As part of James & Oneg’s Summer Writing Challenge Extravaganza, I was tagged in the Tag You’re It! Challenge.
*Pick a Vocal community and tag/nominate another writer to write a poem or 100-word micro fic about it BUT you only have 15 minutes to write!
I was tagged with the Pet Life community by Oneg.
Shiny
Spiny
Round and quiet.
Never wakes me at 4:00 AM.
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Solid
Hefty
Calming to pat.
Silent Zoom call companion.
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Unique
Vintage
Dependably there.
I hope you understand our bond.
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I know it can be a shock
When you first meet my pet rock.
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Check out Oneg's entry below:
And the Officially (Unofficial) Summer Challenge Post with descriptions of upcoming Unofficial Challenges still to come.
And- what the heck- here's my unofficial #BookReviewHaiku Challenge information. You could do that and enter it in the new Book Community, couldn't you? Just add the #bookreviewhaiku tag to the subtitle, if you think of it.
Please let me know in the comments: Have you ever seen a pet rock (if you have, you are likely a Boomer!). What would you name YOUR pet rock? Do you enter unofficial challenges?
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Judey Kalchik
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Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.
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Comments (10)
This is really quite remarkable and delightful. You manage to really give life to Rocky! This would actually suit the Ode to Ordinary Challenge too. Just my pennies' worth! Lovely stuff, Judey!
Delightful. (Or am I just stoned?)
Omg. Wanna trade? Abigail for the rock. 🤣
This was just pure fun. This was very outside the box thinking I throughly enjoyed reading it a few times I needed the laughs.
Fun!!! 😊💕
Fun!!!❤️❤️💕
Silent zoom call companion 😂👌 sounds like the perfect pet! I say this especially now as I saw our cat peed everywhere AROUND his litter box 😭🤮
for those who may wonder- it really was a real thing in the 70's! https://alabrava.net/how-did-pet-rock-rock-the-market/#:~:text=After%20four%20to%20five%20months,which%20is%20around%20%2411%20today.
Cute poem, perfect for the challenge.
Great job with this, Judey. In response to your question, as a lapidary (How's that for an antiquated term?) hobbyist since childhood, I could say I've had hundreds of pet rocks and still do, but I never jumped on the fad. Lots of my friends did.