Writing Workshop: Sisterhood
Welcome back to your Writing Workshop.
At the bottom of this post you’ll find the widget to link up your posts. It’s open till Sunday so don’t worry if you haven’t had chance to join in just yet – there’s lots more time.
I’ve chosen prompt number one – write a post celebrating sisterhood.
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For my beautiful sister in the dollhouse.
I wonder what you see,
when you look at us?
Two women drowning in a sea of coffee cups and chaos.
Our earnest conversation punctuated with
exasperated sighs and shouts,
crisps and crumbs in aromatic air and hair.
I wonder if you listen to our whispered woes
and see the looks that pass between our tired eyes.
Our hands may well be wiping mouths and soothing brows,
but if you watch you may well see
their briefest squeeze
and something unsaid hang there in the space between.
I wonder if you squint and tilt your head a bit you’ll see
our twenty shared years fall like crayons to the floor
to leave two pale, determined, smiling girls,
still too thin and loud and free of mind,
our arms wrapped tight around each other’s fragile hearts.
Not letting go.
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So now it’s your turn. What prompt did you choose?
1. Write a post celebrating sisterhood: a friend, a blood-sister, or someone that feels like one.
- Inspired by English Mum’s beautiful post on love, sisterhood and friendship. Go read and take up her pledge.
2. “Why I want a ………..” – fill in the blank!
- Inspired by Two Become Four who was lusting after a new iPhone last week.
3. All’s well that ends well. Tell us about a difficult journey that ended with a positive resolution..
- Inspired by Little Mummy Erica’s moving story of her relationship with her Dad.
4. Tell me your worst habit(s).
- Inspired by Keep Calm and Eat Cake who’s been trying to break some of hers this week.
And finally, the last prompt is just one word. This should allow you a bit more creative freedom if you feel like taking the safety harness that particular week.
5. Found
- Inspired by Deer Baby’s post Finders Keepers
Leave your name and the URL to your post in the MckLinky below (the URL should be to your post not just to your blog) and leave me a comment to let me know you’ve taken part. If you have the time it would be great if you could try and read and comment on at least two other entries. And be kind! It’s supposed to be a bit of fun – we’re not looking for the next Booker Prize winner here.
If you haven’t had chance to respond yet, then you’ve still got till Sunday to enter your link! Or just wait till next week, when there’ll be five brand new prompts to get you thinking.
This Writing Workshop is brought to you in association with Mama Kat’s Losin’ It – who’s lovely author came up with the concept and runs her own workshop over in the U.S.
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Sat here slaving over a PhD chapter and this was just such a lovely thing to read, have tears in my eyes now!! Love you XXXXX
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Love you too lady. So glad you and a certain other Peach Melba loving friend liked it 
xx
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So tenderly beautiful, vivid and thought provoking. Love this x
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What a lovely poem. Love the bit about 'falling like crayons to the floor' and 'the aromatic air and hair.' Vivid and perfect. I can't do poetry to save my life.
I'm deep in novel writing at the moment – snatching every spare second my children don't need me – so I'm having to sit out workshops for a while. But thank you again for using one of mine as a springing off point.
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Ooh good luck with the novel! Wow I would be the first out to buy that. You are made for this! x
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Ooh good luck with the novel! Wow I would be the first out to buy that. You are made for this! x
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What a beautiful peice. So well put and brings back so many memories of my childhood. x
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Thank you Susan. We have so many memories shared me and my friend. It's lovely having someone like that x
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Thank you Susan. We have so many memories shared me and my friend. It's lovely having someone like that x
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Lovely – I too think the image of the crayons is incredibly evocative. Reading it aloud is a pleasure. Thanks!
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Thank you! I'm so glad you read it aloud! I think all poetry should come with specific instructions for it to be read out loud – you only get half the picture reading it on a page
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Thank you! I'm so glad you read it aloud! I think all poetry should come with specific instructions for it to be read out loud – you only get half the picture reading it on a page
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Beautiful. That is just what it's like with good friends x
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Thank you Sandy. Yes, I am very lucky to have her in my life 
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Thank you Sandy. Yes, I am very lucky to have her in my life
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How chaotic is motherhood! How crazy is life! Great celebratory poem. Well done again, Josie!
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Thank you! Yes, we do chaos rather well, my friend and I, with our three terrors! Makes life good fun though.
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Thank you! Yes, we do chaos rather well, my friend and I, with our three terrors! Makes life good fun though.
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[...] post was written because I needed to. It was also written for Josie’s Writing Workshop at Sleep Is For The Week, I chose the prompt ‘Found‘ . Go and have a look at some of the other entries or have a [...]
[...] is also a wee bit of a cheating post for the Writing Workshop because I wanted to take part but my “Sisterhood” post got trashed for being rubbish! [...]
Beautiful. Clever woman. xxx
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Another incredible poem! I feel the need to go and people watch!
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Oh you should! And then come back and write poems about them! I actually made that a little side project for a time – it was great fun!
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Oh you should! And then come back and write poems about them! I actually made that a little side project for a time – it was great fun!
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lovely, josie, just lovely.
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What a lovely poem
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What an unusual take on the prompt! You have written a beautiful piece here – excellent!:)
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Thank you honey! Most importantly my friend loved it so that made me happy
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Thank you honey! Most importantly my friend loved it so that made me happy
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Hello, I have just posted my first piece of creative writing for ages – prompted by you and Judiths room. Thank you so much for providing this space.
I will go and read some others now as well.
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Hello! It's good to meet you! Thanks for joining in. Will look forward to reading your post when I get some time to read through them all. Hope to see you back again soon!
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Hello! It's good to meet you! Thanks for joining in. Will look forward to reading your post when I get some time to read through them all. Hope to see you back again soon!
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great piece creative art i am inspired
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porridgebrain Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Love you too lady. So glad you and a certain other Peach Melba loving friend liked it
xx
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