Find current affairs & prompts below.
PAPPA RAZZI
Identity
Who are you? Well, we can answer the question in many ways
– what you do for work, for hobby, your class, your status – so
many definitions of you. Most people think that the defining thing
about you is that you are an individual. In this way your identity
is made. But I don’t think this is true. Always, ‘you’ are defined
in terms of your society. It seems to me that your culture says
as much about you as you do.
BRIT NEWS: Govt sent out 1000s of
fake job applications to see if they could
catch racist employers. With such tactics, no
wonder we don’t trust govt.
CRIME NEWS: Madoff gets 150 yrs for his huge con, but a thought:
he only got away with it because too many people in positions to
realise were too greedy.
BRIT NEWS: Queen needs pay rise – first since
1990 – ‘cos she can’t afford upkeep of
palaces. We should’ve increased it
before. £42m a yr for a head
of state is cheap.
READ WITH MUMMY
The Magazine Post with a gentle hint of horror
Totally Optional Prompts
Three Word Wednesday
Thursday Thirteen
ReadWritePoem
THRILLER
The zombies dance, they want your soul,
Heroes no good, nothing to console,
Riotous as they walk the night,
Intrigue – what a nasty sight,
Lurking behind every shade,
Lurid thoughts do pervade,
Everything – you cannot resist,
Run! Get away! If you want to exist
SEDUCTION
Fiction: To yearn for one so sweet. He took in the prettiness of
her; the innocence, the decency – the delicateness – wrapped in
a perfect figure of womanhood. Her long blonde hair, the flowing
white dress – all accentuates the feeling deep inside him. The
seduction is subtle and when they meet in an embrace, passion
grows to fever pitch. Soon they collapse to the floor and the
conquest is complete … Afterwards, they open their eyes – look
out into the street. Watch the people. He knows what he must
do, even though the blood lust is new to him. But she holds
his hand … sweetly …
THIRTEEN LINES FOR THURSDAY THIRTEEN
WEATHERING SOUL
Climate cool, feeling fine
Life goes on, you walk the line,
Storms approaching, run indoors,
Stop! Take stock – mental pause
Winds are going, life goes on
Survived the maelstrom,
Going strong
DONKEY DREAM
Donkey sitting in a field,
Rather silly, so surreal,
Umbrella shading its form,
Definitely not the norm,
Holding it must be a pain,
Especially as it doesn’t rain
© Anthony North, July 2009
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