Category: #theWildness
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30 June: Flash Fiction – Eternity of Green
Day 30. Write a short story about a hidden, enchanted forest where magical creatures dwell. An Eternity of Green In the depths of the forest, where ribbons of pale sunlight tease out shadows, enchantment lives. Tree roots are chiselled, emerald mist floats luminescent, insects fly in trails of stardust singing in notes to please the…
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29 June: Morning Grass
Day 29. Describe the feeling of walking barefoot on cool, damp grass. Morning Grass I’m a long shadow on morning,staring at the moon tiptoeingcool as a blossom underwater. Here I’ll stay in gleaming grass,in your womb of dew-drip moss,your green abyss and pastures. Morning grass, a chalice of dew,credo to a song that rakesat my…
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28 June: A Gogyōka Poem
Day 28. Write a poem celebrating the resilience of nature, even in the face of human challenges. Forest Fire Fire is reigning here aloneTrees in flames of glowing starsAsh, page after page, falling like snowTwo branches fall to earth belowSaplings see a broadening sky Poem form: Gogyōka (Japanese: 五行歌) is a five-line, untitled, Japanese poetic form. Unlike…
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26 June: A Letter to Younger Self
Note: I wrote this to my “younger self”. I’m old – the glass is a bit more than half empty. Day 26. Write a letter to a future self, reflecting on the impact of the challenge on your relationship with nature. To my younger self: preferable mid-20s because I’m apt to think this is from…
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25 June: Fair Eyed Sunset
Day 25. Describe a magical sunrise or sunset you have witnessed. How did it make you feel? Fair Eyed Sunset A boyand a girl. Flushed byheat. It’s that age of delightment,thoughts their bodies unhouse. They are waitingfor the #100 bus into town.No particular destination in mind. Just west.Just beyond the sunset’s backlights. It’s blazinglike a…
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24 June: A Conversation with a Dog
Day 24: Imagine you could communicate with one animal species. Which species would you choose and what would you ask them? A Conversation with a Dog The dog gives me that questioning look, a tilt of the head, and she says, Youre so quiet what are you quiet about She asks questions without punctuation. Without…
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23 June: A Tree’s Diary Entry
Day 23. Write a diary entry from the perspective of a tree, chronicling its experiences and the changes it witnesses over the course of a year. 23-day-old moon in its fifth cycle: My ancient heart is awake again, young as a morning smile. Condolences to winter and its barren days. I prayed like a whisper…
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22 June: Aimlessly Green #thewildness
Day 22. Describe the most fascinating insect you have encountered during your challenge. Aimlessly Green A white rose leaned,meek as if asleep. Petals folded deep in silence,leaves flung wide in defiance. And there stood a rose chafer,green like jelly, lime flavour. And then upon seeing me,it opened its wings, fleeing with a sharp, short buzz,and…
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21 June: On The Beach #thewildness
21. Write a short story about friends who embark on an unforgettable camping trip in the wilderness. On The Beach It was the four of us, two couples who hadn’t yet coupled, best friends more like, and we drove to the coast. The car was packed with camping gear. Just a small hike through a…
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20 June: On A Collage
Day 20: Imagine you are a nature-inspired artist using materials found in the great outdoors. On a Collage In this secret chamber wood,my knobby walking stick did break. In these cloistered thick-thatched trees,where light of day does rarely reach, my walking stick,though just a stick, caught in a hole, a hare’s perhaps,quite near a dry…
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