(photo: Ian Britton)

Hey there GBD!  You know you’ve missed it, and so it’s back…writing assignments!  I thought that for the first one, we could kick it back to the good ol’ days, when the most frequent prompt was “7 Words.”  So here are 7 words that caught my eye from the stack of music CDs on my desk.  I would’ve asked someone to pick 7 words (as Tabby and Kristin used to do), but it was really late, when most normal people were sleeping, and I wanted to make this post, so there. 

So for this assignment, write any kind of poem or prose using the following 7 words:

1. siren
2. hop
3. flavors
4. yo yo
5. bright
6. catching
7. rush

Here’s the poem I wrote, inspired by MarilyneL’s description of poutine, which I have never tried, but can only imagine is all about the yummy.  :d

Crispy cracks catching

flavors of delight.

The rush makes dizzy

my dancing buds.

Hop, skip, flip,

whip, spin silly

like a yo yo

set a go go

on a string.

You sing to me

your siren song

so bright with promise

of poutine.

I’ll be posting new writing prompts every 2 weeks, alternating with Taylor’s photo projects.  So you’ve got a fair bit of time to mull things over and come up with something.  Then send me what you’ve got (kathy at girlsbydesign dot com).  I’ll publish your piece along with the next assignment.

Here are the guidelines:

• The last day to submit will always be the Tuesday before the new assignment goes up.
• In your email, don’t forget to include the name you’d like to use as your credit.
• Try to keep your submissions to about 200 or fewer words.
• If you’re not comfortable writing in English, go ahead and write in another language.  GBD peepz are a pretty international crowd, so I’m sure someone will understand what you wrote.  But I will put it through an online translator to make sure you’re keeping it clean. 

Any questions, just ask.

And don’t forget to submit your photos for next week!  Taylor is going to post your pics and put up the new photo project next week.  Go here for the first project description, and here for the updated details on how to submit your photos.

Whoohoo!