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Reverse Shot: In Perspective
I am quite put out, With having to relive Someone else's perspective By today's prompt. I think I'm the first To acknowledge your point of view. I believe it's time, You noted mine too. ---Linus...
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Circuitous Paths: Deadbeats
A stranger came knocking at my door. And asked me for the shortest route To the next town. He was accompanied by his wife and kids. They seemed weary, exhausted, dead. I packed them off to the nearest...
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Finite Creatures: Mortal loss
Immortality is for the gods. Mortality for feeble men and women. Mortality strikes, Whenever someone you love or cherish dies, For a little bit of you leaves with them too. ---Linus Fernandes.
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By Heart: Not a rote
You ask me, sir, Mr. Daily Prompt Man, To recite a poem (or song), From memory, The first that comes to mind. I could sing a song of tuppence or two, I could even make up my own, But a rote poem, Sir,...
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Oil, Meet Water: Smooth as oil
I met a woman Who was as smooth as snakeskin oil. I should have known better. But I was curious. And then, all I was left with was briny water.
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Good Tidings: Past Future
I met my younger self of ten years ago. I offered to buy the young man coffee. He looked me up and down, and said: "I don't recognise you, sir. And I don't like conversing with strangers." And then I...
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Golden Key: Access and opportunity
Locks can be broken. Locks can be smashed. Locks can rust. Much like the love locks in Paris On the river Seine. Who needs a key? Keys are gifts. Keys are presents. Keys are easy. Keys are simple. What...
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Grateful and Guilty: Ingrate
What's to be grateful for? What's to be guilty for? If I'm grateful, I'm guilty. If I'm guilty, I shouldn't be grateful. Oh! What a mess. I'd rather be an ingrate.
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Spinning Yarns: Untold End
He started to tell me a tale, A tale he did not end. I was upset, I had been hanging on every word. It's only later I realized, Why the end was left unsaid. It was a narration of his unfinished life.
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Cue the Violins: The Sound of Silence
He did not believe it. His life a musical. What would it be? What tracks would the director play? Would it be pop, classical or rap? What would he name it? He voiced his curious anguish aloud. His wife...
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Sparkling or Still: Perfect Day
What’s your idea of a perfect day off: one during which you can quietly relax, doing nothing, or one with one fun activity lined up after the other? Tell us how you’d spend your time. His perfect day...
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Envelope Pushers: Gentle Shove
When was the last time you took a risk (big or small), and pushed your own boundaries — socially, professionally, or otherwise? Were you satisfied with the outcome? My mother asked me gently, “Why, my...
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Calling Uncle Bob: Unfix easy
Have you ever faced a difficult situation when you had to choose between sorting it out yourself, or asking someone else for an easy fix? What did you choose — and would you make the same choice today?...
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Shaken and Stirred: Ice Cream
I've never cooked a complicated meal. I'd rather try a simple recipe, Prepared in a jiffy and ready to go, In a little over half-an-hour or so. But if you really need to know The most difficult one I...
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Someone Else’s Island: Deserting the desert
We’ve all been asked what five objects we’d take with us to a desert island. Now it’s your best friend’s (or close relative’s) turn to be stranded: what five objects would you send him/her off with?...
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An Extreme Tale: Positively normal
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities When was the last time that sentence accurately described your life? —The Daily Post. The best of the...
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180 Degrees: Turning Point
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “180 Degrees.” They say you’re connected to the entire world, by just six degrees of separation. In that case, what’s 180 degrees on views, decisions or...
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Dissidence
Dissonance. Noise. Chaos. Fearsome stillness. Protested with dissidence. —Linus Fernandes. Filed under: poetry
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Night
Flashy tights. Trashy sights. Slashing lights. Intersecting, bisecting, trisecting, dissecting the night. —Linus Fernandes. Filed under: poetry
View ArticleWhy, Thank You?: Backhanded compliments
What’s the best (or rather, worst) backhanded compliment you’ve ever received? If you can’t think of any — when’s the last time someone paid you a compliment you didn’t actually deserve? (Thanks,...
View ArticleHead Turners: Non stunners
We often hear strange snippets of conversation as we walk through public spaces. When was the last time you overheard something so interesting, ridiculous, or disturbing you really wanted to know what...
View ArticleThe Mirror Crack’d: Reflected Mirroring
You wake up one morning to a world without mirrors. How does your life — from your everyday routines to your perception of yourself — change? (Thanks for suggesting this thought-provoking prompt,...
View ArticleLocked and Sealed: Shared Secrets
Can you keep a secret? Have you ever — intentionally or not — spilled the beans (when you should’ve stayed quiet)? What’s a secret between friends, Or enemies? If the secret’s only in abeyance, By one...
View ArticleAdvantage of Foresight: Playing Superman
You’ve been granted the power to predict the future! The catch — each time you use your power, it costs you one day (as in, you’ll live one day less). How would you use this power, it at all? (Thanks,...
View ArticleVoice Work: Read Aloud
Your blog is about to be recorded into an audiobook. If you could choose anyone — from your grandma to Samuel L. Jackson — to narrate your posts, who would it be? Who would read my posts aloud To an...
View ArticleSoulful machines: Cell Phones
Machines, appliances, and gadgets sometimes feel like they have their own personalities — from quirky cars to dignified food processors. What’s the most “human” machine you own? I’m lost without my...
View ArticleCosmetic: To-Do? Done!
#138699496 / gettyimages.com Quickly list five things you’d like to change in your life. Now, write a post about a day in your life once all five have been crossed off your to-do list. The list’s all...
View ArticleOverload Alert: Common Sense
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” — Gertrude Stein Do you agree? The World Wide Web (WWW) is a wonderful thing. It allows me to check, re-check and...
View ArticleAbsolute Beauty: Picture it
We’ve all heard that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Do you agree? is all beauty contingent on a subjective point of view? (Thanks for suggesting a similar prompt, Christian Thomas Golden.)...
View ArticleDelayed Contact: All the Mes
How would you get along with your sibling(s), parent(s), or any other person you’ve known for a long time — if you only met them for the first time today?(Thanks for the prompt suggestion, LisaListed!)...
View ArticleAutumn Leaves: Seasonal Fall
Changing colors, dropping temperatures, pumpkin spice lattes: do these mainstays of Fall fill your heart with warmth — or with dread? Autumn comes, Summer leaves. Can winter be far behind? I love the...
View ArticleLitmus, Litmus on the Wall: Alkaline Acid
If you had to come up with one question, the answer to which would determine whether or not you could be friends with a person you’ve just met, what would it be? What would the right answer be?...
View ArticleReady, Set, Done: Test of time
Our free-write is back by popular demand: today, write about anything — but you must write for exactly ten minutes, no more, no less. The charm of ten minutes, Can last a lifetime. Maybe. Can these...
View ArticleMouths Wide Shut: Bitter truth
Are you a picky eater? Share some of your favorite food quirks with us (the more exotic, the better!). Omnivores: what’s the one thing you won’t eat? #183827664 / gettyimages.com I’m not a choosy...
View ArticleThe Great Divide: Philosophical Non-fiction
When reading for fun, do you usually choose fiction or non-fiction? Do you have an idea why you prefer one over the other? (Thanks for a great prompt suggestion, Pallavi!) There was a time When I...
View ArticleTruth Serum: Q & A
You’ve come into possession of one vial of truth serum. Who would you give it to (with the person’s consent, of course) — and what questions would you ask? A truth serum have I, That you might choose...
View ArticleVerbal Confirmation: Acting on motion
To be, to have, to think, to move — which of these verbs is the one you feel most connected to? Or is there another verb that characterizes you better? #169707838 / gettyimages.com To be or not to be,...
View ArticleReady, Set, Done: Ten minutes to perfection?
Our weekly free-write is back: take ten minutes — no pauses! — to write about anything, unfiltered and unedited. You can then publish the post as-is, or edit a bit first — your call. If I had all the...
View ArticleHowl at the Moon: Werewolf
“Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.” — Allen Ginsberg Do you follow Ginsberg’s advice — in your writing and/or in your everyday life? If I were a wolf Or a werewolf, I’d howl at the...
View ArticleBig Day Ahead: Night before
It’s the night before an important event: a big exam, a major presentation, your wedding. How do you calm your nerves in preparation for the big day? The night before, There’s very little to...
View ArticleWelcome, Stranger: Bizarre Bazaar
Think about the town where you currently live: its local customs, traditions, and hangouts, its slang. What would be the strangest thing about this place for a first-time visitor? (Thanks for inspiring...
View ArticleIn Transit: Solitary Reader
Train stations, airport terminals, subway stops: soulless spaces full of distracted, stressed zombies, or magical sets for fleeting, interlocking human stories? #171062845 / gettyimages.com It is...
View ArticleUpturned Noses: Snobbish snub
Even the most laid back and egalitarian among us can be insufferable snobs when it comes to coffee, music, cars, beer, or any other pet obsession where things have to bejust so. What are you snobbish...
View ArticleReady, Set, Done: The world’s ten minutes
10 minutes. You and your keyboard (or smartphone. Or tablet. Or pen and paper). No pauses, no edits, no looking back: it’s free-write time! If I had ten minutes In which to change the world, Even a...
View ArticleDictionary, Shmictionary: Uncoined melody
Time to confess: tell us about a time when you used a word whose meaning you didn’t actually know (or were very wrong about, in retrospect).
View ArticleCounting Voices: Conversational monologue
A lively group discussion, an intimate tête-à-tête, an inner monologue — in your view, when it comes to a good conversation, what’s the ideal number of people? #57496016 / gettyimages.com Speaking...
View ArticleReader’s Block: Compassionate Companion
What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without reading a book (since learning how to read, of course)? Which book was it that helped break the dry spell? The question is : For how long? The truth simply...
View ArticleTwenty-Five Seven: Another hour
Good news — another hour has just been added to every 24-hour day (don’t ask us how. We have powers). How do you use those extra sixty minutes? http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/147521385 The Daily...
View ArticleAvant Garde: Johnny-come-lately
If I'm ahead of the curve, I'm sure there's one or more, Who can come along And make it better. And then there's me. Johnny-come-lately, Who can do one better than you. It cuts both ways. ---Linus...
View ArticleFalling in love
Falling in love, Being in love! What happiness! What misery! Memories linger! The lengthier the periodicity, the stronger the memory. Happy memories but fleeting moments. One does outweigh the other....
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