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Today's Bird- the Cockatoo
~~🐦🐦⬛ 🪶 Continuing my series that explores the denizens of the sky. “A book is a living thing. It is a bird; it has a voice. The pages of a book are wings. Books have heartbeats. When readers read they feel them; they listen.” ― Suzy Davies
By Lightning Bolt ⚡5 months ago in Poets
The Top 10 Lords of Hell
“Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.” Those were the words that the poet John Milton ascribed to the Devil in his epic poem Paradise Lost. While that might be true, the Underworld is not an easy realm to rule. The hours of operation (24/7/365/forever) are brutal. The working conditions aren’t ideal. The stream of damned souls needing to be tortured is endless. It’s simply not practical to try to manage that Inferno alone.
By Lightning Bolt ⚡5 months ago in History
Today's Bird- the Flamingo
~~🐦🦉🦩 "Soon the flamingos will paint our Indian skies with flying colors as bright as a million saris!” he announced. He rolled his head from side to side and honked in a voice like a trumpet; he was so delighted and proud of Gray.”― Suzy Davies, The Flamingos Who Painted The Sky
By Lightning Bolt ⚡5 months ago in Poets
Twixt & Tween Seems Mean
The Challenge: All Night Long - This challenge asks you to create a story or poem that spans a whole night. What happens? How do you make it through to dawn? But here’s the twist: you must not use the words “light”, “day”, “night” nor “dark”.
By Lightning Bolt ⚡5 months ago in Poets
