Sunday 18 August 2013

Flash fiction - Circles

This weekend's Trifextra challenge has taken a huge swing up The Happy, Hopeful Hill. Hoorah! 

The photo below is our inspiration and you can read my 33-word effort underneath. Click on the photo to read more entries and be sure to comment and vote - there's some wicked (as in brilliant) imaginations and writing over there. There's also a great 2-minute video showing the passing year. The photo is a compilation by Eirik Solheim of different days throughout the year, taken at the same location in Oslo, Norway. Enjoy!

Circles


Every moment before birth; trees smile, the sun winks, leaves cavort. They may rest, but they always return. Daily, monthly, yearly… Life is a rainbow. Open your eyes; you will be reborn, too. 

11 comments:

  1. I love your imagery! Smiling trees, a winking sun and leaves that cavort! And your last line is so perfectly true-that's what nature does for me-helps me feel renewed and reborn! Lovely 33 words!!

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    1. Thank you Thank you, Valerie! Means a lot coming from your good self!

      Smile back at those trees!

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  2. A rainbow... I love that kind of life.. and natures should help us see that renewal..

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    1. Thanks Bjorn, totally agree. It{s Monday morning and am of to the woods right now to be reborn!

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  3. This is a bright, sunny piece!

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    1. Cheers Draug. I'm happier with sunny prompts than I am with cloudy ones!

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  4. Oh, lovely - you did a fantastic job bringing together the two parts of the prompt: the photo/video, and the plea for "soul-soaring happiness."

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  5. This feels very hopeful. I love it.

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    1. Cheers Ashley. As a half-full kind of person hope and happiness come more readily to me!
      Loved your poem, by the way.

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  6. Despite its tantrums, nature is never-endingly peaceful for its effect it has on me.
    Thanks for the read and comment, Jo-Anne!

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