On the tip of my tongue
My next sentence
One blink
Pause
The occasional random shiny object
And you're gone
Will of a wisp
Flittering away
Disappearing
Never to be thought again
The prompt is to write an apostrophe, a literary device in which "an absent or nonexistent person is addressed as if present and capable of understanding"(definition from about.com).
On
now to our weekend prompt. This week we are taking you, once again,
back to school for a lesson in literary devices. Remember the
apostrophe? About.com
defines apostrophe as, "A figure of speech in which some absent or
nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of
understanding." That same site provides some excellent examples of
apostrophes in classical literature. Check them out and then have a
crack at it yourself. Give us your best 33-word example of an
apostrophe. - See more at:
http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/#sthash.bqus16g0.dpuf
Arrrrg. I hear you.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Thanks for reading!
DeleteThis happens to me all the time. Soooo frustrating!
ReplyDeleteIt's getting worse as I get older!
DeleteHa! I can soooooooooo relate to that. I have to write things down right away, or the idea is lost forever.
ReplyDeletebest,
MOV
Thank you!
DeleteVery true, and I finally figured out the prompt from your response. Very slow today...
ReplyDeleteDon't sweat it, you've been ill. I don't have that excuse!
DeleteWe sure are on the same page!"Will of a wisp"-beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteA great one and so relatable!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteOh I hate when that happens. Those random, shiny objects!! Very nicely put.
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading. I appreciate it so much!
DeleteI love will of the wisp.. I can imagine chasing them. Nicely done! I like it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading.
DeleteYou're talking about my memory again, aren't you ;-)! "Will of a wisp" is fantastic! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Will of a wisp seems to happen more and more these days!
DeleteTricksy random flashes of genius. I have lost so many. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThat is one of the most frustrating feelings! I'll sit for minutes on end backtracking through my thoughts in hope of catching that one stray word or image again. Great work capturing that frustration.
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking up!
"Will of a wisp"
ReplyDeleteloved that line. The older I get, the more words and even some emotions get caught on my tongue.
I feel this when I'm writing more and more. I know that the idea is there, the piece I need is close enough to touch, but I can never grasp it.
as always, you wrote it beautifully.