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TheFED Writing Challenge
for August 2009 is:
'Almost Smiling'
Writing can be in any form or style, poetry or prose.
Please encourage the rest of your group to participate, especially those who do not have access to the Internet.
You can submit your work by clicking on 'Reply' which can be found at both the top and bottom of this page.
Please say which writing group (if any)
you are a member of.
All submissions will be included in
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| Josie Lawson |
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ALMOST SMILING Each day it dies, but then I smile again For the golden sun to reign again Each rainbow arch - to catch my smile It is hidden, tears they cry, but sigh Angels they appear, you do not realize A friend, a stranger, words they tell Flowers they blossom, They almost smile, and travel the road, and swell Behind the Bluebell field Where the sun - smiles Friendship begins - No sin - but a big - big smile. (C)21.7.09 Josie Lawson (GROW)
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| Marie Neumann |
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Beta people
Beta dogs and beta b...
are meeting in the basements
of the churches
and learning how to live
without crutches.
They are learning that:
Alpha dogs and alpha b...
do not play by the rules.
Of course they are ones
who create
and change the rules
to meet their plans.
We are beta dogs and beta b...
working on various projects
like to create
and watch domino effects
and ripples in the water
after throwing the stone.
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| SALLY FLOOD |
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THE FIRST SMILE
Like sunshine bursts
through a cloudy sky,
a rainbow filled with colour
that brightens up the day,
I will always remember
the first time I saw you.
I held you in my arms
and saw the beginnings
of a smile,
the pucker of the lips
the wonder in your eyes
and then you smiled.
(c) sally flood
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| Dave Chambers |
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Merely Smiling
I've been idly whiling
away my time, nearly smiling.
Until the reminder bit
that I haven't writ
a word, not a whit
of challenge for this August month.
What rhymes with month?
Nothing! or so 'they' say.
I thought I'd found one onth,
but it was merely the dental jab;
that icy frozen stab
that made my jaw numb,
made my tongue numb.
Sitting made my bum numb
in that dental chair.
And later, I swear
my mates were whiling
their time, hugely smiling
at my discomfiture
with my dentiture.
And while they were piling
on the agony;
I was nearly, merely smiling.
Dave Chambers
Newham Writers Workshop
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| Ashley jordan |
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Almost Smiling
She squirmed her way around it Waited for someone else to do it Wished she didn't have to do it Worried she wouldn't do it well Wanted it to go away And then... Finally... When all the wishing, wanting, worrying, waiting and wanting had not worked at all She did it
She wrote her challenge for the month And - almost smiling - She went to sleep
Ashley Jordan (GROW)
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| SALLY FLOOD |
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ALMOST SMILING
I saw him across the counter
a small frown as he watched.
Behind him, the cigarettes
the queue lengthened.
I sat in my chair
waiting for my escort.
I saw him glance in my direction
was that a Smile.
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| Jan Hedger |
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Have you walked the giggly path?
That slithers and winds its way
Through the trees
With a hustle and bustle
In the Autumn rustle
Crinkling and crunching
Beneath your feet
Have you walked the giggly path?
Jan Hedger
GROW
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