Good morning Friends, Baristas, and regular guests here at the Go Dog Go Cafe, it’s level UP day here at the cafe! Last week we continued to see a growth in turnout with 9 brave souls taking on the challenge of cramming Blush, dangerous thoughts, Sadje’s adorable teddy bear photo into either a haiku format or an American sentence. Thanks to all. Links to each down below this weeks Challenge.

I hope you had a chance to explore Devereaux’s challenge “I never want that again”. We had some great posts this week, 9 so far follow the links through to these great posts down at the bottom of the page. You aren’t limited to Tuesday on that one, by the way1

How are we going to Level UP this week?

(BTW don’t forget to post them in the comments!!!)

Level ONE:

Incorporate two of the following prompts into your writing:

Devereaux’s “I Never Want That Again”

Eugi’s Stellar

or

Sadje’s picture prompt below (click it to jump to her page)

Image Credit; Hoi An- Unsplash

Level Two, throw them all into a piece or a couple and one of the Level Three ideas below.

Or Level Three:

Mix these prompts up with this wonderful song by the great Irish artist Luka Bloom, The Acoustic Motorbike.

Still working on mine!

Last week’s Level UPs:

Dangerous Bear Thoughts, a Haiku by Stephen

https://alifelesslivedblog.wordpress.com/2020/02/19/toy-haiku/

https://paeansunpluggedblog.wordpress.com/2020/02/19/goldilocks-part-2/

Eugi’s Weekly Prompt- Blush – 17th February, 2020

Dangerous Thoughts

Wednesday's Level Up Challenge

A Warm Haiku

https://realmommaramblings.wordpress.com/2020/02/20/dangerous-thoughts/

Dangerous Thoughts

And finally, a Round UP from yesterday’s Tuesday Writing Challenge:

https://meghasworldsite.wordpress.com/2020/02/25/response-to-tuesday-writing-prompt-at-godoggo-cafe/

“I never want that again”

I Never Want That Again

I never want that again… a haiku by Stephen

https://sillyfrogsusan.wordpress.com/2020/02/25/go-dog-go-tuesday-prompt-finding-home/

https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2020/02/26/old-enough/

Unmasked

Wake Up

https://paeansunpluggedblog.wordpress.com/2020/02/26/her-life/

Lyrics to Luka Bloom’s Acoustic Motorbike

The day began with a rainbow in the sand
As I cycled into Kerry
Cattle grazing on a steep hillside
Looked well fed, well balanced
Close to the edge

Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on
Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on

I take a break, I close my eyes
And I’m happy as the dolphin
In a quiet spot talking to myself
Talking about the rain
Talking about the rain
All this rain

Pedal on
Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on

You see whenever I’m alone
I tend to brood
But when I’m out on my bike
It’s a different mood
I leave my brain at home
Get up on the sattle
No hanging around
I don’t diddle-daddle

I work my legs
I pump my thights
Take in the scenery passing me by
The Kerry mountains or the Wicklow hills
The antidote to my emotional ills
A motion built upon human toil
Nuclear free needs no oil
But it makes me hot, makes me hard
I never thought I could have come this far
Through miles of mountains, valleys, streams
This is the right stuff filling my dreams
So come on, get up on your bike
Ah go on, get up on your bike

Pedal on
Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on

Finally
With my face to that bitter wind
I bombed it into Killarney
Skin raw like a sushi dinner
And an appetite
That would eat the hind leg of the lamb of God
Even though you know
I wouldn’t dream of doing such a thing
Then settle down for a quiet night
Think about what I’ve seen and done
And wonder

There’s a reason for this
Now is the time
To speak of the problem troubling my mind
Sick of the traffic choking our towns
Freaking me out, bringing me down
Knock down houses, build more lanes
Once was a problem, now it’s insane
My solution it’s one that I like
It’s Muddy
The Acoustic Motorbike
So come on, get up on your bike
Ah go on, get up on your bike

Pedal on
Pedal on, pedal on, pedal on for miles
Pedal on

Ah go on
Ah go on
Get up on your bike
Get up on your bike

Songwriters: L. Bloom
The Acoustic Motorbike lyrics © W B Music Corp, Wb Music Corp. O/b/o Luka Bloom Music

(C) 2020 Stephen Fuller