Welcome to the Daily 2023 Just Jot it January Prompt and the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt for SATURDAY, JANUARY 21st! It’s been a busy few days, but things promise to ease up a bit next week, so yay!
For those of you joining SoCS for the first time, it’s a little different than the other prompts in that it’s not always a whole or single word. If you’re joining in from JusJoJan, don’t want to write stream of consciousness style, no worries. It’s up to you! If you do want to try it, please check out the rules below. It’s fun! Here’s your Saturday prompt:
Your prompt for #JusJoJan the 21st and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “count on it.” Use the phrase “count on it” somewhere in your post. Enjoy!
After you’ve written your Saturday post tomorrow, please link it here at this week’s prompt page and check to make sure it’s here in the comments so others can find it and see your awesome post. Anyone can join in!
Count on it: a Nonet.
Dawn breaks and cracks as the sun rises The pale moon chases her by night That’s how it is, count, on it Always tides ebb and flow You can count on it Spring leads Summer Nature’s way Count on It
This little tale of woe has been fluttering around my head for a while, so when I saw Geoff’s magnificent A Right Royal Nonsense today I felt empowered to add my twohapth. Cheers Geoff.
Pity poor Charlie
Pity poor Charlie he’s had such a wait Always being patient has been his fate. Mummy and Papa were determined to stay So he sat in the wings while they held sway. As first child he was kept at arms length So he did his best and played to his strength. Wife number one outshone him by far But she hatched and dispatched like a star. But she wasn’t quite royal in hiding her feelings And by telling her tale sullied their dealings. Wife number two is up for the work She knows what’s expected and she’ll never shirk. His children too outshone him by far Then their spouses also eclipsed his star. Now finally his time to shine is near Soon his coronation will be here. Unfortunately the spare has thrown in a spoke Of shutting him up there isn’t a hope He’s dishing the secrets and selling the dirt He’s got security and Dad on high alert. That is definitely not the royal way And Harry has left the firm in disarray. Me thinks the Royals have all had their day!
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “start your post or one paragraph with the word ‘anyway.’” Bonus points if you start your post with “anyway” and regular points if you use it in a paragraph somewhere else in your post. Enjoy!
Anyway I have been absent , not present, not here in body or mind. I have missed you all but I am hoping to be back now ☺️. I really want to be back with you guys anyway.
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Anyway you roll the dice you will never win. Fate delt the cards and knows the end before you begin. Anyway you chose to go Whether your speed is fast or slow. Anyway you want it you can’t demand You only get what’s in the masterplan. Anyway you start your day , work or play Be happy and enjoy it anyway.
Colleen said “This is the last poetry challenge for 2022. I’ll return on January 3, 2023, with a new year of poetry challenges.”
This is our 300th #TankaTuesday Challenge!!
It’s the fifth Tuesday of the month! #ShareYourDay is a way to get to know each other better. Take a photo and write a syllabic poem about your day. Don’t think on it too hard. Make it fun. The photo does not need to be a selfie. If you don’t have access to a camera, find an image on Pixabay.com (please add the credits) that best describes your day.
Marjorie sent me her wonderful new book to read. When I say wonderful I mean it is a book full of wonder. Marjorie takes us on a journey through her life from when she was a small child up to now where she is on verge of yet another life adventure.
In this little book of delights Marjorie introduces us to the three sisters of fate who basically are in charge of spinning out life, measuring the length of life and the ending of life. I won’t tell you anymore about them Marjorie will introduce them to you and then you can eavesdrop on their conversation and their jokes.
I really enjoyed this very personal book by Marjorie, her past, present and her future, her family and her friends . The magic she finds in the every day, her love of insects, creatures and trees her love of life. Don’t be put off by the word personal, this book is so welcoming. I strongly recommend it to you all.
Blurb
Do What You Love Fragility of Your Flame Poems, Photography & Flash Fiction is a personal poetry collection celebrating how the fates may have a part in all that we do.
With special poems and short reflective moments inspired by family, flowers and nature, love, scrumptious morsels, places I’ve visited, lived and intend to live in, the friendships and hopes I have for the future.
The overarching theme is to live a life well lived… And to do what you love.
float along with me
create clouds of sweetest joy
to do what you love
hold fate’s hand as we venture
near and far on life’s journey.
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You can preorder the kindle via the following link:
Release Date: 25th November 2022, able to preorder via the following links.
“I am thrilled to say that two of my poetry collections, (Mr. Sagittarius and Lockdown Innit,) have been requested by prestigious libraries in the UK: The British Library, The Bodleian Library Oxford University, the Cambridge University Library, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales and Trinity College Dublin for Legal Deposit.
The cover of the paperback and kindle have been designed by Colleen Chesebro who has a new service for authors which I can highly recommend. Colleen also designed the interior and cover of The Hedge Witch And The Musical Poet.
Poetry also features in my highly acclaimed YA Fantasy series. Each chapter begins with a short poem. The Curse of Time Book 1 Bloodstone and Book 2 Golden Healer are published by Next Chapter Publishing.
M J Mallon was born in Lion city Singapore, a passionate Scorpio with the Chinese Zodiac sign of a lucky rabbit. She spent her early childhood in Hong Kong. During her teen years, she returned to her father’s childhood home, Edinburgh where she spent many happy years, entertained and enthralled by her parents’ vivid stories of living and working abroad. Perhaps it was during these formative years that her love of storytelling began bolstered by these vivid raconteurs. She counts herself lucky to have travelled to many far-flung destinations and this early wanderlust has fuelled her present desire to emigrate abroad. Until that wondrous moment, it’s rumoured that she lives sometimes in the UK, and often times in Portugal.. Her two enchanting daughters have flown the nest but often return with a cheery smile to greet her.
Her motto is to always do what you love, stay true to your heart’s desires, and inspire others to do so too.
This week Jim Adams prompt for Song Lyric Sunday is to pick a song that reminds us of ourselves.
Well Brave by Sara Bareilles says it all for me. I have spent a lot of my life swimming against the tide, bullied at school, bullied and work then I found myself and even though bullying still happens to me I can cope! I’ve been too big, too thin , too quiet too accepting but eventually I learned to love myself. I no longer care if I am different. I am me! Then I started blogging and met all you wonderful people and that has made me everso BRAVE!
“Brave” is a song by American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, taken from her fourth studio album, The Blessed Unrest (2013). The song was written by Bareilles and Jack Antonoff from the band fun., as the singer was inspired from the struggles that a close friend dealt with in regard to coming out as gay. Bareilles requested Mark Endert to produce it with the explicit goal of radio airplay. “Brave” was released worldwide through digital download on April 23, 2013, as the lead single from the album, through Epic Records.
LYRICS
You can be amazing You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug You can be the outcast Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love Or you can start speaking up Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do When they settle ‘neath your skin Kept on the inside and no sunlight Sometimes a shadow wins But I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say And let the words fall out Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say And let the words fall out Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I wanna see you be brave
Everybody’s been there, everybody’s been stared down By the enemy Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing Bow down to the mighty But don’t run, stop holding your tongue Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live Maybe one of these days you can let the light in Show me how big your brave is
Say what you wanna say And let the words fall out Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say And let the words fall out Honestly I wanna see you be brave
Innocence, your history of silence Won’t do you any good Did you think it would? Let your words be anything but empty Why don’t you tell them the truth?
Say what you wanna say And let the words fall out Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say And let the words fall out Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I just wanna see you See you be brave
I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you I just wanna see you I just wanna see you
Well I have gone all sloppy on you all this week and I have used these songs before but they really are how I have felt….I was often made to feel like a waste of space…..but then I learned, I am not!
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“Firework” is a song by American singer Katy Perry from her third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010). Perry co-wrote the song with Ester Dean and the song’s producers Stargate and Sandy Vee. It is a dance-popself-empowermentanthem with inspirational lyrics, and Perry felt it was an important song for her on the record. Capitol Records released it as the album’s third single on October 26, 2010.
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LYRICS
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Like a house of cards, one blow from cavin’ in? Do you ever feel already buried deep? Six feet under screams, but no one seems to hear a thing Do you know that there’s still a chance for you? ‘Cause there’s a spark in you
You just gotta ignite the light And let it shine Just own the night Like the Fourth of July
‘Cause baby, you’re a firework Come on, show ’em what you’re worth Make ’em go, “Oh, oh, oh” As you shoot across the sky Baby, you’re a firework Come on, let your colors burst Make ’em go, “Oh, oh, oh” You’re gonna leave ’em all in awe, awe, awe
You don’t have to feel like a waste of space You’re original, cannot be replaced If you only knew what the future holds After a hurricane comes a rainbow Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow And when it’s time, you’ll know
You just gotta ignite the light And let it shine Just own the night Like the Fourth of July
‘Cause baby, you’re a firework Come on, show ’em what you’re worth Make ’em go, “Oh, oh, oh” As you shoot across the sky Baby, you’re a firework Come on, let your colors burst Make ’em go, “Oh, oh, oh” You’re gonna leave ’em all in awe, awe, awe
Boom, boom, boom Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon It’s always been inside of you, you, you And now it’s time to let it through
‘Cause baby, you’re a firework Come on, show ’em what you’re worth Make ’em go, “Oh, oh, oh” As you shoot across the sky Baby, you’re a firework Come on, let your colors burst Make ’em go, “Oh, oh, oh” You’re gonna leave ’em all in awe, awe, awe
Boom, boom, boom Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon Boom, boom, boom Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
We run this way and that always ending up blocked in . Thinking that there is no escape, we flounder and fall deep as if drowning. Our lives guided by Nature’s seasons through the Maze of our lives.
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