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BP: A Sense of Place: City Sidewalks

Posted on December 28, 2018 by pedometergeek

“City sidewalks, busy sidewalks…” was the most recent theme of the Haiku Foundation’s weekly column, A Sense of Place. These columns took poets back to their haiku roots by pairing a place with a particular sense. Like the previous venues … Continue reading →

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Graphic Artists: A 99-word Flash Fiction

Posted on December 10, 2018 by pedometergeek

Graphic Artists Angela was going to the museum to see the new collection of graphic artists. That is, until she got stopped by the train. It was a good thing she wasn’t in a hurry because the train was barely … Continue reading →

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Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction: Into the Dark

Posted on December 3, 2018 by pedometergeek

Snow Vacation On that first weekend in December, our family decided to spend a few days at our mountain cabin. We were excited to spend a last weekend away before winter. Flakes fell, becoming a blizzard, and soon we were … Continue reading →

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BP–A Sense of Place: Hiking Trail

Posted on November 25, 2018 by pedometergeek

The Haiku Foundation has had a weekly column running for several months. It is moderated by K.J. Munro, a haiku poet from Canada. Called A Sense of Place, the column focuses upon haiku written about a particular place as seen … Continue reading →

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Carrot Ranch: Crafting Scraps

Posted on November 20, 2018 by pedometergeek

November 15, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that uses scraps. It can be scraps of dried flowers, paper, metal, fabric, food — any kind of scraps you can think of. Then write a … Continue reading →

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My Aunt Remembered: 99 Flash Fiction

Posted on November 18, 2018 by pedometergeek

The Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction blog has been having what they call a Rodeo with particular events. One of the events was writing an anonymous memoir of 99 words (no more, no less excluding the title) with the prompt of … Continue reading →

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Carrot Ranch: Ninety-nine Word Flash Fiction

Posted on September 23, 2018 by pedometergeek

Dayton Peace Accord: World Affair Participants began to line up for the parade. For some nations, there were only one or two participants; other contingents had larger groups, but all were dressed in their various ethnic costumes. Voices grew louder … Continue reading →

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BP: A Sense of Place: The Mountains

Posted on September 21, 2018 by pedometergeek

The Haiku Foundation continues their weekly column, A Sense of Place, with the setting changing to the mountains. K.J. Munro still selects haiku based on the particular sense she is highlighting. For this series, she went with sight, hearing, taste, … Continue reading →

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Carrot Ranch: Flash Fiction 8/11/2018

Posted on August 11, 2018 by pedometergeek

Lone Ranger Going crazy, our cat saw something in the dark that she felt shouldn’t be in her territory. At first, I couldn’t see anything, but her night vision is better. But then I noticed the glint of dark eyes … Continue reading →

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BP: A Sense of Place: The Shore

Posted on August 9, 2018 by pedometergeek

The Haiku Foundation started a new weekly column called A Sense of Place in July. It was to take poets back to their roots of haiku writing by concentrating on the senses. Kathy J. Munro chooses the haiku based on … Continue reading →

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