By Scott Bailey © 2017
The Elixir
Swept through the void
Hunting
Stars glinting off the
Silver skin
The peak of human invention
Empty and silent
The Elixir
Daily Prompt
Scott’s Daily Prompt 04/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
You need to make a major change in your life. Do you make it all at once, cold turkey style, or incrementally?
Writing room
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Writing room
Green and quiet
With a gentle breeze
Sunlight warming
A cool drink
Solitude
Then I am ready
Scott’s Daily Prompt 03/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Writing room
A genie has granted your wish to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?
Air Miles
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Think global, act local!
We must treasure those Who are close and are willing To help those afar
Scott’s Daily Prompt 02/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Think global, act local!
“Think global, act local.” Write a post connecting a global issue to a personal one.
Flangiprop
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Flangiprop!
Flangiprop: Iscis tulartart Iscis tulartart Savvy savvy sah Holah iniquit Everar tala Notah
Scott’s Daily Prompt 01/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Flangiprop!
Invent a definition for the word “flangiprop,” then use the word in a post.
Burnt
Purple Star
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Deep bright purple star.
Piercing from the depths of roiling blue gas clouds
And a million billion stars
Outshining Venus and Mars
Swathes like silver paths
Some gathered in spiral wheels
And between them in the sparse dark spaces
Ships blink and travel on by.
A memory from the deepest well of childhood.
A memory that could not have been.
Scott’s Daily Prompt 31/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Burnt
Remember yesterday, when your home was on fire and you got to save five items? That means you left a lot of stuff behind. What are the things you wish you could have taken, but had to leave behind?
Fire
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Burning down the house
The mountain rained fire
Castle trembled, emptied of life
In time, forgotten
Meaningless
By Scott Bailey © 2017
Meaningless
Less meaning
All our words
Our angry words
Falling on deaf ears
Met with serious frowns
Hiding sneering laughter
Less
Less
Nothing
Only the attempt
Gives us life
Scott’s Daily Prompt 30/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Burning down the house
Your home is on fire. Grab five items (assume all people and animals are safe). What did you grab?
Through the Window
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Through the window
Blue and yellow flashes
Many shades of tan and brown
Black deep with sheens of rainbows
And a brazen red singer
Finally, the black and yellow friend.
The visitors to the table today
Scott’s Daily Prompt 29/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Through the window
Go to the nearest window. Look out for a full minute. Write about what you saw.
Ode to a playground
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Ode to a playground
There are live in graves
Where I used to play
Cramped houses
Looking all proud and clean
Destined to become slums
All dumped on
The orchards of my childhood
The woods where I played
Scott’s Daily Prompt 28/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Ode to a playground
A place from your past or childhood, one that you’re fond of, is destroyed. Write it a memorial.
Sliced Bread
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Sliced Bread
Ten thousand songs
In the palm of my hand
I dreamed of always having music
In my ears
I was in love
And I wanted the object of my love
Near me always
Now I have
The iPod, The smartphone
For the music alone
Is the best thing
Since sliced bread
Scott’s Daily Prompt 27/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Sliced bread
Most of us have heard the saying, “That’s the best thing since sliced bread!” What do you think is actually the best thing since sliced bread?
Music
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Musical
Music gives us
Emotion without consequence
Exploration without responsibility
Imagination without boundaries
It is the perfect space
To reflect our
Perfect selves
Scott’s Daily Prompt 26/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Musical
What role does music play in your life?
Eulogy
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Dearly Departed
Here I lie A dreamer Who fell in love with the ephemeral And never Made those dreams Concrete
Scott’s Daily Prompt 25/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Dearly departed
Write your own eulogy.
Ready, Steady
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Ready, set go!
Go!
They say, write
Don’t think
Just write
But for me
That defeats the purpose
I write because I can’t talk
At least I can’t talk eloquently
I cannot frame my argument
Or my thoughts
In the best way
Only when I have walked away
I write
So I can think
So I can find the best words
To say what I
Scott’s Daily Prompt 24/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Ready, set, go
Set a timer for ten minutes. Open a new post. Start the timer, and start writing. When the timer goes off, publish.
Shipwrecked
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Shipwrecked
I am shipwrecked
I sailed a sea of honesty and regret
I did not see the storm coming
So here I am
On an island
No resource or escape
And the horizon
Is endless
Warm Crackle
By Scott Bailey © 2017
There once was a time
When the crackle of vinyl
Was the path to love
Scott’s Daily Prompt 23/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Shipwrecked
Read the story of Richard Parker and Tom Dudley. Is what Dudley did defensible? What would you have done?
Scott’s Daily Prompt 22/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
I got skills
If you could choose to be a master (or mistress) of any skill in the world, which skill would you pick?
Sweet 16
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Sweet 16
When I was just sixteen
I wanted to change the world
Bring peace, fix all the problems
By twenty one I knew that was not to be
Instead, I would leave a legacy
Something by which the future would remember me
By thirty, the world was down and dirty
I was fighting for my place
By forty I was planning for those to come
By fifty I was fearing the legacy we were leaving
Now
I only crave peace
Scott’s Daily Prompt 21/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Sweet sixteen
When you were 16, what did you think your life would look like? Does it look like that? Is that a good thing?
Rules
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Breaking the law
I have lived in fear of breaking the rules
While the party of fools
Partied
Why
Did I fear
Adhere
Keep clear
Scott’s Daily Prompt 20/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Breaking the law
Think about the last time you broke a rule (a big one, not just ripping the tags off your pillows). Were you burned, or did things turn out for the best?
Run up and down the scales
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Apply yourself
Run up and down the scales
Patience they say is the key
To be a master of music
Run up and down the scales
Run up and down the scales
Repetition and I don’t agree
It’s just not how I learn
Run up and down the scales
Run up and down the scales
I like to hop, skip and soar
Produce something bad and improve
Run up and down the scales
Run up and down the scales
It’s still not a tune
Not even pleasant to the ear
Run up and down the scales
Run up and down the scales
When will my guitar gently weep?
When will the crowd cry for more!
Run up and down the scales
Run up and down the scales
I think you are getting my point
Patience. Patience is the key.
Run up and…. sod this! It’s brain surgery for me.
Scott’s Daily Prompt 19/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Apply yourself
Describe your last attempt to learn something that did not come easily to you.
Hearts Home
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, free association.
The rain on the soil Leads us to the homeward road Where roots are deepest
Scott’s Daily Prompt 18/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Free association
Write down the first words that come to mind when we say . . . home. . . soil. . . rain. Use those words in the title of your post.
Hesitation
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, In a crisis
Vacillate, hesitate That would be me In a crisis I know But I would not be alone We should be thankful For the impetuous In a crisis In these days They are a pain
Scott’s Daily Prompt 17/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
In a crisis
Honestly evaluate the way you respond to crisis situations. Are you happy with the way you react?
Knowledge
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Toot your horn
A tenuous connection but that’s how my mind works.
Knowledge is nothing To admit your ignorance That is true wisdom
Scott’s Daily Prompt 16/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Toot your horn
Most of us are excellent at being self-deprecating and are not so good at the opposite. Tell us your favourite thing about yourself.
Polite Company
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Polite Company
Polite company
Will not let you grow
It will smother you
With comfort
Only the harshest critics
Will allow you
To find the best seeds
To sow
Scott’s Daily Prompt 15/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Polite company
“It’s never a good idea to discuss religion or politics with people you don’t really know.” Agree or disagree?
Lost at Sea
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Ripped from the headlines
The headline on the BBC news website was.
Channel migrants: Thirty rescued as man dies off French coast.
He was running from fear
From death itself
But
Died alone and cold
In the sea
Because we did not want him
We wanted to be left
To dine in peace
On our cheese and wine
Scott’s Daily Prompt 14/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Ripped from the headlines
Head to your favourite online news source. Pick an article with a headline that grabs you. Now, write a short story based on the article.
Clean Slate
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Clean Slate
Rain washes the slates Grey sheen shines in the sunlight Ready for the moss
Scott’s Daily Prompt 13/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Clean slate
Explore the room you’re in as if you’re seeing it for the first time. Pretend you know nothing. What do you see? Who is the person who lives there?
Take Two
In response to Scott’s Daily Prompt, Take Two
Slightly cheating from the prompt guidance – these two pictures were taken yesterday. The first was a quick snap of our garage. We are in the process of clearing it. It was completely full of rubbish – including two big sofa’s. We need to start using it for what it intended and parking our car there.
The second picture I took as I caught sight and our hall wall. We have just rearranged the picture frames there and put up a clock. I was struck by the arrangement when looking from above.
The thing that connects the two? – Well see the poem below the images.
Time
Transforms
Order
To chaos
Utility
To waste
Decor
To ruins
Scott’s Daily Prompt 12/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Take two
Run outside. Take a picture of the first thing you see. Run inside. Take a picture of the second thing you see. Write about the connection between these two random objects, people, or scenes.
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