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9/13/2020

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​Each week author Suzanne Burke provides a writing prompt she entitles, Fiction In A Flash Challenge Week. This is her 17th week, and her image prompt is a corked bottle floating in water.

When I looked at this image, I thought of all those who threw a bottle overboard in hopes someone might find it. I wondered what a forsaken lover might say, and from that consideration, I composed a Tanka poem of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.

Perhaps you’d like to join me in this effort. If so, just click on the link above and you’ll be guided to Suzanne’s blog site and her instructions.
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I hope you enjoy my simple response to her provocative image.
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Suzanne Burke link
9/13/2020 14:50:39

This Tanka is both sad and haunting, Gwen. Thanks so much for joining in again. I have just had the pleasure of sharing this over on my Challenge site. ❤

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Gwendolyn Plano
9/13/2020 16:05:34

Thank you, dear Soooz, for providing the photo prompt and encouraging me to respond. ♥

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Karen Ingalls link
9/15/2020 07:16:00

Beautiful, sad, thought provoking. Well-done, Gwen

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Gwendolyn M Plano
9/16/2020 02:11:49

Thank you, Karen. To condense a story into a few lines is a challenge for me, but I'enjoy the process. ♥

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Miriam Hurdle link
9/17/2020 12:39:21

Great response to the prompt, Gwen. I hope he doesn't give up.

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Gwendolyn M Plano
9/19/2020 04:26:54

Thank you, dear Miriam. I hope he doesn't as well. ♥

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