January Writing Challenge: From Maple

Hello everyone, its been a year since Ive hosted a challenge
so I thought it was time to host one again...

A year ago, I handed out a gift exchange with very bizarre gifts...

Nothing bizarre with this challenge... but something more inspiring I feel.. lets dig down deep in our souls and let the pen flow. Choose a prompt that you can relate to, that allows you to get in touch with a memory or just something that you have been wanting to write about for a while... lets just see where these prompts take you.

I am listing a variety of prompts... If you are interested, please choose one and send me your prompt choice in a private message.

The reserved prompts are listed below.

After you have written your poem, please send it to me and I will post the poems for judging and review. Let's get this started. Judging will be site voting....

Ill give you a few weeks... hows that sound?

Prompts:

5. Physical attraction to someone

6. A superstition you have

7. Someone you admire

11. sore muscles

12. falling asleep in the back seat of a moving car

17. A dark attic

26. Fork in the Road

27. Palm Tree

28. Cancer

29. Crazy Party

30. Porcelain China

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Prompts reserved and spoken for

15. smoke
13. A memory from childhood
20. An Old Tree
2. Falling asleep or waking up
21. A Locket
1. Being underwater
25. A Garbage can
19. A Church pew
9. a dying plant
10. shadows on snow
18. A Political Figure
8. The taste of medicine
16. A keyhole
4. The feeling of getting lost in a book
14. the smell of lilacs
23. French bread
22. A Train Ticket
24. Cologne
3. Growing older

Great challenge, Andrea.

Sounds great!

This is just awesome! 8 prompts are out- One poem is in :-)

I am really happy all of you are giving this a try!!

I am leaving this open until the 16th... plenty of time to grab a prompt and get the poetic juices flowing!!

11 Poems brewing... One poem is finished..

This is gonna be a fantastic challenge my friends :-)

Great to see so many getting involved - a true site challenge.

When you say poems brewing, you know what that makes me instantly want? Lol, I have a whole pot hot and ready just for me!

Can't wait to read entries and Maple, do you mind if I start a coffee-crazed contest a few weeks after yours ends?

Oh yes please do my sweet!

When I wrote that I had just set up my coffee maker for morning... Giggles

We have 19 prompts reserved so far, 6 poems in... Excellent start to this challenge.
Keep in mind if you would like to sign up its not too late, poems are due by the 16th..

This is awesome everyone!!

6 prompts left folks....this is going to be a huge challenge, the response to this is outstanding...I love it!!!

Do you realize you are flirting with a record?

Outside of team challenges, the most entries to a contest was 25.

Good luck!

This really is great, Andrea. You keep flirting with the record, good woman!

Ha! That is so cool!

I thought 25 prompts was a bit much, but maybe I need to add a few more!

This challenge is fun for me.. just happy to see everyone jumping in and enjoying this! People are truly taking this challenge and digging deep.. that is good enough for me!

edit: I did add a few more prompts.

I can't wait to see how this ends up, and whoa that's a ton of people :) Great Job Andrea!!!! You always come up with awesome contest ideas/prompts.

And this one is an excellent way to start off the new year!

P.s. MaryAnne, please do the coffee challenge! I'd totally enter!

Thank you!!!!!

OK everyone,

Just a reminder... These poems are due by this Saturday. I will be posting them for voting on Sunday.,.

4 more days for this :-)

I have this feeling I'm gonna get snowed in on Saturday... With the snow piling high outside along with 11 poems still out... Giggles

Bring it on..!

Just a reminder folks, these poems are due by tomorrow :-)

Oh this is going to be a fun weekend!

I have 11 poems in and waiting on 8 more... the writers of the eight will have them in soon I am sure and then in the morning I will post for all to read and vote on... This is turning out to be a fantastic challenge!

11 poems is already a good turn out. Can't wait to read them, Andrea.

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Yeah, and 10 of them are mine!! Lol

14.........this excites me lol

15 poems in.... One more possibly.... I will post the poems later this morning..