Sunday, 18 December 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 136

This week I've taken the opening line from Eric Clapton's 1974 hit Let it Grow


Standing at the crossroads


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Saturday, 10 December 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 135

For our inspiration this week I've taken the first line of a poem by Robert H Smith entitled The Clock of Life

The clock of life is wound but once

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Saturday, 3 December 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 134


There's a chill in the air. This week I've found a  seasonal  poem by Edward Kofi Louis - it's called Dark Winter Blues. The first line starts with the following words;

The darkness of winter.....

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Saturday, 26 November 2011

Cary on Tuesday # 133

When Rachmaninov wrote his second piano concerto in 1901, he could never have imagined that  one day his melody would become one of the best known pop ballads of all time. This week I offer you the opening four lines of All By Myself


When I was young
I never needed anyone
And making love was just for fun
Those days are gone

Help yourself to as little or much as you need to come up with a poem or story, then leave your URL with Mister Linky. A comment would be nice too!


To read a very short history of All By Myself , and hear Celine Dion's version,  just click here

Saturday, 19 November 2011

Carry on Tuesday # 132

Time again to turn William Shakespeare for a prompt! It's from the Merchant of Venice

Love is blind, and lovers cannot see

Use some or all of the words in your poem or story, then leave your URL with Mister Linky. A comment would be nice too!

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Saturday, 12 November 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 131

This week I've taken the first line of a poem by John Clare written in 1821. It's called Autumn, and there are so many ways these words can be interpreted.

The summer flower has run to seed

Use all or some of the words in your poem or story then leave your URL with Mister Linky. A comment would be nice too.

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Saturday, 5 November 2011

Carry On Tuesday # 130

This week we have the opening line from a poem by Nicole Edwards.

Where are you?

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To read this very touching poem and a couple of others by Nicole Edwards, visit Carry On Tuesday Plus