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Tag: Prompts

April 20, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Untitled by Annette Pisano-Higley, RN

Aerial angels flurrying,Multiplying with promise,Soon to silence soundsAll around,Soon to soften color,Blanketing worries, chaos, strife,But for now,Content to driftIn ethereal dalliance.

April 20, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

A Certain Breed by J Dan Francis

In whatever season as you enter the Adirondacks, one might think it takes a particular breed of man or woman to live in that region. It is not a harsh, … Continue reading A Certain Breed by J Dan Francis

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Untitled by Kimberley Bouchard

She walked into the garage to get the pruning clippers. Today's project, she had promised herself, was to cutback the grape vines, roses and raspberries. No more procrastination. There were … Continue reading Untitled by Kimberley Bouchard

April 17, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Untitled by Janet S. Burl

The first few flakes of snow in the air on an autumn day fluttered wistfully on the slight breeze, then landed softly amidst the stones at her feet. The water in … Continue reading Untitled by Janet S. Burl

April 17, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Untitled by Bobbie Carnwath

first few flakes of snowdance in a blue autumn skymeditation bells

April 17, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

The Inevitable by Leslie Sittner

The first few flakes of snow in the air on an autumn day are harbingers of the last few flakes of snow on the ground in April. Or May. Both … Continue reading The Inevitable by Leslie Sittner

April 17, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Untitled by Ruth Ann Dandrea

Angel feathers, dandelion fluff, the first few flakes of snow on an autumn day.Airy stuff.Insubstantial as bird call.Strong as wind.They have a way of changing everythingeven though they do not … Continue reading Untitled by Ruth Ann Dandrea

April 17, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Haiku (for Bill McKibben’s prompt) by Nancie Battaglia

Oh boy ski day oneKick, glide, kick, glide, scratch, oops, scratchNever to early

April 17, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Untitled by Lee Keet

The first few flakes of snow in the air on an autumn day have shocked us all. It had been decades since we have seen snow in winter, much less … Continue reading Untitled by Lee Keet

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