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Thursday, August 4, 2011

RanDoM ThUrsDay!

A poem and a quick prompt contest.

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The poem is for Haiku Wednesdays at You Know...That Blog and the theme this week is Distance. I took a favorite scene from a classic movie and fit it into Haiku form. Recognize it?

Like what? Like, uh, track!
Whaddaya mean, like running?
No, not just running.

It's something that needs
endurance and stamina.
Long distance running.

Cross country running.
Danny thinks for a minute.
Yeah, that could be cool.

And the quick prompt contest is from sharkly agent, Janet Reid. Appropriate during Shark Week! Here are the 5 words to write a quick 100 word story.
echo
fever
jelly
roll
t-bone

“Fever check!” T-bone said and smacked his buddy in the forehead on his way out.

The glow in the sky told him he’d better have a good excuse for being out all night again.

He cruised home on his Harley and never saw the branch in the road. As he sailed into a spectacular roll down the hill, the last words he said to the gal in the bar echoed in his head, Gotta live like you’ll die tomorrow.

T-bone smiled with no regrets as his guts oozed like jelly onto the pavement.

(a song came to mind after I wrote this, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjoRsEVHol0 )

14 comments:

  1. It's driving me batty that I can't figure out what movie that is from!! LOL

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  2. grease.

    the long distance running gave it away. my sister used to watch that movie over and over

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  3. LOL, it's not everyday you read a poem about Grease

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  4. :) Loved the haiku, and great 100-word-story, I loved the last line. :)

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  5. Is that from Grease? lol Either way, I love the Haiku.

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  6. I loved the graphic and gory "guts oozed like jelly ..." at the end ! Eeuww !

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  7. Thinks for only a minute? Probably rejects the idea too, right? :-)

    Distant Clouds

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  8. Grease, wow! Reminds one of lots of gyrating bodies all in the name of great dance movements. Thanks for stopping by!

    Hank

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  9. Awesome Haiku and story. I loved how T-bone oozed his guts!

    Ellie Garratt

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  10. thanks for all the comments!

    and it was indeed from Grease. love that movie!

    I'll let ya know if i win =)
    (tho i usually don't, there are so many great writers out there! and it's hard to know what kind of mood she'll be in...)

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  11. SO sorry I'm late visiting! It's been an insane week and I didn't have time to sit down for most of it.

    Great haiku - thanks for joining us!

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  12. Jenn, I am even later, trying to catch up on reading after a vacation. Love the Haiku and the story - although - yuck to jelly guts on the pavement.

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  13. Wow... the microfiction is absolutely fantastic. I love that!

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