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Prompt & Link: “Empowered”

February 29, 2008

9:00 AM Friday morning, February 29th, 2008, on the U.S. west coast, is quickly approaching — so… here I am with a new Prompt!

This week’s, and the twenty fourth Writer’s Island prompt is: “Empowered”.

As always, I don’t want to unduly influence your interpretation of this week’s prompt. Simply reflect on “Empowered” — then please share with us what that inspires in you. Move us with your words!

••> This week, for our second bit of inspiration, we turn to the new movie release, The Other Boleyn Girl, as the source of our second ever ‘Matinee Muse’ prompt — and the prompt it inspires is: “Rivalry”. See if that sparks anything for you.

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As I wrote last week regarding this ‘extra’ weekly prompt; if we respond to these ‘Matinee Muse’ prompts — they may become a regular weekly offering. <••

Feel free to use either, or both, of this week’s prompts — or use neither if you so choose. Whatever moves your soul this week is what we all want to read.

So, create your poem, prose, short story, essay, commentary, or whatever — and post it on your blog. Feel free to include recordings of you reading your work — and any photo, artwork, or graphic representation you feel is relevant.

When you have finished your piece, please return here to this post and place your link to your work as a comment — and as you know, just the link, not the piece.

Please realize there is no need to rush, this post will be open to receive your links for the entire week, leading up to the next prompt.

May you this week, and every week, find your muse most empowering! We can’t wait to see what you write…

68 comments

  1. Fully empowered. #4


  2. sometimes in life, we need a few setbacks to make us stronger…to empower us…to help us go on strong and steady!
    here is my contribution to the prompt ‘empowered’ :)

    http://lifeofpri.blogspot.com/2008/02/empowered.html

    take care, one and all!


  3. It felt quite empowering writing this one :-)

    http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/on-empowerment


  4. Empowerment … origins???
    http://over-it.blogspot.com/2008/02/writers-island-empowerment.html


  5. With my mind which has gone blank, I manage to write for empowering.

    If it was only that easy?

    Click here


  6. Here’s mine…I will probably do one more this week, but for now please check me out below -

    http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/02/hope.html


  7. Well, I decided to go for the additional prompt - rivalry

    http://bemusedthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/rivalry/


  8. One of my favorite words…empowerment. This post is about the empowerment we give ourselves through the usage of words:

    Empowering Through Words


  9. Great choice! Here’s mine:

    Empowered


  10. Here’s my empowered-humourous post…hoping to take up the other prompt later! I love having two prompts!
    http://jenshumbleopinion2.blogspot.com/2008/02/empoweredwriters-island.html


  11. Here’s one. I’m going to do another for Monday’s Poetry Train, so stay tuned.


  12. http://presentrat.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/empowerment/


  13. EMPOWERED, here!

    http://myunclepepeksjournal.blogspot.com/2008/02/wi-empowerment.html


  14. A short story called “Sun Glare” not directly prompted by the words, but look deeper.


  15. http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/lost-in-time/

    So deep you’d have to guess at the link. :oops:


  16. My take on Empowered

    Declaration


  17. Relinquishing Self-delusions of Control


  18. A sudden burst of thought and I combined the two prompts of “Empowered” and “Rivalry”. Hope you enjoy!

    http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2008/03/empowered-and-rivalry-for-writers.html

    Smiles and Light


  19. Rivalry

    Who knows what evil…

    SMALL WORLD


  20. Social Influences: the doom of empowerment

    I hope you enjoy this slice out of my life at

    http://cricket51.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/social-influence-the-doom-of-empowerment/


  21. Seduction


  22. My take on empowerment
    http://bemusedthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/disillusioned-by-empowerment/


  23. Here’s a post on how running empowers me….
    http://chefdruck.blogspot.com/search/label/running


  24. Empowered


  25. empowered by mother’s love…

    http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/02/mama.html


  26. http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com/2008/03/looking-around.html

    I don’t have a freakin’ clue where this little piece came from……….it is what it is. :)

    enjoy your weekend folks!


  27. http://parisparfait.typepad.com/paris_parfait/2008/03/empowered.html

    I wrote a poem about this ages ago; today it was in the news again, which inspired this poem to fit the prompt.


  28. Mangekyo


  29. Rivalry – empowered vs. impaired. #8


  30. i have been waging war with myself this week… so this is the best i could come up with….

    inner rivalry


  31. A - MUSE - ing prompt!

    Here’s my entry:

    http://nickersandinkblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/rival-revival-spry-sprite-of-night-that.html


  32. Thanks for the prompt! Here’s mine…

    Once over the Rubicon


  33. You’ve got me feeling VERY empowered ( I’m just hoping this empowered feeling will last till monday morning) :/

    http://luluspetals.blogspot.com/2008/03/empowered.html


  34. http://sleepingdaisies.blogspot.com/2008/03/rivalry-writers-island-prompt.html


  35. Thanks for empowering me to write this: Empowered Haiku.



  36. _+Empowered

    I felt motivated to respond to this prompt. And, agree that sometimes when life throws you a curve ball, … the most beautiful things come out of what you do next.


  37. Empowering love. #9


  38. Hello Islanders!

    Well, you know what? I have a story to tell you. And this is my story. Please visit my web nook to see how an unusual rivalry empowered me to Taking Form

    I wish you well.

    ~ Jeques


  39. What a great prompt! I can’t wait to read!
    http://creativespiritfaery.typepad.com/creative_faery/2008/03/empowerment.html


  40. Hi everyone! Great topic — it made for
    a fun Sunday, Rob!

    http://herenowsunflower.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-empowered.html


  41. I’ve produced a dollop of rivalry with a droplet of empowerment mixed in for good measure!

    http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/


  42. wanted to write so many other things but ended up with this…

    http://ontheprompt.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-still-remember-that-trip-in-bus-when.html


  43. for the second prompt. its a rivalry of sort (family)

    http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/04/crash.html


  44. http://forgetfulone.blogspot.com/2008/03/empowerment-and-sibling-rivalry.html

    I wrote about both topics.


  45. Some of you may have seen this before, but it seems relevant to the “empowerment” prompt…

    and what is power


  46. While walking along the story called marraige…these lines just came up and thought it was apt for this prompt..check it here
    http://emotionalecology.blogspot.com/2008/03/trust-empowers.html


  47. Time for this week’s Matinee Muse prompt, I think. Let’s inject a bit of rivalry into the proceedings :-)

    http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/on-rivalry


  48. here’s mine http://virtualrambling.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/empowered/


  49. Of the two, I chose “Rivalry”

    my poem


  50. Here is my poem prompted by Empowered

    http://1poet4man.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/its-a-shame-we-are-not-as-empowered-as-children/


  51. Here’s a second one.


  52. Here is mine
    - Empowered


  53. Hello,

    This is my first “Prompt and Link”. I promised Rob Kistner, so here it is!!!

    http://1verse.blogspot.com/2008/03/empowered-prompt-and-link-for-writers.html


  54. Personal empowerment (and a strong pair of shoes) can be found here:

    http://cdeliascarpitti.blogspot.com/2008/03/standing-tall-you-gain-strength-courage.html


  55. It’s just little, but…

    Hopeless Rivalry


  56. http://extemporaneous.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/empowered/

    Went an interesting way for me!

    Heather


  57. sibling rivalry; a short one; but one of my favorites.

    http://ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress/?p=2932


  58. Empowered:

    http://scoutmocking.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/empowered/


  59. Here is my attempt…

    Never Ending Battle (Internal Strife)


  60. Mine is called Catching Fire and is about my writing teacher in college, who empowered me to keep writing.
    Catching Fire


  61. this one is also at two for tuesday, but thought it fit.

    http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/03/two-for-tuesday-prompt.html


  62. Gone fishing


  63. Here are my two cents:

    Empower - http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/03/empowered.html


  64. Rivalry:

    http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/03/rivalry.html


  65. http://renpowellsmimes.blogspot.com/2008/03/wi-gather-ye-rosebuds-whilst-ye-may.html

    Super late with this but I had great fun with it.


  66. Better late than never.
    http://myrtlebeachramblings.blogspot.com/2008/03/empowered-writers-island-3508.html


  67. My rivalry post is up.


  68. These prompts tie in so nicely together…

    http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/empowered.html

    http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/rivalry.html


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