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 all. I hope everyone is doing well today.
Here is a prose piece I wrote and posted recently on my blog about my Grandfather: https://lucysworkscom.home.blog/2020/05/08/grandfather-prose/
I hope you enjoy. 🙂
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A truly thought provoking and moving read…
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Thank you!
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It’s amazing what thoughts can be sparked by music. Brilliant piece, Lucy.
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Thank you so much.
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Thanks for these opportunities GDG sending positivity and health advice i’d give me if i was my mother
http://wordslessspoken781842219.blog/2019/09/03/advice-id-give-me-if-i-was-my-mother/
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I love this! Excellent piece.
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Thank you Lucy. I too have been enjoying your work. Please keep sharing with us xo
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❤ ❤ ❤
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The kind of advice so good to read but so hard to give… to go be yourself and live.
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Yes. It is very hard and I agree with you friend. I believe that if I had a daughter I wouldn’t be so liberal with my thoughts. Knowing how the world can be I’d want to surround her with body guards 24/7. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts with me friend xo
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With two daughters and two grand daughters, one now in her teens – I had a sleepless night or two – and more to come methinks!
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Awww sending blessings and love to your family 🧡
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Thank you – and to you and yours.
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A wonderfully exhilarating read, with many classic lines… like these 2…..
” turn the page when you’ve mastered your spirit
nurture your brain and balance that heart”
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Thank you for reading and sharing friend xo
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This gets better with every read.
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Thank you Eugi 🧡
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love this advice.
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Thank you friend xoxo
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Happy new week.
Here’s a little thing from when I had time.
https://ederren.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/in-hopes-of-waking/
Enjoy.
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Brilliantly written and thought-provoking piece.
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Thank you.
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Hi thanks for doing this each week. I’m still reworking nursery rhymes for these troubled times. Hey, Diddle, Diddle has more bite than some of the others. Welcome your thoughts on it. Lots more if you enjoy them. https://andrewagreen.uk/2020/05/10/hey-diddle-diddle/
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Like the bite in this…
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So very clever and makes a good point.
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Diddle diddle sure has a punch to the strings in his fiddle…..
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Love the bite! Of course, he’ll blame his critics!
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Many thanks for the opportunity to share a post, https://kmorrispoet.com/2020/05/10/their-time-in-the-sun/. Kind regards, Kevin
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Beautiful with so much meaning. Excellent piece.
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Thank you Lucy. I’m delighted you enjoyed reading my poem. Best wishes, Kevin
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So relatable… and true
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Thank you Eric. Its good to know that you can relate to my poem. Best wishes, Kevin
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Some friendly fun in the sun
Is not available to every one
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Thanks for your comment Ivor. Certainly (given the current social distancing restrictions imposed due to the Corona Virus), you are right that fun in the sun is not available to everyone. Well, officially this is the case. Best wishes, Kevin
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Whatever rhymes
Under gloomy times
Inside my mind
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A meaningful and rhythmic piece. Love it!
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Many thanks Eugenia. I’m pleased you like my poem.
Best wishes, Kevin
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No one wants to admit we grow old! I enjoyed this one.
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I am delighted that you enjoyed my poem. As you say, no one likes to admit that we grow old. Best wishes, Kevin
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Hi! In these moments of Lockdown, when you have all the time in the world to think, these are some questions you ask yourself –
https://randomrantsruminationsramblings.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/ibn-arabi-alone-with-the-alone/
I hope you folks are all doing well and are keeping safe! God bless!
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Eloquent writing! Stay safe!
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Thank you, my dear! And you too!
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Hello everyone. Hope you are all well and safe. Thankyou for this again. Here is my offering today
https://blindwilderness.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/heartsongs-2/
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Wow, so powerful and breathtaking.
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Thankyou so much Lucy 😊
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Good to read you here, Lorraine – take care.
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Thankyou Eric. You too.
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Your heartsong breathes heavily…..
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Yes it may do, but it may be a beautiful song too ❤️
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Powerful, indeed!
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powerful
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Good morning from a breezy UK – WiFi been playing up – third attempt – here goes…
Back to the beginning of ‘Believing Sight Unseen’ – the start of ‘Their Days’ – a ‘May to September’ story in every sense – revised, pared back, posted last week, on Friday, as this:
https://believingsightunseen.com/2020/05/08/their-days-believing-sight-unseen/
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The slumbering bird in the hand
seems to have missed her man
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two from three – all possibilities?
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I’ll have to await the next instalment
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Can’t wait for the next installment!
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Thank you, Annette – I’ll post on Friday
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Welcome all to ‘Go Dog Go Cafe’s’ Promote Yourself Monday, I hope you are well and staying safe…. here’s my article, that I’ve been finalising over the weekend….
>> https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/tullawalla-17-my-shangri-la/
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https://padresramblings.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/secret-signs/ Thanks for the chance to share something a little different.
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Nicely written!
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Cleverly done Padre…
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Well done, Padre!
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A really nice chuckle out of this!
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Reblogged this on Ivor.Plumber/Poet and commented:
Dear readers and followers, here’s a great opportunity for your writings to be read by other writers, and also to find and meet other writers. You are very welcome to participate, come along and visit our writer friendly site…..
And please be careful, the COVID-19 Virus is still very prevalent and dangerous….
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I hope everyone has a nice week.
http://paperkutzs.com/2020/04/15/re-memoirs-of-a-soap/
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I shall be thoroughly gentle and kind
to my bar of soap as i wash my behind
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This is excellent.
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Thank you for the opportunity to share here. This time a post from my tribute blog and a bit of a biographical poem
https://agarretpoet.wordpress.com/2020/05/07/efeilliaid-eryri/
Stay safe everyone
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A thoroughly enjoyable story Jez..
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Thank you Ivor
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Beautifully penned.
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Thank you
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Well done
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Thank you
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Reblogged this on About the Jez of It and commented:
An invitation to share words and thoughts…
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Thanks for reblogging and sharing the fun!
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Happy Monday everyone!
Here’s a poem about solitude.
https://redcat.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/solitude-and-i/
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Wow, such a powerful piece. Tha is so much for sharing! I can relate entirely to your piece since loneliness seemes just around the corner in my mind.
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powerful
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Here’s a post from last year: https://andrewmcdowellauthor.com/2019/05/10/herbs-in-mystical-greenwood/
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Interesting! World building research can take so many different avenues! Thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome, and thank you.
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Hi!
This is the link to my weekly prompt post, What do you see;
http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2020/05/11/what-do-you-see-29-11-may-2020/
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Such a adorable picture! I must remember to respond!
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Thanks Liyona. Looking forward to your post.
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Reblogged this on Life and Times of a Quirky Character.
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Hi, I write short stories on my blog. They cover all themes and genres so there’s always a story for everyone. Writing is also helping me through isolation at the moment. Here’s one of my latest stories;
https://thestoryfiles.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/shortage/
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Great piece! I’ll check out more of your writing later.
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Hi! Here’s one of my newest poems about space and existence!
https://theyellowbrickave.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/galaxies-or-regarding-poor-prufrock/
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Thank you for the opportunity to share work and connect with others. Here is a recent poem about life reflections.
https://pianogirlthoughts.com/2020/04/25/journey/
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Hi. Happy Monday. Here’s my Monday share; a Haiku / Hark the Cuckoo Calls https://goffjamesart.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/haiku-hark-the-cuckoo-calls-a-poem-by-goff-james/
Have a great day folks.
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I’m confused, is the poem written on the image? I’m blind, so I cannot see it.
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The poem is printed on the image. Here’s the poem:
‘Silence breathless drifts
Mountains treeless bluebell-stitched
Hark the cuckoo calls’
Hope this helps you.
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Oh thanks so much. It’s great!
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Pleasure. Have a great day.
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Here’s a tanka I wrote. https://astridetal.com/2020/05/06/tanka-solitude/ Thanks so very much.
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Very beautifully expressed!
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Thanks so much!
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Here is the link for one of my publications I’m proud of
https://meghasworldsite.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/poetry-published-in-the-statorec-like-we-all-do/
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Congrats!! What an awesome piece! I love the way you write!
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Aww thanks so much dear.Really thankful for you read.
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If you like flash fiction challenges, I post a new 100 word flash fiction challenge each Monday at mmastorytime.com
Today’s 👉https://mmastorytime.com/2020/05/11/100-word-flash-fiction-challenge-18/
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Awesome! I know I promised to respond a week or two ago to your flash writing challenge. I hope to actually get to it this week! Could you post the link again? It looks like the hyperlink did not connect
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https://mmastorytime.com/2020/05/11/100-word-flash-fiction-challenge-18/
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thank you!
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I’ve found myself taken by worry lately and dedicated this month’s post to process worry through poetic imagery. 🌤
https://thesoulwhispersblog.com/2020/04/28/certainty/
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Wow, so eloquent and powerful through impactful imagery.
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Happy Monday and I hope everyone is safe and well. Here is my weekly prompt for Eugi’s Causerie – https://amanpan.com/2020/05/11/eugis-weekly-prompt-harmony-may-11-2020/
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I love the prompt and the piece you wrote along with it! Natures sweet embrace… I have been feeling this a lot during the spring 😊
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Thank you, Liyona! 😉
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Happy Monday!
I hope you get a kick out of this flash piece, Seasonal Allergies.
https://crowonthewire.com/2020/05/08/allergy-season-by-mark-tulin-friday-flash-fiction/
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Excellent piece! It is very relatable.
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thank you, Lucy
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Hope everyone is well and safe. This is my newest. I’m hoping to get back to read all the posts today. My little rescue Frenchie has several appointments I have to run her to so I may not get to read at all today.
http://aikalandros.com/2020/05/11/jagged/
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Such a powerful piece! Thanks so much for sharing! I hope your pup is okay!
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Happy Monday everyone! I hope you are safe and stress-free
Today, I am sharing a little ramble from my journal about social media: http://earthlybrain.com/thumbs-of-others/
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Love this piece! The thumbs of others… what a great way to capture the social media experience!! I really enjoy your writing and always relate to the words that you craft together. Thabks so much for sharing!
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Thank you! I am so glad you liked it x
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Here is my link
https://saltedcaramel670.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/blogging-insights-26-celebrating-our-half-year-birthday/
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Congrats on your blog series! It is great to see fellow writers commit to a project and continue with it!
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Thank you so much 💐
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Happy Monday! Below is the link to a poem I recently wrote in order to provide some reassurance to those facing loneliness at this time. Be well, Cynthia Cady Stanton
https://wordpress.com/post/becomingandbeholding.com/1022
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Thanks so much for sharing!
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A late good morning to everyone. I hope you are all doing well. Here is a story I just posted.
https://johawkthewriter.com/2020/05/11/grandfathers-legacy-flash-fiction-challenge/
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So heart warming! Thabks for sharing!
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Thank you for reading, Liyona. 🙏
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A quick one reflecting on the seasons:
https://everyday-strange.com/2020/05/04/seasonal/
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Love this piece! I enjoy how you have depicted the seasons so distinctly.
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Thank you!
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Hope when you read this post you’ll understand why I want to promote it Many thanks and a trigger warning
https://billiehuman.com/2020/05/18/talks-across-time/
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