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Prompt Of The Week: It's the little things in life.

User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 May 7th, 2022

Hello, community!

I hope you've been keeping well! Welcome back to the writing series, where I present you with a couple of writing prompts every week. If you haven't checked out the previous posts of our series, I've got you! You can find them right here.

Without further ado, here is the prompt for today:

It's the little things in life.

What will you be doing? Good question! You will be replying to this post with your original:

1. Poem

2. Prose (long or short)

As of now the word limit is a maximum of 500 words.

Happy writing and do tag some friends if you think they might be interested in this activity! If you have any questions about the series or want to submit a prompt, then please feel free to message me: @Clarisse29

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User Profile: 101Shortest
101Shortest May 8th, 2022

@Clarisse29

I want to be tagged for prompts please

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 8th, 2022

@101Shortest noted!

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mybu May 8th, 2022

I want to be tagged for prompts

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 8th, 2022

@mybu

noted!

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User Profile: JasmineFlower222
JasmineFlower222 May 8th, 2022

I glance at a small caterpillar on the sidewalk

It ran over the art I made with chalk

I follow the little insect until it reaches its destination

The caterpillar arrives to a tree

It wraps itself in a cocoon to no longer be free

The rain goes pitter patter as time passes by

The caterpillar turns into a blue insect that can fly

I'm glad I came back to this tree

Because I got to see the butterfly that is finally free

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 9th, 2022

@JasmineFlower222 beautiful!

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User Profile: JasmineFlower222
JasmineFlower222 May 8th, 2022

I want to be tagged for prompts

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 8th, 2022

@bigBlueberry1679

noted!

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User Profile: charmingPlum3097
charmingPlum3097 May 8th, 2022

@Clarisse29

roses are yellow

violets are green

this poem is weird

and so am I

User Profile: DIDisaythat
DIDisaythat May 8th, 2022

I want to be tagged for prompts, I love writing poems as some people here may already know. Poetry is an emotional outlet for me, sometimes my poems seem really gloomy but there is always some symbolism of hope or light in them. It's all because I write what I am feeling at the time. I like being free like this to just write what I want and not what I need to to move on. So I am going to take the 'little thing in life' and go along the lines of love maybe a wedding theme.


She's not striking any poses;

As she walks down the bed of roses.

He is standing there;

Then sees her dressed so fair.


With a ring on her finger;

And a golden band on his.

It is proof of what will linger;

Surely, you know what it is.

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 9th, 2022

@DIDisaythat will tag! and such a beautiful poem!

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User Profile: ouiCherie
ouiCherie May 8th, 2022

@Clarisse29

When nectars sufficient for the bees, why incomplete with a good night sleep

When water satisfy the trees, why a good laugh seems too minor to keep

The stormy rain may wreck and shatter, resembles the soul that thirst and bleed

But the rain can be pleasing and tender, a mirror to a spirit free from greed

The fresh green of the grass, the giggles in the shoves

the dance under the stars, and the embraces of loves

It's the little thing in life, that makes a man larger than life


Bonus: If day is nice to write a piece, would love to read yours too, Clarisse! 😀

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@ouiCherie

Omigoshhh how beautiful, Cherie, you included so many *wholesome* little things in life. 💜

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User Profile: ouiCherie
ouiCherie May 8th, 2022

@Sunisshiningandsoareyou

Thank you, Sunnie! 🤗💜 I tried sonnet and it's tough lol I enjoyed every moment crafted it, but as usual not quite satisfied with the result. Perfectionism is painful! Lol

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 9th, 2022

@ouiCherie sonnets are really tough! but you did an awesome job!

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 9th, 2022

@ouiCherie such a pretty poem Cherie! loved the imagery and colour scheme of the text!

I don't necessarily write poems but here is a short prose piece for you <3

I live in a city far away from home- bustling, shiny, huge. My mum calls me every morning, to check up on me and to make sure that I've woken up, that I'm starting my day with some love, that university and life, even though it's hard, aren't making me lose sight of my true purpose.

My roommate turns off the lights early, because she knows I sleep before midnight, because she knows I sleep better in the dark. I make her breakfast in the mornings because she isn't a morning person and we walk to class together, and because I know she likes my sandwiches and she loves my coffee.

My grandmother ties a red kalava (sacred Hindu thread) on my wrist, and presses a red teeka to my forehead every time she's praying and I'm around, because she believes it will protect me, because she believes her God, and my God will be kind to me.

My father slips a baby gif into my chat every day, because he knows it cheers me up, because it reminds him of me when I was younger, because for the two of us, I'm still just a baby.

All of this love, so immense, so important- it's all packed into the little things in life <3


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User Profile: ouiCherie
ouiCherie May 12th, 2022

@Clarisse29

For some unknown reason I didn't get the tag 🤦🏻‍♀️ Beautiful piece! You have such a wonderful loving family, and I'd be lucky if I had you as a roommate in uni 😀🤗

Great prompt! We dream so much and so big that sometimes we forget that's it's the little things in life that make us completed. 🤍

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 14th, 2022

@ouiCherie

thanks cherie!!

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User Profile: EvolvedScorpio
EvolvedScorpio May 8th, 2022

@Clarisse29 tag me for prompts

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Clarisse29 OP May 8th, 2022

@EvolvedScorpio

noted!

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User Profile: Augustmove
Augustmove May 8th, 2022

@Clarisse29 I am new but is it ok if I can start being tagged for prompts <3

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User Profile: ouiCherie
ouiCherie May 9th, 2022

@Divinemove

I'm sure you can. Tagging @Clarisse29 here as she may have skipped your post due to many replies 💜

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 9th, 2022

@ouiCherie thanks for tagging me cherie!

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Clarisse29 OP May 9th, 2022

@Divinemove of course!!! I'll do it!

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User Profile: ThoughtfulBlossom
ThoughtfulBlossom May 8th, 2022

@Clarisse29


Little Things


It's the little things in life,

That can make,

Or break,

The soul of humanity.


Every acknowledgment,

Every gesture,

Is interpreted,

Judged,

And remembered.


Thinking back,

We don't think of the bigger picture,

But of the feeling,

The intention,

Behind our actions.


It's all these little things,

That can change,

How we view,

This microcosm of a world.


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@ThoughtfulBlossom

Oh dear, this is toooo good, Blossom. You're fantabulous. ❤ it will always be the little things that matter, yessss!

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User Profile: ThoughtfulBlossom
ThoughtfulBlossom May 8th, 2022

@Sunisshiningandsoareyou

Thank you so much for reading my poem, Sun, and I'm really glad to hear that you like it! 😊 ❤️

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User Profile: 101Shortest
101Shortest May 9th, 2022

@ThoughtfulBlossom

wow my poem is similar to yours

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User Profile: ThoughtfulBlossom
ThoughtfulBlossom May 9th, 2022

@101Shortest

Hello, Shortest! Wow, that's so amazing - brilliant minds think alike, I like to say. I'm sure your poem is absolutely wonderful! 😊 ❤️

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User Profile: Clarisse29
Clarisse29 OP May 9th, 2022

@ThoughtfulBlossom so so so beautiful!!! thank you for sharing it!

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User Profile: ThoughtfulBlossom
ThoughtfulBlossom May 9th, 2022

@Clarisse29

Aww, I'm really glad that you liked it! Thank you for the compliment. 😊 ❤️

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