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Tara Penry's avatar

I love the result - and Ben’s line for a title - and the line you chose for closure - and the stanza you made of my line - and and and. What a fun, simple collab. I hope you’ll wrangle more of these. :-)

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

It was such fun! Maybe a drawing one next time? Hello, Photoshop!

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Tara Penry's avatar

If anyone could pull that off, you could. :-)

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

challenge accepted!

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Wonderful. An ode to Surrealism. Thank you so much for gathering our literary dali-ances and arranging them so exquisitely ✍️

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

I see what you did there! Dali-ances! 😂 Thanks for participating.

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Such a fun thing to organise! 🙏

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

It’s been a pleasure.

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

It’s not easy is it..? A clue for mine would be; I chase this often - although not recently!I was thinking maybe yours was “Ethereal fairies promise hungover headache.” ? But there are others too… xx

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Do I sense a movement to reveal authors? 🤔🧐

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

It’s fascinating to see if favourites have a discernible style and whether it reveals itself so easily in this collective effort.

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Oh yes! Although I am enjoying guessing, I only have one right so far!! 💛

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Ah, not mine!! Mine was a little darker…!

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

“The chaotic concubine assuages the ne'er-do-well Nobel laureate

as her ancient brush hovers over white parchment.”

Tell me you wrote at least part of this Barrie..?

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Is this yours Susie!? “Hibiscus-tinged clouds drift across a periwinkle sky”? Xx

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Lor's avatar

I would have guessed the same.

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Jeannine's avatar

me, as well!

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Jeannine's avatar

Emily Charlotte, would this be yours ?: 'A starlit wingtip slices the forgotten dream, ...'

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Oh that line is beautiful, but not mine, alas. Mine is a little darker…

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

I wish they were Emily but no, mine are nowhere near as lovely… maybe these are Barrie’s words..?

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Hmmm, so now I must search again!! Guessing whose line is whose is such fun!! I got Sara’s line, and I know Kendall’s and Ben’s….

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Jeannine's avatar

I think Susie may have written one of these two lines: 'Valerian thugs induce summer nightmares,

a lonely girl strokes a furry cat.

Their haunting murmurs linger on in the yawning dark.'

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Ah, I wonder! I think there are three lines, and at least one of them I know isn’t Susie’s!! 😊

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

A very poor line about suggestive clouds was the best I could do … my concubine tales are best left unpublished!

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Lor's avatar

While I do not ‘own’ a Stack, I wanna play too! A wonderful distraction!

Will drawing possibly include the final product by an artist , using other forms of art? For instance, designed by drawing, but the finished product might include paint, glass, or other forms of mixed media, as long as there is a photograph of the finished piece. Just pondering …🤔💭

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Lor — you are most welcome to join in! When I do it again, shall I DM you? Or tag? On the visual art, I have no idea yet! I welcome your ideas, and even active help conceiving it. 😊

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Lor's avatar

I subscribed, I know, long overdue! Now you have my info.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Terrific! Welcome! 💚

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

Haha… but damn! I was convinced they were yours too! Definitely the mention of a concubine threw me!

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

Mm, perhaps I did write a couple of (ahem) ‘vividly themed’ pieces early on in my ‘Just Write’ days.

Now I’m intrigued as to who DID write that line!! 🤣

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

I’m intrigued by them all Barrie… I’m hopelessly undecided by any other than those that have been mentioned here in comments and I wouldn’t have guessed those either! 🤯

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

This was a nice little diversion. There are some gems tucked in here. Thanks for hosting, Julie!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Thanks for participating, Ben! A little bts — I had your line first, I tried it last, then decided it makes a great title. (hope you don’t mind.)

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

That wasn’t my line, I don’t think. Mine was the mercurial moods one.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Oh yeah!!! I already forgot!! Sheesh. 😒 Still, you deserve special thanks anyway -- as the OG of community writing projects.

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Stacy Boone's avatar

I continue to be humbled and amazed that a community call-out can not only get participants but create a piece of magic. I learned something and enjoyed a moment of inspiration.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Well said. I had no idea what would happen and zero expectations. A good lesson for me, creatively. ☺️

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Kolina Cicero's avatar

I would have absolutely joined had I understood what the heck to do 🤣

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

hahahaaa! next time!

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Jeannine's avatar

same!!

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Kolina Cicero's avatar

Glad I wasn’t alone 🤣

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Sara Santa Clara's avatar

This was fun! And I love how it all came together! Brilliant editing, Julie, and thank you for the initiative!

FYI, I can't stop thinking in adjective noun verb adjective noun form and have since yesterday come up with more and more bizarre sentences... You did something to my brain 😜

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Broke it! hahahaaa. I've been describing the world to myself that way, too. Maybe it'll wear off soon.

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Sara Santa Clara's avatar

Glad I'm not the only one! 🤣

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Sara! Please tell me if your line was “while ornate plates smash baroque tiles.”…!?

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

WOAH!! You guessed it! REALLY.

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Oooh!! Am I right!? Yay. It seemed a fitting line for a potter 💛✨

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Sara Santa Clara's avatar

ha! I couldn't help myself 🤣

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Amanda B. Hinton's avatar

Thanks for inviting me to join in. How was the editing process?? This is beautiful …

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Fun! Pretty easy! Started with four lines per stanza, decided three is better. Read it aloud a few times, moved one line first, then last, then made it the title. Moved a stanza or two around and ~ voila! 😁

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Tania Tyler 🌿's avatar

What a fun idea! And your painting, wow!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Thanks, Tania! It’s an illustration for a set of chakra meditation cards I co-created with a dear friend a while back. It’s for the 2nd chakra, seat of emotions.

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Tania Tyler 🌿's avatar

I would have thought you painted it for the poetry piece.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

😊

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Sharon Hom's avatar

So fun! Oddly or perhaps group synchronicity, it all echoes together, thanks to Julie’s creative assembly!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

There were definitely a bunch of recurring images. Fun to play with the resonances.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

So fun! Thank you for doing this, Julie.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Thanks for participating!

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish! I love the title you chose Julie, thanks so much for inviting me to join in, Im trying to guess who wrote which lines..? It’s not easy…

Drawing you say..? I’d be up for that too!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

You’re on! Thanks for playing. 🥰

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Ann Collins's avatar

What a fun idea, Julie. It reads like a snapshot of what's happening every minute of every day somewhere in this wild world of ours! I would have played, but I had to work yesterday. Next time, though, count me in!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

For sure! Thanks for reading.

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Dudley Zopp's avatar

So much fun and the result so unpredictably delightful. It's amazing how these things work. And yes, I'd be up for a drawing one.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Oh, goody!! We'll try that soon.

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Kendall Lamb's avatar

I absolutely love how this came together- what a bit of magic! Thank you so much for the idea and the beautiful stitching together you did here, Julie!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

okay, I have to fess up. For a minute there, I thought the title was from Ben. Just realized, not only is it yours, but so is the final line. Weird!! Love it.

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Kendall Lamb's avatar

I can't imagine getting mixed up, Julie! 😅 Totally understandable, and it was indeed a surprise to bookend this poem with my lines. Weird and fun!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Thanks so much, Kendall! It was a pleasure. Zero anxiety, 100% fun.

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Michele Pirkau Dambach's avatar

I love this! From the first line to the last, they flow amazingly well together. I'd love to participate next time - sorry to have missed it!

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

You’re on!

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Holly Starley's avatar

What fun! Count me in next time if I see the call.

And thanks for sharing the wonderful result .

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

You’re on!

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