Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
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Happy Monday everyone. I hope you’re all doing well and staying safe.
Here is my poem for this week: https://lucysworkscom.home.blog/2020/02/01/4348a-red-hyacinth/
I hope you all enjoy. 🙂
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Great job! I love the imagery through out!
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Thanks! 🙂
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Oh wow Lucy, mystical and wondrous imagery, ..enthralling.
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Thank you so much! 😃
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Outstanding imagery, Lucy!
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Thanks!
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Most welcome!
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Hello everyone! I hope you’re all safe and healthy.
I have another First Lines Given this week. I hope you enjoy the story.
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Here’s the link: https://robinleeann.com/2020/03/27/first-lines-given-4/
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Excellent story! I enjoyed reading it. 🙂
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Thank you!!!
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Nice twist!
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Thank you!
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Adored your opening paragraph….superb…
” I looked out the window at the rain trickling down the glass. The droplets raced each other down. The one I picked didn’t win, which sucked. I always tended to pick the slower droplets. Perhaps me focusing on them made them slower.”
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Thank you! It’s something I used to do as a child actually. ^^”
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Wow, Robin! Great story telling.
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Thank you so much!
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The dream like quality of the scene made sense with the twist at the end. Cool.
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Thank you!
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Hello. I am sharing a poem from a couple years ago, Apart From God, as a response to Fable by Janos Pilinszky. Thank you for sharing here and reading.
https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/fable/
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Great response! Especially the twist in the ending.
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Thank you so much.
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I love how you wove this poem from the wolf’s perspective. Brilliant writing.
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I loved that prompt, and the Pilinszky poem. I appreciate the chance to share it and my response to it more here at your delightful cafe. Thank you for your kind words.
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You’re welcome
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It’s Monday already??? Time flies when you are at home all day! Hope you enjoy this little walk-about!
http://muellermusings.com/2020/03/28/life-at-home/
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I was a bit shocked about it already being Monday too.
Great post by the way!
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Thank you!
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And I read it again Gail…. the video had me smiling….
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Dogs to the rescue!!! They bring me such joy that I have to share it!
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Thank you Gael, I love to seem them 💙🌏
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This post made me smile! Beautiful photos and love the video.
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The dogs always make me smile. Happy to spread their joy!
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💛 💚
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Thank your lucky dogs for getting you out! And thank you for sharing.
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Health and peace to all and thanks for the opportunity 🧡 https://wordslessspoken781842219.blog/2019/05/03/azures/
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So beautifully written. An excellent piece with so much emotion. ❤ ❤
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Thank you Lucy 🧡
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Like a weeping twig… this is sublime….. and the finale 2 lines are superb….
“azures of my soul died away
my tear lands in the shot glass”
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Thanks Ivor please take good care Xo
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“azures of my soul died away” an original and heartbreaking way to express that pain. Well done.
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Thank you so very much friend for reading and visiting please take good care and be safe 🧡
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It’s so good to read you here… take care out there my friend.
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You too friend be blessed and not troubled 🧡
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Wow! Superb, mb!
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Will catch up on the round up from last week later today… here is my share!
https://fullbeardlit.org/2020/03/29/the-ocean-when-still-a-5-oclock-poem-by-stephen-fuller-with-audio/
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I loved your audio reading Stephen, your personal accentuated the essence of words…..and this piece appealed to me
“I could become the red arid dust of Mars;
I could become the toxic gas of Venus
and vie with the moon for your affection at night.”
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Thank you Ivor. Those lines were ones I spent a bit of time with tweaking to get right and am very glad you enjoyed them! Doing go audio really helps close the distance both that which is inevitable in a virtual cafe and that which is part of this social distancing tome
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Well done, you narrated the word superbly….
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🤓🧼🖐🙏🖐🧼🤓
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I love the audio. It adds so much to the meaning of the poem. Fabulous piece, Stephen.
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Thank you so very much Eugi
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You’re welcome.
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This poem is powerful, and I hope one day I can read my work as well. Your voice is resonant as are the many levels of meaning in the poem. My favorite of yours so far.
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Thank you so much Barbara for all of these kind words. 🤓
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Is it Monday already? Hope you are well. Here are a few lines. Enjoy
https://johawkthewriter.com/2020/03/29/family-tradition-weekend-writing-prompt/
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A very eloquent response to the prompt Jo
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Thank you Ivor.
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The photo is intriguing and I wonder where the road leads to. Excellent response to the prompt.
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I loved the photo, and I love that you enjoyed the story, Eugenia. ❤
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My pleasure! 💛 💚
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Hey people. So it’s Monday once again. Have a good day everyone. Thankyou for this opportunity once again. Herenis my offering for today
https://blindwilderness.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/ah-life/
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Nature’s ways are indeed wondrous…..
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If only we enjoyed nature more and infringed upon it less.
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Absolutely. Thanks
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Well said!
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Thankyou Eugenia
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Happy new week.
Here’s a little one from last week.
https://ederren.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/a-gesture/
Enjoy.
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I think that wish for a Utopia, is an impossible dream
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Such is the dream of wanting to help everyone.
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This is ‘It’ for Monday at the Go Dog Go Cafe…
https://believingsightunseen.com/2020/01/09/it/
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Oh,what could have been ??
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I don’t know how you do it but you always do.
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Thank you, Eugenia – I try to leave it to my sub-conscious and keep my conscious mind out of it!
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G’day from down under…. and yes we’re in lock-down too…. hopefully you are keeping well, and please stay safe….. Today’s Senryu is about an uplifting event that happen to grace my day….
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2020/03/30/a-card-for-the-plumber-poet/
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Here’s an old post on pen names: https://andrewmcdowellauthor.com/2017/04/03/nom-de-plume/
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Good article Andrew… myself, I’ve always used ‘Ivor’ or my whole name ‘Ivor Steven’…. the unusual qualities of my name seem to be intriguing enough….
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Thank you.
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Hello everyone, happy Monday! A stop sign, rain and our global situation provided the motivation for this piece.
https://maryjmelange.wordpress.com/2020/03/30/rain-on-fleshy-cheeks/
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I shall keep inhaling deeper into life……
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A nice reminder at this time in history.
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Definitely!
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I love the theme and the shape the poem takes. Nice job!
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Thank you for your positive feedback!
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Wonderful work!
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Thank you again! https://nuthousecentral.wordpress.com/2020/03/30/still-waiting/
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Truly fascinating….
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Thank you!
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https://padresramblings.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/march-26th/ Something a little different. Thanks for letting me share.
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Love the tension. Would make a great hook for a longer work.
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The fortune of foresight….
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Took some inspiration from Shakespeare last week:
https://everyday-strange.com/2020/03/26/the-vultures-stared/
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Excellent!
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Thank you!
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Beautifully written and I love the mood/tone of the piece, along with the repetition. Absolutely brilliant with the imagery—it really conveys the mystery within the piece. I enjoyed reading it. ❤️
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Thank you! I had a lot of fun writing it.
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I love the powerful use of your repetition line.. superbly effective here in your poem….
” The vultures stared, what did it mean?”
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Thank you! It was inspired by an actual flock of vultures that spent the winter hanging out on my roof and a dead tree in the backyard.
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The results of your inspiration worked well..
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Happy Monday everyone,
Today I ‘m sharing my poem ” We, the broken”
https://meghasworldsite.wordpress.com/2019/04/26/we-the-broken/
Hope you like it
Megha
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The last four lines hit the gut.
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Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
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So many graceful lines, and these stood out for me…
“We, the broken
like a lost piece of the puzzle
always searching”
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Thanks so much Ivor
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I can relate, especially at this time. I hope all the pieces of the puzzle can be found and untied again.
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Thanks, Yes it true this becomes more relevant for today’s times when we all are hunkered down in our corners.
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Happy Monday. Hope everyone is safe and well. This started out as a celebration of spring, or that’s what I intended, but it morphed into something else as I wrote. It seems that’s the way it wanted to stay for now–no matter how I tried to change it into what I wanted.
http://aikalandros.com/2020/03/30/arrival-of-spring/
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A powerful piece, and liked these poignant lines…..
“For everything was ours to take.
We’d killed each other
For these grotesquely grandiose ideas,
While calling ourselves Godly,
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Happy Monday everyone!
Today the winter Sweden didn’t have is giving us swirling snow one minute and warm spring sunlight the next.
I’ll keep to form and share something written during the weekend. Enjoy!
https://redcat.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/so-granny-says/
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Well done, exquisitely poignant…. my fav’ line…
“Economic systems benefiting the few”
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May grace be with you and yours in these trying times!
https://extraordinarysunshineweaver.blog/2020/03/27/grace-2/
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Your opening 3 lines are superb Barbara, and your audio narration was lovely…..thank you…
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Thank you so much! I appreciate is feedback. 🌹
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I see I made a typo, Ivor. I meant, I appreciate THE feedback. 🤪
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Good Morning Go Dog Go Cafe! Here is my week prompt at Eugi’s Causerie – https://amanpan.com/2020/03/30/eugis-weekly-prompt-enlighten-march-30-2020/
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An interesting prompt Eugenia….
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Trusting all you fabulous writers are well and safe. The world should be so little without your light
https://innerdialects.home.blog/2020/03/30/hiding-place/
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In hiding, shelter and hope we seek…..
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Many thanks for the opportunity to share a post, https://kmorrispoet.com/2020/03/29/the-weather-was-chill/. Kind regards, Kevin
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Yes Kevin…may the birds keep singing the tunes of hope…
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In two days NaPoWriMo starts and I’m freaking out at the thought of a poem a day. We shall see. It will be my third. Here is the day from last April when I shook certain pears:
https://manjameximoving.wordpress.com/2019/04/27/day-27-the-day-pears-got-shaken/
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Haha, I smiled with limerick … and your poem is superb, and second stanza stood out for me
“To stand in thy affairs, flesh born of love,
betraying deep oaths of thy deep kindness,
was vowing new hate after new bed-vow.
Healthful remedy gave eyes to blindness.”
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Thank you, Ivor. I had much fun with this poem. I’m glad it comes across.
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Hi, everyone! My post for the week:
https://tanyacliff.com/2020/03/30/distant/
Can’t wait to get around and read the shared posts.
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A very poignant poem Tanya… which was deeply moving for me….💙🌏
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Thank you, Ivor! Stay safe and healthy, my friend! 😘
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Hi! Here’s the link to this weeks Prompt post,
What do you see;
http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2020/03/30/what-do-you-see-23-30th-march-2020/
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Catch Fire: https://sarahrittersite.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/catch-fire
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Oh Sarah, I’ve tons of paper to add to fire …. adored your finale 2 lines…
“As we return to the warmth our own fire
Un-smothered by the weight of paper”
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A reflective Haibun for you this evening – https://www.djranch.org/2020/03/30/haibun-an-istj-introvert/
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I commented on your site Donna…
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