Today’s word prompt is ’anoint’. Come join us at 6am PST (2pm in the UK) for 15 minutes of writing inspired by the word.
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N.B. Some call it hot penning or free writing, we like to call it a dash. If you are attending inworld, you’ll be provided with a word or picture prompt and the timer set for 15 minutes. Write whatever comes to you. Don’t fixate too heavily on what you are writing and disengage your inner editor. After the dash there will be an opportunity for you to show your work to the other participants.
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“Sliding?”
“Yep. Sheep,” he said.
“No.”
“Yes. Lice.”
“No.”
“I’m telling you.”
“It was the priest thing.”
“Yes, but before that, sheep.”
“I thought it had to do with the chosen one and all that.”
“Sheep?”
“No! The blessing thing and chosen ones and… You know.”
“You didn’t think sheep were the chosen ones, did you?”
“Of course not!”
“Well, it did work. The wool got slippery.”
“You’re ridiculous!”
“It’s true though.”
“Sliding lice. What an image. You’re nuts!”
“Life is slippery, even for lice.”
©2012 Lizzie Gudkov
ANOINT
I sure wish there was something I could use
to annoin myself right now
that would give me inspiration
so words would flow from my brain to print.
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Looking around the room for something magical
there’s nothing obvious to use.
No liquid, nothing to spray or shake.
~ ~ ~
Maybe I could rip open the chair pillow
and bang it on my head fifty times.
~ ~ ~
Ah hah! An idea dawns.
~ ~ ~
It’s raining heavily right now.
I could go to the beach and dance in the rain.
Maybe the rain would anoint my creativity.
~ ~ ~
Ummmmm….maybe not.
~ ~ ~
With my luck,
I’ll be anointed by lightning.
~ ~ ~
Franja Russell 2-29-2012