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Those Who Live in Grass Houses

by Beholden

Rated: 18+ · Book · Fantasy · #2316938

GoT plus the PromptMaster! and Cards Against Authors stuff (poetry and short stories)

Apparently this is going to be a load of writing of various types - stories, poems, reviews and, no doubt, just about anything else you can think of..

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Beholden

Apr 15, 2024 at 9:54pm
In response to "Return"

Oh, interesting comment! I hadn't looked at it like that but I see what you mean. To me, it seemed one of those prompts that tells the story for you and I was just attempting to subvert that by taking an unusual line. They addressed me as the father, so I thought about how I'd feel as the father and expressed that, at the same time avoiding having to continue a story in which the punchline has already been stolen by the prompt.

As regards mystery, that comes of having only one half of a conversation - we never hear what the daughter is saying and have to work that out for ourselves. ;)

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H❀pe

Apr 15, 2024 at 9:45pm
In response to "Return"

I wish I'd not read the prompt, I really enjoyed the mystery you maintained here in your poem.

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H❀pe

Apr 14, 2024 at 6:38pm
In response to "Rago's Diet"

Finally the anatomy of a dragon explained, it all makes such sense now

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Beholden

Apr 14, 2024 at 12:46pm
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

LOL, Blueyez, I can't deny the thought of WDC crossed my mind as I was writing this. But typos are sent to plague me. No matter how many times I edit, there's always at least one that slips through.

ßlυҽყҽʐ 🤍

Apr 14, 2024 at 12:26pm
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

"(Thern) he brightened and said ..." typo?

Good story. I really like your characters.

After I finished reading, the thought crossed my mind that perhaps stars mean nothing at all in the end. Much like many things here in WDC land.

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Beholden

Apr 14, 2024 at 11:06am
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

Thank you, Angel.

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Amethyst Snow Angel

Apr 14, 2024 at 10:58am
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

Oh, that was classy. I was afraid there would be a brawl. Well done.

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January 18, 2025 at 8:53am

#1082507

Butterfly

Butterfly

A megalomaniac metamorphosis, the frog;
the butterfly is merely a flying worm. Beholden 1970

The butterfly goes flutt’ring fair
in colours bright and debonair,
his warning sign extraordinaire
to predators that ride the air,
“I’m poisonous so you take care -
suggest you hunt some other fare.”

And though it be a lie so bold,
the birds do know through time untold
such painted tones will danger hold,
and leave the conman lone and cold
to flutter on his course paroled,
escaping as his plan foretold.

Just think that as his wings do stir
the atmosphere in tiny blur,
his microscopic storm may whirr
to greater gales and so confer
unto the world cyclone and whirl-
wind enough to make us demur.

Remember that this flying worm
contains always this nascent germ,
and though he seems so light and bright,
his heart is steeped in darkest night.

Line count: 22
Form: Trochaic tetrameter, rhymed aaaaaa bbbbbb cccccc ddee
For Cards Against Authors, Week 2
Prompt Card: A butterfly as a villain. .
Word Cards: Glimmering, Whirlwind (You only need to choose one word to use)
Wild Card: Constraint: Two lines in your poem must either use only one-syllable words or no one-syllable words.

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