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Laura's avatar

So true. There is much despair but, as we unite to stand up to injustice and hate, there is always hope. 🕊🙏🌈💕🦋

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Jason McBride's avatar

What a beautiful poem! I love the rhythm of it. I can imagine it being an ancient folk song. Thanks for the shout out! I’m always up for another collaboration!

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

How many hearts can I give this? Praise from the poet laureate! Give me a prompt and I'll create a story for you to illustrate!

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Jason McBride's avatar

How about the words robot and mountain for a prompt?

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

Challenge accepted!

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Connie Earhart's avatar

Can we call that living? Thanks for the little bit of hope.

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

It's a miserable reality, to be sure. And it is reality. I think, in order to survive, we so often distract ourselves and look away. I don't think we can afford to do that right now. It feels that much much worse is on our doorstep.

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Justin Deming's avatar

I really enjoyed this, Dascha. The turn at the end is so fitting!

Jason’s prompts and exercises always get me thinking and trying different approaches. I love what he does over at Weirdo Poetry!

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

Yes! He's such an inspiration. I really love the one collaboration we did. Hmm. Maybe it's time for another?

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Justin Deming's avatar

He is, and you totally should. Any chance you could post a link here to it? My memory is failing me. I’d love to check it out though!

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

It was an older story that he had really liked, "When Death Comes Calling." Here's the link. https://fictionin50.substack.com/p/when-death-comes-calling

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