Tag Archives: Writer’s Island

Wordplay #20

Posted on May 21, 2011 by 1sojournal

Wordplay #20 Tabaret tab-a-ret> striped upholstery fabric: hard-wearing fabric with alternate satin and watered silk stripes. Use: upholstery Strong Cloth Existence Senses that her life is stitched together like tabaret fabric. Periods of smooth moments, spent with others who … Continue reading →

Posted in Wordplay #20 | Tagged one daily observation, Tabaret, Wordplay, Writer's Island, writing prompt | 21 Comments

Journey Stone #26

Posted on February 26, 2011 by 1sojournal

Journey Stone #26 Image Picture created by words on a page. Sometimes a poem, a definition, other times a thought, or a whole train of them, moving on a track that wends its way through this life I improvise … Continue reading →

Posted in Journey Stone #26 | Tagged image, imporvise, Journey Stones, one daily observation, Writer's Island, writing prompt | 10 Comments

Finding Home

Posted on October 16, 2010 by 1sojournal

Attention: Journal Writing Prompts will begin on Monday, October 25. Today I’m not responding to a prompt. Today it’s just me, the words, and an empty page. Guess I’m going back to basics. At least it could be seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Home | Tagged bread crumbs, filling the hole, finding home, hole at center, invasive procedure, questions, reestablishing priorities, some answers, Writer's Island, writing prompt | 37 Comments

Fishing Lessons

Posted on September 18, 2010 by 1sojournal

For Writers Island Prompt #21 The Fisherman http://writersisland.wordpress.com/ “Betty!” My father’s voice echoed in my ears. I immediately sat up, wide awake from my afternoon nap. My Dad had died just over fifteen years ago, at home, in a city … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Lessons | Tagged Father, Fishing, fishing buddies, grief, left behind, lessons, rod and reel, sorrow, wake up call, Writer's Island, writing prompt | 44 Comments

Perfect Imperfection

Posted on August 28, 2010 by 1sojournal

For Writers Island prompt #18: If Only http://writersisland.wordpress.com/ This is what I wrote, on the spur of the moment, the last time I was faced with this prompt: Circling Flashbacks Ah yes, those famous “If Only’s.” Vultures that visit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Perfect Imperfection | Tagged change, depression, downhill slide, Growth, If Only, perfected imperfection, regrets, revisit, upward climb, Vultures, Writer's Island, writing prompt | 29 Comments

A Half A Dozen Words

Posted on August 21, 2010 by 1sojournal

For Writer’s Island Prompt: #17 Time Travel http://writersisland.wordpress.com and We Write Poems: prompt 16 Six word memoirs http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/thursday-prompt-16-six-word-memoirs/ with additional six word topics from http://sixwordmemoirs.aarpmagazine.org/topics/General#share This is a blending of two different prompts with an assist from a third. A bit … Continue reading →

Posted in A Half A Dozen Words | Tagged different topics, list, Memoirs, mixed writing prompts, six word lines, Time Travel, We Write Poems, Writer's Island | 45 Comments

Shopping For Resurrection

Posted on July 17, 2010 by 1sojournal

For Writer’s Island prompt #12 reunion http://writersisland.wordpress.com/ Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection. __Arthur Schopenhauer I have a real thing about words, if you haven’t noticed. Love playing with them, tearing them … Continue reading →

Posted in Shopping For Resurrection | Tagged gag reflex, gray or blank, re-meeting, reaction, resurrection, reunion, Schopenhauer, shopping, taboo words, Writer's Island, writing prompt | 20 Comments

Challenges

Posted on January 30, 2009 by 1sojournal

In response to Claudette’s Writing Challenge # 1 “the Power of Creativity” Was very surprised when I went to check out the Writer’s Island prompt for today. The site has been closed and there will be no more weekly prompts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Challenge, challenges, writing prompts | Tagged activities, Art, Big A, challenges, choices, class, Claudette Ellinger, closed site, creating own prompts, Creativity, decisions, Definitions, direct challenge, energy, enticing self, Growth, healing, initiate, inspiration, no creative bones, old site, power, response, students, teaching, umbrella, Writer's Island, writing, writing prompts | 6 Comments