Prompts
Poetry Punches for Pennies. Top Story - June 2025.
I never realized how many bills can pile up until I got a car. We don't even drive it that much or often since we work from home, but jeez. Bills be piling for everything lately. And when your brain is preoccupied with work, errands, and BILLS, creativity tends to suffer.
By Oneg In The Arctic7 months ago in Writers
The Song That Won’t Die
How Bella Ciao Became a Global Cry for Freedom The air was thick with tension, the kind that hums before a storm. I stood in a crowd in Santiago last week, shoulder to shoulder with strangers, as a lone guitarist struck the opening chords of Bella Ciao. The melody cut through the chaos—tear gas lingering, banners waving, voices hoarse from chanting. Within seconds, the crowd joined in, their voices raw but resolute, singing in Spanish, Italian, or just humming the tune. It wasn’t just a song; it was a pulse, a shared heartbeat of defiance. How does a melody born in the rice fields of 19th-century Italy end up here, in Chile, in 2025, or in the streets of Gaza, Tehran, or Rojava? Bella Ciao is no ordinary song. It’s a living, breathing force, a global anthem of resistance that refuses to fade.
By Shohel Rana7 months ago in Writers
Nothing At All Happened
Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones Deck prompts - "Nothing at all happened." Go, ten minutes. Overthinking kills your happiness? Is that true? I know that to worry about something happening is kind of like that. We can worry that something is going to happen, and then it doesn't.
By Denise E Lindquist7 months ago in Writers
My Grandmothers Said so
Once, there was a little girl, so stinking cute and well-loved, she knew the universe revolved around her. With dark curly hair and big blue eyes, she proudly sat amidst everyone's attention. Knowing that she could do nothing wrong, she basked in the glow of their pride, as they expounded upon this wee lass's perfections.
By Mother Combs7 months ago in Writers
