Wednesday, October 17, 2007
3WW #57
Welcome to Three Word Wednesday. Each week, I will post three (or more) words. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write something using all of those words. It can be a few lines, a story, a poem, anything.
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This week's words are:
Field
Hide
Second
To most, it's a place that time forgot, with abandoned storefronts and old two story buildings.
To him, it's a bustling town square where a man could take care of any and all business he might have to do in a single day.
To most, it's an overgrown field on the corner, badly in need of mowing.
To him, it's a neatly kept baseball diamond, alive with the sound of kids, including a scrawny but quick shortstop wearing an oversized jersey and a hand-me-down glove that belonged to his grandpa.
To most, it's long overdue for demolition, an eyesore they wish they could hide.
To him, it's the nickel matinee, with all the big stars on the marquee--Gable, Bogart, Hepburn, and Bacall--where he spent every Sunday afternoon for three years.
To most, he's slow and sometimes gets in the way, and he'll talk your head off for an hour if you ever let him get started.
To him, there's no reason to be in a hurry, and the best part of life is the people.
To most, it seems like there will always be plenty of days and years and more time.
But he knows. One second you're ten years old playing shortstop, then you turn around...
"So he walked downtown with his cane pole, looking through the window of what used to be the drugstore. Next to the cafe where he laughed away his life..."
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Fields of Dreams
http://greengrassramblings.blogspot.com/2007/10/3ww-field-hide-second.html
-Charles
Competition
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http://a-mus-ing.blogspot.com/2007/10/publically-speaking-3ww.html
Here's me. I am swamped and didn't really have enough time. Sorry....though I loved the prompt.
Tulips and Sequoias
This is the edgiest thing I have ever written but it has nothing explicit--other than saying that they're doing something--and I used to read cards but...and I do read my horoscope every day when I remember
Anyway, my post is up.
rambling
http://www.herburban.com/?p=2341
Mad Kane
Sorry I didn't make it by to visit anybody last week. I had an upsetting call from my vet after I posted on Wednesday, ended up having to put the horse down on Friday... the one I'd bred to be my competition horse. We were supposed to start working together this week. It was a hell of a week last week.
--Gay
Another dark one - I'm beginning to wonder where all of this darkness is coming from. *grin*
An Imaginary Friend
3WW
or
http://walktotheleft.blogspot.com/2007/10/three-word-wednesday-12.html
Sorry, it's a bit longer than usual.
Go *HERE* for short poem.
~S
I'm now going to try to create a link to my entry. If it doesn't work I apologize in advance, and will post the poem in toto. If it does, click:
PRACTICE
3ww Haiku
http://mariacristina.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/the-pickup-truck-and-3ww/
Thanks for the great prompt, Bone!
http://uplatette.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/3ww-9/
See. I knew I could knock one out.
alpha and omega
Wings Soar High
"thirteen"
Regardless, I don't think I'll get to anyone's until later tomorrow, but I'll be by to read them all!
Blood Mother Blog
It's titled Hide
Have a nice day.
Michelle
I will be out all day but will comment later
next week I promise... or I will run out to the field and hide my head under second base like an ostridge!
I'll have to visit some of your followers!
To us, he is very famliar person..
To me, he reminded of my dad...
To you, I thank profusely for this post.
also great that you maintained style consistency throughout.
For me personally, I see my grandpa in a lot of it... and my hometown. It seems to me that regardless of who or what you write about, you seem to make it like we were invited to experience it with you.
While it was all wonderful, this in particular got me: To him, it's a neatly kept baseball diamond, alive with the sound of kids, including a scrawny but quick shortstop wearing an oversized jersey and a hand-me-down glove that belonged to his grandpa.
Reminds me of a slow but beautiful film--has that feel to it
Jujee: Thank you.
TC: Thanks. That's very nice of you to say. For some reason, I never really thought about it reminding people of someone they knew.
Pia Savage: Thank you. It's rare that my work is called timeless. :)
Pen & The Sword: Thanks! I appreciate the compliment. And welcome to 3WW :)
UL: I hope that's a good thing :)
Jo: Wow, thanks much! No, I always play along just like everyone else. I think it would kind of spoil it otherwise.
For most of the weeks, I've had someone email me three words. But a few times, I've used a website that generates random words.
Avery Laine: It is always amazing and humbling to know something you wrote moved someone to tears. Thank you.
http://pieceofpie.wordpress.com/3ww/
Poppies
Tumblewords: Oh, thank you for the very kind words.
Fledgling Poet: Thanks. Always look forward to reading your poetry.
Herb Urban: Thank you. I'm glad it brought up thoughts of relatives for several people.
Have a nice day.
Michelle
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2007/10/play-ball.html
I'm looking forward to catching up on everyone's entries when I finally get home.
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