Hello Again Islanders!
It’s Tuesday, 12:01 AM on the U.S. east coast. As promised, here is the post to which you can submit your links in the comments section. Remember, only post the link to your work here — as a ‘comment’, and please make certain your link is accurate.
If you’re new, we’re thrilled you’ve come — all the details of ‘How To Come Ashore’ are posted in the sidebar. If you’ve returned, we all welcome you back!
Writers Island is your island. Please feel free to let us all know what you want and need on the island to make it a nurturing experience. Your suggestions will be submitted to the island community for consideration.
Now, find yourself a comfortable place to settle in, there is food and drink for everyone — the kind that nourishes your spirit. Then later, take a walk on the beach, and read your fellow islanders’ contributions to this week’s prompt, “The Gift”.
The weather is always beautiful here on the island, and the breezes are aways cool… so please, relax, express yourself, and let these cool breezes carry your words.
ENJOY — fellow islanders! 
71 Comments
September 18, 2007 at 4:06 am
and here we go…
Object Of Desire
September 18, 2007 at 4:08 am
Here’s mine for this week
http://virtualrambling.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html
Hope this fits in here.
September 18, 2007 at 4:15 am
so early!
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2007/09/gifting-away-writers-island.html
September 18, 2007 at 4:15 am
I’ve lost my shoes, donned my favorite sarong and I’m enjoying wandering the sands of this beautiful island with so many talented writers… Here is my post for the gift:
http://lealabyrinth.typepad.com/tales_from_the_labyrinth/2007/09/the-gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 4:16 am
Hi everyone! Here’s my link:
http://herenowsunflower.blogspot.com/2007/09/writers-island-gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 4:28 am
My link:
http://rainbowsreflectraysofthesun.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 4:30 am
http://uplatette.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/writers-island-the-gift/
September 18, 2007 at 4:31 am
Here is my entry for this week. I love this idea.
http://compassionatecouncil.blogspot.com
September 18, 2007 at 4:35 am
http://scenesfromaslowmovingtrain.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift-of-faithfulness.html
September 18, 2007 at 4:42 am
I gave it a try this week.
http://shewritespoetry.blogspot.com/2007/09/if-i.html
September 18, 2007 at 4:42 am
Loved the prompt. Here’s mine.
http://arquivoshalcyon.blogspot.com/
September 18, 2007 at 4:57 am
Morning Rob. The Island clocks are four hours fast.
A short story today.
http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/sleep-now/
September 18, 2007 at 1:18 am
Thank you again for this delightful site!
Another Day, Another Gift
September 18, 2007 at 1:19 am
Great prompt! I wrote a poem: “Three”
http://meeaugraphie.com/2007/09/17/writers-island-three/
September 18, 2007 at 5:39 am
Here’s mine.
The Gift
September 18, 2007 at 5:51 am
Here’s mine:
http://www.joezul.net/wp/2007/09/18/the-gift-of-the-soul/
September 18, 2007 at 6:11 am
Hi there, here if my offering. Hope you enjoy it.
http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-favourite-moment-of-summer.html
September 18, 2007 at 6:22 am
I wasn’t able to play last week. Happy to join in this week with a light-hearted piece:
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2007/09/unexpected-gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 6:37 am
Hello, nice to have found this place. Here’s mine:
http://beamansworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 6:50 am
Here is mine for this week!
September 18, 2007 at 7:09 am
Here’s mine. subject to some final edits, but i wanted to share it for critique and so that you all can read it first.
http://kryan8907.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/gift-from-the-sky/
September 18, 2007 at 7:25 am
I know this is NOT what our prompters expected!
http://sidesteppingreal.blogspot.com
September 18, 2007 at 8:27 am
Great prompt this week, here’s my post on it:
http://josie-huntinghighandlow.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html#links
September 18, 2007 at 5:05 am
Brian -
The ‘island’ clock is set to Eastern Daylight Time…
‘Link post’ opens on Tuesday, at 12:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time.
Ah, but you refer to the time stamp… you are observant! Thank you Brian…
September 18, 2007 at 9:22 am
Here’s mine:
http://faithlessdevotion.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 9:59 am
Your 12.01 is my 5.01 and I’m not getting up that early even for you!
http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 10:01 am
And here’s mine:
The Gift http://abroadsthoughtsfromhome.blogspot.com/2007/09/writers-island.html
September 18, 2007 at 11:14 am
NIce prompt – glad t be back for week 2 – had a huge headache when I wrote this but decided to free write and see where it took me.
http://writtenmouse.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 11:30 am
Good day Island people!
The Gift
September 18, 2007 at 11:58 am
The Gift
http://parisparfait.typepad.com/paris_parfait/2007/09/an-imaginery-li.html
September 18, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Go Ask Snidely (guest blogger) the gift
http://aeroman101.blogspot.com/2007/09/go-ask-snidely-guest-blogger-gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 12:04 pm
A few meager poems today.
Rose
xo
http://dewyknickers.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/ribbons-and-bows
September 18, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Hi Everybody,
Wow – what a great response so far to this prompt!
Here’s mine.
– Jessica
September 18, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Short but sweet this time.
Some Gifts Are Better Than Others.
Happy Tuesday everyone.
September 18, 2007 at 1:06 pm
My’s up at:
http://walktotheleft.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Here’s mine:
http://beccasbyline.blogspot.com/2007/09/writers-island-gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Here’s mine too!
http://over-it.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift-writers-island.html
September 18, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Wonderful prompt! Here’s my piece, “The Naming.”
http://honeybeewaiting.blogspot.com/2007/09/naming.html
September 18, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Here’s mine. #38 on the list and I thought I was early.
http://sharala.blogspot.com/2007/09/writers-read-here.html
September 18, 2007 at 1:46 pm
wow… what a turn out!!!!
heres mine:
http://why-paisley.com/2007/09/18/gift-of-youth/
September 18, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Here’s where the prompt took me: <a href= http://donteatalone.blogspot.com/2007/09/ornithology.html
Peace,
Milton
September 18, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Hello everyone!
I didn’t get a chance to write along with the prompt but here’s a poem I wrote a few weeks ago. I look forward to reading yours.
Lisa
http://word-for-ward.blogspot.com/2007/09/temporary-insanity-breathe-in-breathe.html
September 18, 2007 at 2:11 pm
I’m on vacation this week, but didn’t want to miss out on the island party. My first ever Haiku can be found here: http://creativekarina.blogspot.com
September 18, 2007 at 2:25 pm
here is a poem by syvlia plath.
http://ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress/?p=2126
September 18, 2007 at 3:21 pm
great! my meager contribution:
http://absorbed.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/the-gift/
September 18, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Here is a poem from my archives, written before I found this wonderful community of writers. I felt compelled to post it because it’s called “The Gift”.
http://fledglingpoet.blogspot.com/2006/12/gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 4:10 pm
http://quietaboutalotofthings.blogspot.com/2007/09/giftfor-writers-island.html
here I am…a bit unorganized…but here none the less..
September 18, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Here’s my contribution for this week:
The gift: an essay
September 18, 2007 at 4:24 pm
here’s what i’ve got this week:
http://sundryscribbling.blogspot.com/2007/09/writers-island-gift.html
September 18, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Here’s mine: http://islandeditions.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/writers-island/
September 18, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Glad to be back on the island!
http://commonmisadventures.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/gifts-of-the-trail-angels/
September 18, 2007 at 6:53 pm
I am late for an important date, the white rabbit said!
Sorry……..
the gift
hope link works
love-bd
September 18, 2007 at 6:54 pm
http://beadfluff.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift-before-world-war-ii-began-there.html has finally posted her new story about the gift. Wonderful story, if I do say so myself.
September 18, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Here’s a little vignette of a gift: http://stoneymoss.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html
I may not be able to read much until Thursday.
September 18, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Better late than never…
http://sparkinyou.blogspot.com/2007/09/writers-island_18.html
September 18, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Happy Tuesday!
here is my two cents: http://watercolorblues.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/the-gift-writers-island/
September 18, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Hi all. There are some posts I would like to comment on but the comment section won’t allow my comments because I don’t have a google account. I use wordpress –
September 18, 2007 at 10:53 pm
The best gifts often don’t cost a thing. Read about four of minehere
September 19, 2007 at 12:41 am
liked the prompt. got totally sidetracked, flipping through old poetry notebooks and journals, remembering a forgotten time.
http://jonaslamb.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/gifts/
September 19, 2007 at 2:27 am
Here’s one for my wife on her birthday.
Tiny Pretty Things
September 19, 2007 at 4:00 am
Finally reached shore, here:
http://tinkerart.typepad.com/tinker_art/2007/09/the-gift.html#more
September 19, 2007 at 4:01 am
I started writing a political post that veered a little off topic, but then I came up with this:
http://www.herburban.com/?p=2193
If anyone has any interest in reading my semi on-topic post about Hollywood Fred Thompson, you can find it here.
http://www.herburban.com/?p=2191
September 19, 2007 at 8:08 am
Greetings Islanders -
We enjoyed another nice turn out for our Tuesday beach party.
I hope we all continue to mingle and share our thoughts about “The Gift”. It was very interesting seeing the variety of ‘takes’ we came up with for this prompt.
Well my fellow beachcombers, until Saturday brings another mystery to explore for next Tuesday’s sandy soirée — party on…
September 19, 2007 at 8:54 am
I really enjoyed doing this one.Here is my link
http://justamotheroftwo.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html#links
September 19, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Those who have wordpress or other blogs can comment on bloggers by choosing the other option from the three options given.
You can put your name and URL in the two boxes provided.
One can go anonymous too but please put your name if you choose that option. So that we can get back to you!
You can always experiment on my blog!!
*grin*
September 19, 2007 at 1:01 pm
This weeks prompt had my mind jump back imediately to
when my son Michael brought me flowers for the first time
here’s what I wrote:
http://fenny-sblablapoetryblog.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/19/a-gift-i-ll-never-forget.html
September 19, 2007 at 8:59 pm
http://blogforth.com/2007/09/20/the-gift/
Sending bloglove to all my fellow Islanders.
September 19, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Here is my take on ‘The Gift’
http://dak4net.com/blog/?p=14/?p=14
September 21, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Great prompt.
http://realworldgirl.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html
September 23, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Ahoy -
Some of our fellow islanders thought that Tuesday, 12:01 AM, U.S. East Coast Time was a ‘deadline’ for posting your links. That is incorrect. It is not a ‘deadline’, it is simply the time that the ‘link post’ opens.
You can place your link anytime after it opens. The closer to the opening of the ‘link post’ that you place your link, the better chance you provide for more of your fellow islanders to visit you.
Trust that clears up any confusion.
September 24, 2007 at 8:34 pm
A little late to the party, but I’ve got a post up for this prompt now.
http://snowshoediaries.blogspot.com/2007/09/gift.html