Week 3 -Limerick Challenge Prompt: Magic

 

There was a young man  from  Goad

Who claimed he could transform into  a Toad

His friends from near and far

Came to see his magic in a car

But alas! their car broke down on the road! 🙂

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Rumi suggested  to Shams Tabrizi

“We need to get really busy

let’s use some magic,

I swear it won’t be tragic

Turn the world into one nation, it’s easy!”

Shams Tabrizi,wikipedia image

Wikipedia image

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Writing 101, Day 1: Magic

Today’s Prompt : Magic

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My life is built on magic,

I solemnly agree,

I cannot apply any logic ,

To make you believe me.

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Once I had to make an important   decision,

To  study or not in a  scary destination.

The walls of the  building appeared to be howling,

It’s your last chance someone yelled growling.

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Perhaps my life’s magic bid me goodbye,

I was down in the dumps I kid you not.

Suddenly things   changed with the news I got,

An  ad for  scholarships I will not lie.

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B.Ed. scholarships were offered

On the classified page.

Can this be fate’s last endeavour?

Or is it some  magic performed by a sage!

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Writing 101, Day 1: Magic

Raphael and Gabriel

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We got them when

they were a few

weeks old .

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Now they’ve grown

up and

are two years old.

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They are cuddly

they are lovable

 but not easy to handle.

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One morning I was

terrified to hear,

the  felines were busy with their claws.

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The sound was no music

to my ears,

I wondered what will they do was my fear.

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I soon  discovered a hole

on my box spring,

so this is why they sharpened their claws that morning.

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My mind told me to spray water

I thought it will work like magic,

unfortunately   it was a lame  trick.

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Then  daughter handed me

a no scratch bottle

it too proved to be awful.

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Only yesterday I thought

of a plan,

Why not I use perfume on my stand.

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I tell you what

it worked like a charm,

the cats will no longer harm.

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My poor box spring

will never go through this ordeal,

for the felines have lost their zeal.

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Not even a seasoned magician

will ever think of my magic

how the perfume  from the bottle did the trick!

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Ghazal: Singer, Gayathri, lyrics: Bahadur Shah Zafar, posted and translated by Ranu

I never had trouble speaking as I do now.

Your meeting place was not like it is now.

Who has taken away my patience and calm?

I was never this impatient like now, O heart!

God knows the magic that was in her eyes,

My emotions never ran so deep as they do now,

I lacked the power of observation,

I never was overwhelmed as I am now.

I never had trouble speaking as I do now!

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Daily Prompt: Wasted Days And Wasted Nights

Tell us your tried and true techniques for focusing when that deadline looms and you need to get work done.In other words, how do you avoid wasted days and wasted nights?

I like deadlines, it helps me to discipline myself. Having said that if the task is given two weeks ahead, I tend to tell myself there is plenty of time to get it done.

I put the task aside and do other things, then I get a call from my friend, “did you get the work done?” She asks.

This is the time I panic,I wonder what happened to two weeks, what did I do , how will I get my work done in two days?

Somehow magically I’m able to complete my task, really it’s not magic it’s me working all hours of the day to get it done.

This is my way of catching up to the wasted days and wasted nights!

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365 Writing prompts: Necessity is the mother of invention

Imagine, in great detail, an invention that could help reverse pollution– describe for us how your invention works and how it will help save the planet.

I spent a fair amount of time thinking what I could invent to reverse pollution. This is the simplest thing I am able to think of.

I would construct a cardboard box, in it  I will have the names of all the pollutants existing on our planet, beside each name I’ll sew a bell, and blow some magic words on each filthy thing that pollutes our environment, inside the  box there will be a device which can detect anything filthy released in the air, the name will flash, there will be someone monitoring this device 24/7 , as soon as the bell rings the person in charge will locate the name of the pollutant and will press a bell on the side this will reverse the pollution.

https://sabethville.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/365-writing-pr…r-of-invention

365 Writing Prompts: State of your year

Write a mid-year , “State of My Year”, post.

“State of My Year”: I went back to January 1st 2014, to find out all the prompts I’ve done so far. I know it’s not possible to include all of them. I have therefore picked one prompt for 1st of each month.

On January 1st our Prompt was : Do you believe in Magic?” : I’m only including a sentence, I’d like to have the power to cure certain incurable disease;, wipe out hunger; transform evil people and so on. If you are interested you can go back to January 1st to read the whole thing.

February 1st the writing prompt was ‘Flangiprop”: How I  can invent something to rein in kids who are too active.

March 1st: Tagore song: I ask my mind can you remember who you left behind?

April 1st: Daily Prompt: If I Could Turn Back Time; I want to go back to my past when my father was alive and we were happy.

May 1st 2014: Five Minute Fiction: Freedom : it is a story about how they got their freedom.

June 1st, Tagore song: Aguner Pososhmoni : Oh God for the sake of gain lead us to the right path.

July 1st: Daily Prompt: Back of the Queue, I’m thinking of writing a book since last year.

The above are some of the prompts I wrote about. When I look back I’m happy to note I’ve written about varied topics, it makes me feel good.

: https://sabethville.wordpress.com/2014/07/29/365-writing-pr…e-of-your-year/

 

Tagore Song “Hey transient visitor”posted by ranu

Music only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

: https://sabethville.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/tagore-song-ha…slated-by-ranu/

 

 

 

 

 

DP weekly writing challenge contd. Shorola AKA Corolla cliff hanger part 2

Shorola was unhappy, she wondered , “why do they hate me, I wanted to be their friend, Mom you’re wrong I tried to be nice, they still dislike me, oh please  God , can you help me?”    D own came a bearded fellow  from up above.  “My dear child,what’s the matter,why are you crying?”

“No one likes me ,everyone hates me, they tease me ,they call me Corolla,my name is Shorola ,I wanted to be their friend .I brought some candy for  them .Tom the bully took them away. I have nothing to give them.”

“Okay my dear child I know why you are sad. I must tell you something. You cannot buy friendship.  I’ll try to help you,you must remember my instructions. Any mistake you make will work against you. I’ll give you three things:  1. A gold bracelet, 2. A silver bracelet ,3. An emerald bracelet.  Each one has its own magic.  I’ll also give you three pouches to put them in. The pouch with the letter G,will be for the gold bracelet, S for silver and E for emerald. Do not mix them up or all the magic will be lost. Put them in a  safe place. Don’t tell anyone about them. When you try them on, each one will tell you what they can do for you. I am not going to tell you what they can and cannot do. You have to find out yourself. I’ll show up one more time to see how you’re doing.” Suddenly he disappeared.

“But I am scared nice man, I want you to come back and help me.”  There was no answer. She thought of telling her mother about this, but he told her it wasn’t a good idea. What will I do, I am so sleepy, maybe the nice man will come in my dream and will tell me, what kind of magic the bracelets have, will he or won’t he? I’ll sleep, before I do, I’ll put my pouches in a safe place. I know I’ll put them under my mattress, no one will see them, I HOPE!

To be continued!

https://sabethville.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/dp-weekly-writing-challenge-cliffhanger/  part 2

DP Daily Prompt: Unleash you inner Dickinson Post by Ranu

A  Book      by Ranu

To me this  is a one of a kind  book,

With pages full of mystery

and a challenge to the reader too.

Einherjar are served by Valkyries in Valhöll while Odin sits upon his throne, flanked by one of his wolves. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I learned about magic,

Not the kind where the rabbit

comes out of a hat!

But  to look at the horizon,

And expand your vision

There are masters,disciples

And Valkyries too,

Who will  show a world that you’ve never seen!

So come on and join me

To explore the world of Coelho!