Saturday 29 January 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 90



Your prompt for Tuesday February 1st

We stay with children this week with the first verse of Longfellow’s poem The Children’s Hour


Between the dark and the daylight
When the night is beginning to lower
Comes a pause in the day’s occupations
That is known as the Children’s Hour


Use any part of it within your poem or prose then leave the url of your piece with Mister Linky
A comment would also be appreciated

To hear and read the poem in full go to Carry On Tuesday Plus


Saturday 22 January 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 89



Your Prompt for Tuesday January 23th

Our words this week will be familiar to anyone who’s carried children in the back of their car!

“Are we there yet?” 

Use part or all of it within your poem or prose then leave the url of your piece with Mister Linky.

A comment would also be appreciated!

There was also a film of the same name, and an advert by The Simpsons featuring those immortal words! To see a trailer and the ad, go to Carry On Tuesday Plus!





Saturday 15 January 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 88



Your Prompt for Tuesday January 18th


Our prompt this week part of the closing sentence of the 1950 film The Glass Menagerie

“And that is how I remember them.........”



Use part or all of it within your poem or prose then leave the url of your piece with Mister Linky.

A comment would also be appreciated!

To read the rest of the line and watch a scene from The Glass Menagerie go to Carry On Tuesday Plus



Saturday 8 January 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 87


Your Prompt for Tuesday January 11th


Our prompt this week is a quote from Tupac Shakur

For every dark night, there's a brighter day


Use part or all of it within your poem or prose then leave the url of your piece with Mister Linky.

A comment would also be appreciated!

To read about Tupac Shakur and read more of his quotes go to Carry On Tuesday Plus



Saturday 1 January 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 86


Your Prompt for Tuesday January 4th


Our prompt this week is the first lines
of the duet All I Ask Of You from The Phantom of the Opera

No more talk of darkness, forget these wide eyed fears

Use part or all of it within your poem or prose then leave the url of your piece with Mister Linky.

A comment would also be appreciated!

To read the lyrics and hear the duet, go to Carry On Tuesday Plus