Saturday 23 October 2010

Carry On Tuesday # 76


I’ve been wondering whether or not to use this week’s prompt since COT started, as I’ve been unsure exactly how it would be received. Thinking about one’s own death is not to everybody’s taste, but let’s face it, it needn’t be sombre.


The words of Rupert Brooke's poem The Soldier are as relevant today as they were when they were penned at the outbreak of the first world war in 1914.

We all have something in our lives worthy of celebration, so let's go for it! Here’s the deal – play along with me this week, and I promise a bit of fun next time around!

Your prompt for Tuesday October 26th

This week I’ve taken the opening line of Rupert Brooke’s poem ‘The Soldier’.

If I should die, think only this of me:

Use all or part of it within your poem or prose, and then leave the url of your post with Mister Linky and a comment.

To read The Soldier and hear it read, visit Carry On Tuesday Plus


15 comments:

  1. I waver between feeling utterly melancholy about death and being casual about it! I hope my poem reflects that.

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  2. Always interesting to look at our void.

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  3. Just remember ,,,,,,ya only die once........
    Sounds like a James Bond Title....

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  4. I used the prompt to respond to a blogpost I saw this morning that disturbed me a lot.

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  5. Mine's up....be afraid, be very afraid

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  6. I'm confused as the post is dated the 24th and it says the prompt is for tuesday the 19th. Help?!

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  7. Well spotted David! Date now corrected!

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  8. A well timed prompt, I think, with Armistice Day coming up. I continued with the Great War theme.
    Kari @ The Best Place By The Fire

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  9. At first I thought this prompt would be impossible to respond to without self-aggrandizement. Then I just started to jot down a few thoughts which seemed to take shape into something... I haven't written a thing in 11 days, so I wouldn't hazard to call it a poem.
    (Oops! I somehow left this comment after last week's prompt...Here it is again.
    Skylover)

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  10. Look forward to reading every one again this week. Last week was fun. Love and Light, Sender

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  11. I was honored to work with the lines from this Rupert Brooke's story is wonderful.

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  12. Wow, those words brought so much emotion. Very good beginning...

    Wysteria

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  13. Thanks for another interesting prompt, Keith.

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