Writing Prompt
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WRITING OBSTACLE
Personify your favourite flower into a character.
You could translate symbolic meanings, uses, environments and lifecycles, or even physical features into your character!
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Emerging from within,
a jagged scar of concrete,
a lone flower,
crooked, leaning,
dusty pink petals,
heavy head, bowing, trembling,
as if unsure
of her place in a vast world.
I notice her because
I, too, am leaning,
heavy head, bowing, trembling,
uncertain of my place.
I pluck her, gently, tenderly,
place her in my hair, dusty pink
against tangled blonde.
Glance around, smiling,
at the immen...
Luminous petals, lush
Swirls of lustrous butter, magenta or snow white
Sheltering a bulbous spiky yellow
Center, I liked you before I knew your name
Languid hairy stems, splayed leaves
Beneath your heady blossoms
An inner weed, tenacious, dangerous
To be beautiful and bitter
A floral femme fatale yet your name
Ranunculus, a tongue twister
Setting you apart from commonplace cousins spearwort and ...
Lilly of the valley
Her beauty’s full of youth.
She smells so nice, it will entice
She’s beautiful and cruel.
Lilly of the valley
Her skins as pale as rice.
Her eyes show of an innocent
Her stares as cold as ice.
Lilly of the valley
Oh how I fell for you!
Your bell shaped dress, hair in a mess
You are quite the view.
Lilly of the valley
Your merciless, you are!
You grabbed my neck and stopped...
Rose will display her thorns
And Daisy carries scorn
Little Lily sometimes stumbles
There’s Peony, who’s not so humble
Dandelion ain’t too dandy
And Violet isn’t sweet like candy
Every beauty has its flaws
So you can just lay down the law
You’re so incredibly amazing
So darling please stop crying
Nobody is flawless
And everybody’s a mess
So stop judging yourself
And start loving yourself...
Look to the Sun,
the When times get tough.
Or at least that’s what they say,
After they tell me I’m not enough
Smile like you used to,
Before everything went wrong,
But I can’t ever forget,
I can’t go back to that sweet song
I know you think I’ve changed,
But don’t look at me like that,
With worry in your shallow brown eyes,
Just because I don’t fit your perfect format
I know I’m a sunflower,
B...
Slender as a twig. Colorful character indeed. Attractive beyond belief. Graceful and loved by all. Her spiritual journey blossoms. Purely a delightful being. Her innocence showed in her emotions. Thoughtful and gentle in all that she is. Purples, lilacs, and pinks fill in her hair, fitting her personality. Her life thrives under the sun....
“The most vivid memory I have from when I was little,”
I tell my seven year old nice, “is really when I was just your age!” She giggles and I smile.
“let’s see… your mama was about twelve if I remember correctly, and we were out in the meadow playing as we usually did.
That day we had decided to play flowers,
And had just figured ( after some heated arguments about who would be what flower)
That...
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