by Tom Adam
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We thought it was a fire, but it turned out to be a False Alarm
Thanks for the inspiration. Here’s my Quick Story.
I wrote it a while back:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/06/she-hoards-trash.html
i have two: a brand new one about stories my grandfather told and an older one about a neighbor telling me about his mother’s death
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(thanks in advance for stopping by and commenting!)
One week late. A response to Prompt 30.
http://pipssqueaks.blogspot.com/2008/06/just-for-change-poetry.html
Yay – I’m back from the writer’s block that was mid-NaPoWriMo!
You’ll find mine in this post:
Tony On Treaty, Data, Will
Enjoy.
This is called “Faye” at http://disorder1313.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/faye
I took a bit of liberty with the prompt, but suffice to say she was not Immaculate.
http://filteredprecipitates.blogspot.com/2008/06/bus-ride.html
http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/expect-it/
“Caught in a Life not of her making”
The castle in the pass still stands where once lived Maerwynn the Plumed Feathered Snake.
tell me a story about a soldier
Her’s my poem about a beekeeper telling stories about bees telling stories…
http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/06/interpreting-waggle-dance.html
This is the second piece I’ve written since your prompt came up, Tom. It was a great challenge.
Thanks!
http://mariacristina.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/i-am-nesting-doll/#comment-4066
Here’s mine. Actually it’s about two stories and their interaction:
Story within a story
Interesting prompt – thanks Tom!
Thanks.
http://nibblepoems.wordpress.com/poems/
Here’s my poem, “Mama Said”:
http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/13/mama-said/
-Nicole
A voice I wasn’t expecting came and told me a tale…
A Brief Lesson from the Wife of Jesus
The last poem in my Mass Cycle:
Agnus
Dei
I have three blogs: Writer Reading, Poetmouse, and Short and Shorter Still which are all inter-linked. The assignment made me think of Nested Stories, a story within a story, where someone in a story is told a story by another, which I think is a richer form than simply saying that “I” heard a story. Here is a short-story that could also be viewed as a prose poem that illustrates my idea of a nested story.
http://shortandshorterstill.blogspot.com/2008/06/nested-stories.html
Short And Shorter Still: Nested Stories
Finally, I did the prompt! Here it is:
Word Association
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Oh, and the poem from last week didn’t post either in the comments.
Here’s The Thing’s Gone Wrong
just a silly little story that came to me connected with the words from last weeks friday five on poefusion….
ice cream social
wow, can’t wait to read the posts!!… FireLight
A stranger’s sad tale.
[...] You can read more stories here. [...]
I’m a bit late this week, but here’s a view of somebody wonder about the what if’s…
http://www.magpiedays.com/2008/06/supposing/
http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/expect-it-part-ii/
Part II of “Caught in a Life not of her making”
Late as usual. This is my first try at a shot short story. Having hear that you can all pass me by. lol
This is a story I heard many times as a young girl.
The Tale
love-bd