The prompts for January are provided by Elephant's Child and can be found @ Elephant's Child.
The general idea of this challenge is to make us write. Poems, stories, subtitles, tales, jokes, haiku, crosswords, puns, ... you're the boss.
Use all Words, some Words, one Word, or even none of them if that makes your creative juices flow. Anything goes, only please nothing rude or vulgar.
It is also a challenge, where the old saying "The more the merrier" holds true.
So Please, remember to follow the links, go back and read other peoples' stories. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one thrives on interaction, feedback and encouragement. And we ALL need encouragement.
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This week's prompts are:
Ancient
Life
Water
Melody
Lied
and/or
Medal
Speaker
Cords
Paper
False
This is an echo of my Friday Frustrations and more from November 2023 onwards. I only used one of the Words for Wednesday: Water. I'm still not totally out of my poetry writing spell, so a poem is what you'll get.
Floriane's winds have blown
and the waters all have grown
but our tunnel's dry as a bone
we can run to the bus and go home.
Catching the bus during the storm Floriane - January 2025.
All spring of 2024 the tunnel was closed, we ran, sometimes illegally under the descending gates to catch the bus ... the road was almost closed as well, bothering traffic in and out of town, but it was worth the trouble, just compare this:
The tunnel January 2024
to this: 
The tunnel January 2025.
How nice to have it dry, finally!
SvarSletIt is - waiting one hour for the next bus because of a flooded tunnel got old very fast. We're quite happy.
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SletLove your poem - and am glad you can again get home dry.
SvarSletThank you, so are we. Waiting for almost an hour in the rain is no fun. The station is closed from 2 pm on workdays and all weekend.
SletHad to look and see what Floriane was all about. That was some storm that came your way wasn’t it.
SvarSletShort and sweet poem, smiles at the end.
As for the tunnel….I’d be ok going down but would need a nice strong fella to carry me back up all those steps on the way home😊
Yes Floriane was a storm, bringing lots of rain and snow on top of the normal winter rains. In weather like that, the tunnel used to fill up with water, not so any more.
SletThank you ... hehe, we have to hurry up the stairs to catch our bus, Hard enough without carrying something or somebody :)
I like all the steps down to the tunnel, here in Australia it would most likely be one narrow flight and not at all pretty to look at. Good poem.
SvarSletNow you remind me ... most tunnels here are acuallly like this, and this one is one of the prettiest - funny, as Helsinge is normally not considered a beautiful town, and jokingly called Hæslinge - Uglyville - among its inhabitants. I think I have to make a theme out of Uglyville some time.
SletBeautiful poem.
SvarSletIn general today your post made us think and this is very useful!!
Thank you very much Charlotte!!
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