Permission for today: Write something small.
One paragraph.
One moment.
One exchange of dialogue....Every little helps.
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Not every writing day is productive.
Some days it’s one sentence. One word. One sigh.

But it counts because you showed up. Keep showing up.

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Add it to the list of odd places to type words:

In the gymnasium while awaiting my daughters dance competition
Gotta get to 40k
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Here's my effort

Eye Deceit?
Was that a flicker? Did my eye catch a glisk,
Thoughts peregrinate, am I at risk?
Nesh as I shiver, nerves prickle my skin,
Gastrolith thoughts grind, as the fear sets in.

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Write a short poem or story (less than 300 characters including spaces) that includes at least 2 of the following 4 words (extra poetry points if you get all four in.)

Peregrinate
Nesh
Gastrolith
Glisk

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Here's my effort

Winter's First Bite
Morriwin chews the air, blunted teeth bare,
Niveous hills horde gifts they can't share.
Feadan tries singing, persistent, alone
As grimmelings shaves the day to its bone.

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Morriwin - (Cornish dialect): The first light frost of the season, marking the turn of autumn into winter. Feadan - (Scottish Gaelic): A small stream or the whistle of wind through a narrow glen, evoking the quiet sounds of a winter landscape. Niveous - (Latin-derived English): Snowy or resembling snow, often used to describe a pale, wintry landscape. Grimmelings - (East Anglian dialect): The twilight of a winter evening, when light fades and shadows deepen.

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Have a go at writing a short poem or story (less than 300 characters including spaces) that includes at least 2 of the following 4 words (extra poetry points if you get all four in)

#Morriwin
#Feadan
#Niveous
#Grimmelings

Good luck 😃

Here's my attempt to use all four words

One Stray Spark
Feuillemort feathers the fickle forest floor,
Sparked by a glisk on a brief winter tour.
Surrounded by smaze, the trees cough and choke
Snirtles are stifled, a forest fire is no joke.
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Feuillemort (French) - Literally "dead leaf" in French, it describes the color of withering leaves—muted browns, yellows, and greens blending together in decay. It's often used poetically to convey autumnal tones or fading vitality. Glisk (Scots) - A fleeting glimpse or flash of light, often associated with moments of brief clarity or insight. It carries a sense of something ephemeral, disappearing as quickly as it appeared. Snirtle (Yorkshire dialect) - To stifle a laugh or snigger quietly, often when trying not to be heard or noticed. It has a playful, mischievous undertone. Smaze (English) - A combination of smoke and haze, used to describe a dense, smoggy atmosphere where visibility is impaired. It carries a sense of suffocation or unclear perception, both literal and figurative.

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Try your hand at writing a short story/poem that includes at least 2 of the following 4 words (extra poetry points if you get all 4 in)

1. #Feuillemort
2. #Glisk
3. #Snirtle
4. #Smaze

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Here's my attempt

The Weight of the Wait
Smirr drapes the world, soaking me to the bone,
My brain knust stained as I wait, alone.
Tsundoku thrums, rising like smoke,
A new book delayed, Iktsuarpok's cruel joke.

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Smirr - (Scots): A fine, misty rain, often barely perceptible but enough to dampen everything. Iktsuarpok - (Inuit): The feeling of anticipation that makes you keep checking to see if someone is coming, (pronounced eek-soo-ahr-pok) Knust - (Yorkshire dialect): A bruise or discolored spot on fruit, especially apples. Tsundoku - (Japanese): The act of acquiring books and letting them pile up, unread.

Calling all writers

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Try your hand at writing a short story/poem that includes at least two of the following four words (extra poetry points if you get all four in)

#Smirr
#Iktsuarpok
#Knust
#Tsundoku

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Here's my effort

Winter Feast
As mumpers meander, voice sore with song
Père Fouettard's whip lash lingers long.
Koliada calls as the frost bites through skin,
Loosen the yule-hole, let the feasting begin.

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#Christmas

Try your hand at writing a short poem that includes at least 2 of the following 4 words (extra poetry points if you get all 4 in)

1. #Yule-hole
2. #PèreFouettard
3. #Koliada
4. #Mumping

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Try your hand at writing a short story or poem that includes at least two of the following four words (extra literary points if you get all four in).

* Crambo-clinker
* Apricity
* Vrimmel
* Bumclock

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#Yoffle and slurp
a #vorfreude for
a pudding with
cherries and cream
the #sobremesa with
friends
the #guddle for a wallet
brimming with money
in a world of
overindulgence
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Here's my effort

Christmas Dinner
In vorfreude, we wallow, Christmas table aglow,
Hands guddle for trinkets, festive drinks flow.
We yaffle our way through the feast till we're done,
Sobremesa settles when tall tales are spun.

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Try your hand at writing a short poem (or story) that includes at least two of the following four words (extra points if you get all four in)

#Yaffle
#Guddle
#Vorfreude
#Sobremesa

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Raw Release
I cradle a fragment of yesterday,
sealed tight in shatterproof glass—
a souvenir of who I was,
before the hurt of today
sucked the breath from my lungs
and left me adrift,
yearning for tomorrow's
raw release.

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I married a woman
not knowing
she would always #grizzle
for the rest of our married days
then with a tragedy arisen
a #bumblepuppy moment
I watched her face
with curglaff
after she plunged off a mountain
into a frozen lake

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Here's my effort

Salem Songs
Bumblepuppy stumbles as frost clings to dead air,
Grizzles grow louder in the cursed central square.
Those widdershin witches defiant, headstrong
Chant cold curglaff curses at the gathering throng.

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Try your hand at writing a #shortstory or #poem that includes at least two of the following four words (extra poetry points if you get all four in)

A - #Bumblepuppy
B - #Grizzle
C - #Widdershins
D - #Curglaff

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Here's my effort

The Clown
Beneath clarty clouds, a clown withdraws,
Crammelled thoughts covering cracks and flaws.
Distant quackles shake the choking gloom,
As a hikikomori hides in a hollowed room.

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Try your hand at writing a short poem that includes at least two of the following four words (extra poetry points if you get all four in)

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My head was caught
in a wave of nostalgia
vellichor pulling me
along the way
All those books I’d read
as a child came
back to haunt me.

Never in a rush to leave
my bedroom
clinomania clamped
in my brain
The outside world
uninviting
all my dysania
won't go away
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