Carry On Tuesday # 85

Your Prompt for Tuesday December 28th

With the NewYear fast approaching, our prompt this week is the opening line

from Helen Hunt-Jackson’s poem

New Year’s Morning

Only a night from old to new!

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

A comment would also be appreciated!

To read Helen Hunt-Jackson poem, go to Carry On Tuesday Plus

Carry On Christmas

 May I wish you and the ones you love a Very Happy Christmas

To read a selection of actual letters to Santa - some cute, others funny and several poignant, visit Carry On Tuesday Plus 

Carry On Tuesday # 83

Your prompt for Tuesday 14th December

Today I’m offering you not the first line of a poem, but its title. The words can be interpreted in so many different ways - messages misunderstood, signals misread, good deeds not appreciated or a lifelong lack of empathy as in the poem. In the words of Stevie Smith.....

Not waving but drowning

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.

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Carry On Tuesday # 82

Your prompt for Tuesday 7th December

This week we have a famous quotation from A Midsummer Nights Dream (act 1 scene1)by William Shakepeare

The course of true love never did run smooth

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.

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Carry On Tuesday # 81

Your prompt for Tuesday 30th November

This week we have the first line of Elton John and Tim Rice’s song from The Lion King, The Circle of Life

From the day we arrive on the planet

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 lyrics and listen to the song visit Carry On Tuesday Plus

Carry On Tuesday # 80

Your prompt for Tuesday 23rd November

This week we have the first line of George MacDonald’s extremely long poem A Book of Dreams Part 111

A gloomy and a windy day

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 poem, visit Carry On Tuesday Plus

Carry On Tuesday # 79

Your prompt for Tuesday November 16th

This week we have the first few words of The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

In my younger and more vulnerable years

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 more about the book and catch a bit of the movie, visit Carry On Tuesday Plus