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Basically anything under 1k or 500 words that's not a Drabble, an Express It in Eight, or a Promptly Poetry. Enjoy
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Air, vibrant, living, Joyful birds sail turquoise skies Precious sight above. Water, flowing pure, Otters slide down riverbanks, Whales dance in the sea. Caterpillars munch Curves into tasty green leaves Soon to be transformed Into butterflies Floating so delicately Bearing rainbow wings. Earth, safe home to all Protect it while we can Wild friends will thank us. Lines: 15. Words: 57. Written for "Writing 4 Kids"  April prompt: children's nature haiku. |
| Devout, in purest prayer unceasing Across changing kingdoms, ever faithful No regiments could make him fall away. In trials, chains, fiery furnaces, standing strong; Even hungry lions became as kittens for him. Learn to be like Daniel: strong, wise, Godly. Six lines, 40 words. Written for Quihadi's Christian Poetry contest, "SCRIPTURE POETRY CONTEST" Prompt: write a meaningful acrostic using a Bible character's name. |
| Jimmy was a brilliant space engineer on the Kokomo 350 starship. Until it veered too close to a black hole, causing the ship to implode, killing everyone on board except him. Now he's suspected of causing the disaster. His career is ruined, he's jaded and disgruntled, and he subsists by delivering meals to humans incarcerated on distant moons. One day, he delivers a meal to Petra and recognizes her as a mechanic from Kokomo 350. She explains she survived by hiding in a snowcone machine and claims she's imprisoned because she knows why the ship was blown up. Her dog, Snoopy, is a cyborg programmed to help her build snowcone machines which can withstand the forces of black holes. When Snoopy disappears, leaving behind a pile of disassembled snowcone machines, Petra decodes a cryptic message from a band of rogue ThornJogs, threatening to wreak destruction by unleashing black holes throughout the known universe. She believes they've kidnapped Snoopy to prevent her from building enough snowcone machines to suppress the holes. Petra escapes from the moon prison with Jimmy being her getaway driver. Together they hack into Snoopy's computers, determining his location. Arriving, they find proof ThornJogs are responsible for what happened to Kokomo 350: an experiment, preparing for a large scale attack. Jimmy and Petra infect Snoopy with a virus overriding ThornJog orders, destroying their software. But after disabling the threat, a twist arises, jeopardizing the entire universe's stability and testing Jimmy and Petra's skills like never before. notes ▼ |
| A fantastic proposal: taming a dragon, Teaching it manners or pulling a wagon. It's long and hard, but also quite fun Taming a dragon under the sun. Adopt an egg first, help it to hatch Plenty easier than trying to catch. Once it's a baby, feed it quite well Hold it, talk to it, trust it can tell. Your kindness pays off: an obedient fledgling Stays by your side without any meddling. Next comes the training, the do and the don't Patience is crucial, or teaching it won't. Steadfast like clockwork, your schedule maintain; This helps it to learn and patterns to gain. Advance it gently, with plenty of praise Set goals and levels to guide it in grace. Soon your dragon will grow strong and mature A beautiful sight, that's for sure! Flying freely across summer skies A creature well-trained, healthy and wise. 20 lines, 144 words, couplets in verses of four lines each. |
| Joe realized too late: he's not destined to be the next Brad Pitt. His destiny instead lies within the crumbling walls of Dinosaur Dreams, an outdated theme park with more violations than patrons. He wears a T-Rex outfit, doing tricks in an attempt to drum up publicity. His income dwindles as inspectors threaten to shut it down. One day he catches a reporter, Riley, snooping with a metal detector. She tells him she's looking for a legendary harmonica, which can cause landslides by reverberating at Earth's natural frequencies, purportedly buried on the grounds. Joe schemes to host a massive treasure hunt where he charges admission for a chance to locate the harmonica. He wants Riley to write a front-page story about it. She reluctantly agrees. But as treasure seekers pour in and Joe makes money, he worries someone will actually find the harmonica and his newly lucrative park will fail. He is determined to find it, digging all night. Riley competes with him, desperately racing to find it first. She rents a bulldozer and tears down his house, thinking he's already found it and hidden it. Then, gangsters raid the park, holding them hostage, searching for the harmonica themselves. They want to use it to find buried treasure by making landslides. Amidst wreckage of house and theme park, can Joe and Riley band together in time to dodge gangsters, find the harmonica, reveal the absurd truth of what everyone's been looking for and even fall in love? Words: 247. Notes ▼ |
| I've watched days slipping away, Dragged under by hungry Nessie. Time stands paralyzed, frozen like Stonehengeā Why am I here? Ropes hold me fast Binding against my will. Distraught midnight shrouds my mind; Fleeting years wasted, clutching what I do not desire. Shattered piggy bank forces me to wait In a lineup of slipshod impoverished freaks Hoping to gain survival by bargaining at the deskā¦ The return desk, that is. 11 lines, 70 words, free verse. Written for "PromptMaster !" Task Prompt: Use hyperbole to write a poem about a minor inconvenience. Make it an epic struggle worthy of legend. |
| When Charlie The Hungry Moabite invents Latin rap music in 14th century Higginbotham Hollow, the religious elite decries it as demonic garbage. They drum him out of town into the uncharted wilderness of Corduroy Caverns, where he discovers Josh, a nerdy young softie who was supposed to kill the giant dragon who's been terrorizing the village. Josh would prefer befriending the dragon and reading books to it, but his sarcastic talking sword threatens to turn against him if he does such a traitorous act. Charlie sympathizes with him and hatches a scheme to fool the villagers into thinking the dragon is dead using spaghetti sauce. Somehow the prank goes awry, and the talking sword uses the spaghetti sauce to convince Josh he's accidentally killed Charlie. The sword thinks if it gets rid of the two cowardly custards, it can go kill the dragon by itself and get all the credit, eventually becoming king of the peasant villagers. Charlie and the dragon take matters into their own hands, forming a friendly hip-hop duo which impresses the village priest when it helps heal a sick child. Now convinced of the benefits of rap music and the goodwill of the dragon, the priest must help them rescue softhearted Josh from the vicious talking sword before it takes control of the land. Words: 217. prompt ▼ |
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