#TLT - Dec 5, 2024
May your life have poetry and your poetry, life—
prompt word: align
three line poetry
Inspired by the photo above, write something that moves us! #TLT
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keep it about the words
- Brevity is Key
- 10 words MAX per line
- 3 Lines
- No Titles
- Include your X (Twitter) handle
- DO NOT include the prompt word
when
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where
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why
Foster connections and healthy habits of creativity.
Three Line Thursday
What can you say, convey, or express in only three lines? Can you paint a visual picture with only words? Tell an entire story that begs to be read?
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Use your imagination. Poetry, Haiku, Senryū, Free Verse, Prose, and Flash are all welcome. (Please do not graphically use excessive profanity or overtly disturbing mental images. Let’s use common sense.)
One word per line—fine. Ten words per line (max) works too. It counts as long as it fits in the comment box in three-line format. Simple, right?
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11 thoughts on “#TLT – Dec 5, 2024”
If you would love,
fit a curve to your lips
and dream.
@ewanandsmith
I love this!!!!
Beautiful!
Tread softly on history clad roads
Or the electric city round the bend
Will show you it’s buzzing teeth
shadesofgreen@bluesky
Love it, Susan. The roads we travel on carelessly each day have so many stories to tell (and perhaps warnings to give.)
medieval houses on their haunches lean over the lane
listen like cats: heel-click, heel-click, heel-click
how your footfall ticks the cobbles and centuries elide
I love how the first line gives the houses a predatory air.
thinking about you
today, again
each path diverging
@firdausp
Excellent, Firdaus. So spare.
Zigzagging down the memory lane, I find
most doors have closed now
but I carry a lot less baggage.
Oooh, that packs a powerful emotional punch.