish I could type... *Rolling*
Happy Father's Day to all the dads!
For those who like science fiction, a dark Rondeau poem.

 
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In Orbit  (13+)
Miscalculation leaves ship in orbit over a dying planet with no way to escape. (Rondeau)
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Some bizarro fiction I wrote a while back.

 
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Awake in the Age of Lizards  (18+)
Bizarro fiction
#1677629 by Ben Langhinrichs Author IconMail Icon
Just sharing as I ran across this today. So much fun.

"Sonnet 138 - A little tongue-in-cheek Shakespeare" 
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I wrote a new blog entry with a dose of author transparency:

"Success is a nebulous concept" 
A rewrite of my comic poem on ellipses.

 
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Ellipses Eclipsed  (ASR)
A brief poem on my favorite punctuation (channeling "Moses supposes…")
#2103856 by Ben Langhinrichs Author IconMail Icon
A rare entry on my blog aims to be part fun, part educational.

"Diving deep into the dactyls" 
I don't really know if this should count as musings or poetry. Oh well.

 
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Haiku or Senryu  (E)
For those who don't know (or even much care) about the difference.
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One shot - J&J
One full year after shutdown
Wonderful feeling
Congrats! Now you can take off your mask when you're using your computer... *Laugh*
Honestly, it won't change most things, but it has one extremely important ramification. In just over two weeks, I get to meet my first grandbaby, who is four months old today. Now, that is cause for celebration. (Oh yeah, I get to see my daughter and son-in-law after a year, too.)
This gem by 🌝 HuntersMoon Author Icon is middle school in a nutshell (so to speak):

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Imagine for a moment that Edgar Allen Poe's granddaughter has a leaky toilet...

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The Plumber Geek  (E)
A comic poem in the style of "The Raven" (WestWard Quarterly)
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If you need a laugh or two, read my poetic ode to bad dates.

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Mistaken All Week?  (18+)
Each day brings another lousy date for this lady.
#1437081 by Ben Langhinrichs Author IconMail Icon
I don't remember reading this! So thanks for posting. It's ab-fab funny and a wonderful use of various poetic forms.
Oh ... and speaking of bad dates ... March 2nd is a difficult date for me personally.
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
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