This week over at Write on Edge the prompt was to write something short and sweet:
Let’s lighten it up around here. And when I say lighten, I mean REALLY lighten.
This week’s assignment will require the fewest number of words ever: we want you to write a story – your choice of topic – as a tweet.
That’s right. One hundred and forty characters. Not words. Characters.
Make us laugh. Make us think. Make us want more.
A profession of love
like a cascade on parched desert earth.
Hope.
A long silence followed.
Longing.
Then resignation.
No more words.
Since it was brief, I'll include the song that inspired my very short story:
Posts
Love!!! The parched earth, hope, and the long silence. Such powerful images!!
ReplyDeleteYou've definitely left me wanting to know more!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't do this prompt for some reason. You? Hit it out of the park.
ReplyDeleteBeen there. Had that broken heart.
ReplyDeleteAmazing... I want to know more!
ReplyDeletePure poetry!
ReplyDeletegood song, good band, good poetry.
ReplyDeleteLiked it all Jen. Well written.
so sad. Well done! I love that you structured it as a poem
ReplyDeleteI love that first line :)
ReplyDeleteYour wording is just beautiful here. I love it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful choice of words. A haunting piece.
ReplyDeleteOoph. Nothing like that declaration without the return.
ReplyDeleteYou did it! So hard to write something that short, but this is really good. And so authentic.
ReplyDeleteYou took us from happy to sad so quickly. WOW. I love the image of the cascade on the desert. This is wonderful...
ReplyDeleteGorgeous words my friend.
ReplyDeleteI loved it this morning, and I love it still.
ReplyDeleteIt as so full of emotion, so well written. :)
So intense. I love how the silence rings in this. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYours is another "tweet" of pure poetry, something that always amazes me.
ReplyDeleteSo sad. It does make me want to know the rest if the story.
Total sucker-punch. So well written and also so sad. Your writing is so lovely - and the images are so strong!
ReplyDelete"A long silence followed...."
The resignation...killer.
ReplyDeleteOh, so sad. Hope unanswered.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done. So much heartache in so few words.
Wonderful tweet, if very sad. It's always better if hope is answered, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI love this story... that was so beautiful :) And I've never heard this Snow Patrol song before, thanks for sharing--I dig it!
ReplyDeleteSo good! I love how many emotions you managed to pack into such a short piece, love, hope, sadness, resignation, disappointment,it's all there.
ReplyDeleteAh, my heart aches here. How sad and beautiful at the same time.
ReplyDeleteYour poet's voice is so clear in this "a cascade on parched desert earth". Achingly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteit is so beautiful, but it makes my heart hurt. b/c i've been there. that silence---deafening.
ReplyDeletefabulous job, frelle!
xoxo
How cool, a tweet poem (twoem?)! Such lovely words to portray such heart ache.
ReplyDeleteThat parched desert earth imagery drove this home for me. And enjoyed your song.
ReplyDeleteI love this. Very creative and unique.
ReplyDelete(Thank you for stopping by my blog!)
I like the way you approached this one. Very poetic.
ReplyDeleteLove, "...cascade on parched desert earth." Wonderful, poetic microfiction! :>
ReplyDeleteVery powerful, heartbreaking, beautiful!
ReplyDelete"No more words."
ReplyDeleteNice....
Love the song by Snow Patrol, as well.
.... as usual your words leave me without... very beautiful and powerful as always..
ReplyDeleteLovely. So lovely. I love how you took the prompt and turned it into a poem. It makes me want to cry... that feeling of unrequited love. You make it so real.
ReplyDeleteYou're just so good at leaving distinct pictures with your words.
ReplyDeleteI remember this feeling. Great job keeping it short but packing it with a lot of feelings.
ReplyDelete