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#TLT - Sept 14, 2023

May your life have poetry and your poetry, life—  

Three Line Thursday is BACK! I would like to encourage you to spread the word and enter weekly.

Also, if you have a Twitter handle, include it below your submission.

prompt word: frayed

Photo by David Griffiths

what

Write something that will move us! Inspired by the photo above. Post your poem in the comments and comment on others.

keep it about the words

  • Brevity is Key
  • 10 words MAX per line
  • 3 Lines
  • No Titles
  • DO NOT include the prompt word

when

A new prompt will appear on the blog each Thursday at 12 am EDT.

where

Post your entries in the comment box of the current week's prompt post.

why

We are all about fostering healthy habits of creativity and connections.

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?

#TLT – Sept 14 Use the hashtags and share on social! #comelaydownink

Use your imagination. Poetry, Haiku, Senryū, Free Verse, Prose, Flash all are welcome. (Please no graphic use of excessive profanity or overtly disturbing mental images. Let’s use common sense.)

One word per line, fine. Ten words per line (max), fine. As long as it fits in the comment box in three-line format, it counts. Simple, right?

Read other entries and comment. This will be a positive forum for feedback!

10 thoughts on “#TLT- Sept 14”

  1. CRAIG R KIRCHNER

    ‘Pasternak Selected Poems’ – age-frayed,
    gnawed on by the chocolate lab,
    still my night-table favorite.

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  2. Petru

    the well-thumbed Plath off the shelf, it’s in my hands
    now; still closed I see a gap (a bookmark) – hair of a horse :
    I pick(ed) up where I left off

    @PetruViljoen

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