9:00 AM Friday morning, March 7th, 2008, on the U.S. west coast, is quickly approaching — so… here I am with a new Prompt! This week’s, and the twenty fifth Writer’s Island prompt is: “Rising”.
As always, I don’t want to impact your reaction to this week’s prompt. What ‘comes up’ for you when you consider — “Rising”? Please share that with us!
••> This week we turn to the new movie release, ‘10,000 BC’, as the source of our third Matinee Muse prompt — “Destiny”. See if that stirs your creative juices.


The Matinee Muse prompts are now a regular weekly offering. So please enjoy! <••
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 uplifting! We can’t wait to see what you write…


84 Comments
March 7, 2008 at 3:47 am
had written this pretty long ago…but thought somehow it fits the topic ‘rising’

happy is he who rises in love isnt it?? well call me a romantic fool, but thats the first thing wch came to my mind after i saw this weeks prompt
will come up with something more later during the week…
till then, here is the link to the long written post i was talking about—
http://lifeofpri.blogspot.com/2007/12/love-on-cloud-9.html
happy reading!
March 7, 2008 at 6:14 am
Been having lots of fun this morning. A short essay and short short story for this prompt:
http://beyondtheblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/07/time-to-get-off-the-planet
March 7, 2008 at 6:35 am
Here’s mine: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/03/winter-sunrise-edinburgh.html
March 7, 2008 at 7:26 am
http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/career.html
i think im destined to be a chemical engineer. see how i decided to be one. lol
March 7, 2008 at 8:46 am
The first thing that came to mind when I read the word “Rising” was Maya Angelou’s poem, Still I Rise. If you are not familiar with her works or this poem, please link:
Still I Rise.
I will post later on my own interpretation of Rising, but for now, enjoy the fruits of one of the best…..
March 7, 2008 at 10:02 am
http://meaning-and-balance.blogspot.com/2005/04/this-is-from-yesterday.html
March 7, 2008 at 11:15 am
I seek for ears and hearts to listen to the songs of my soul. . .
Here’s my rising As I Travel On to my destiny.
I’m forever grateful to find this island, where I found many hearts willing to listen and souls that sing.
I wish you well.
~ Jeques
March 7, 2008 at 11:27 am
I Don’t Believe in Destiny
March 7, 2008 at 11:47 am
I hope I’ve risen to the occasion.
http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising.html
March 7, 2008 at 11:54 am
Here’s my rising to the situation:
http://jenshumbleopinion2.blogspot.com/2008/03/risingwriters-island.html
(good one kieth, hope I’ve risen to the occasion too:D)
March 7, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Lovely topic.. thanks so much.
Here is my take Dear Son
March 7, 2008 at 1:50 pm
oh i am late again…maybe not…
http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/03/sinking.html
March 7, 2008 at 3:41 pm
I’m going to post something for “rising” later today, and hopefully something for “destiny” later this weekend… But in the meantime here’s a post that combines the prompts (and combines a whole buncha other stuff).
If you’ve seen this post via other prompt sites, please feel free to skip it…
Eden Lost
March 7, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Back with a new post for “Destiny”:
Grammatical Inference
March 7, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Rising can be bad for your wardrobe.
I hope to have another, fresh one later!
March 7, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Thanks for the inspiration. Here’s mine: Media Life Cycle.
March 7, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Here’s mine: Destiny brought by small means.
March 7, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Hi fellow islanders!
I haven’t been around for awhile, but procrastination om midterm papers gives me time for poetry (funny how these things work!). Here’s one from me:
http://stoneymoss.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising.html
March 7, 2008 at 7:36 pm
2 poems for 1 prompt — also with collage: Rising
March 7, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Wow! Twenty-five already? How many is that in dog numbers? Thanks for the prompt and the site!
Bubbling Up
March 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Here’s something rising:
Balloons
March 8, 2008 at 1:26 am
Decided to go a diffrent way this time. Hope it’s not too different.
http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2008/03/pic-by-zabelle-portland-connecticut.html
Smiles and Light
March 8, 2008 at 4:40 am
Here is my Destiny response.
http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2008/03/destiny-and-fate-for-writers-island.html
March 8, 2008 at 6:36 am
Rising: http://sleepingdaisies.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising.html
March 8, 2008 at 6:58 am
Here is something i wrote awhile ago, but fits the prompt..
http://aaartzmuses.blogspot.com/2005/02/what-am-i-in-for.html
March 8, 2008 at 6:59 am
here is one more from my treasure chest…
http://aaartzmuses.blogspot.com/2005/05/search.html
March 8, 2008 at 8:58 am
http://presentrat.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/writers-island-rising/
March 8, 2008 at 9:07 am
Here is mine:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-going-woman.html
March 8, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Bonjour les tous! Sorry I am still trying to catch up with reading everyone’s contributions from last week. Here’s this one: http://parisparfait.typepad.com/paris_parfait/2008/03/24-hours.html
March 8, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Wow! Google was all goofed up today! Pages wouldn’t load. Blogs wouldn’t open. Finally, I think I’ve got it!
DESTINY RISING, at Nickers and Ink
Nice prompt this week! Thanks!
March 8, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Rising was a tough prompt.
http://myrtlebeachramblings.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising-3808.html
March 8, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Here’s mine…
http://fledglingpoet.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising.html
March 8, 2008 at 7:38 pm
i cant find the inspiration to write anything worthwhile,, so i am submitting something i wrote in october, called risen
March 8, 2008 at 8:27 pm
http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com/2008/03/shadow-boxing-destiny.html
I think I could write about this topic over and over and over again……….and still not be finished…..
March 8, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I have a new acquaintance from today, whose destiny may be determined tomorrow.
http://slygly.blogspot.com/2008/03/visitor.html
March 8, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Sleeping
March 8, 2008 at 9:28 pm
My contribution to Rising. Acrophobia
March 8, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I am a little late. I missed last week too. This is a piece about a vampire who misses seeing the sun rising.
http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/vampyr/
March 9, 2008 at 4:46 am
Hope rising. #9
March 9, 2008 at 7:07 am
Here’s my take on rising:
The Ever-Shifting Canvas.
March 9, 2008 at 9:34 am
I’ve done both prompts:
http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/rising.html
http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/destiny.html
March 9, 2008 at 9:37 am
The power of one rising above. You can inspire!
http://creativespiritfaery.typepad.com/creative_faery/2008/03/the-power-of-on.html
March 9, 2008 at 10:17 am
A quick poem for y’all.
http://dewyknickers.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/daylight/
Rose
xo
March 9, 2008 at 1:19 pm
How high’s the water? It’s rising fast!
March 9, 2008 at 2:26 pm
just a little snapshot of my morning.
http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising.html
March 9, 2008 at 2:30 pm
just four lines …
Prompt: Rising
March 9, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Here’s my deliberation on destiny. I hope you like it
http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/
March 9, 2008 at 7:09 pm
http://rainbowsreflectraysofthesun.blogspot.com/2008/03/destiny-writers-island.html
March 9, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Here’s mine on a special bonfire rising to the sky.
http://chefdruck.blogspot.com/2008/03/fat-burn.html
March 10, 2008 at 4:05 am
Time for my destiny piece, I think. It’s called:
On Destiny
March 10, 2008 at 7:19 am
here is mine..
http://virtualrambling.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/its-time/
March 10, 2008 at 7:55 am
My temperature was rising …
http://over-it.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising.html
March 10, 2008 at 11:28 am
Earlier I had posted Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” as one of the responses to this prompt and promised I would be back to follow it up with my own.
Here it is: The Rising of the Human Spirit
March 10, 2008 at 11:37 am
I wrote my entry before seeing this writing prompt but it fits in well I think. I am new to writers Island – I hope you enjoy it!
http://www.upsaid.com/phoenix/index.html?action=viewcom&id=231
March 10, 2008 at 11:52 am
wow… another great week of words and posts… hrz mine HouseOfTheRisingSun
March 10, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Here is my response:
http://trailbrooklane.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising.html
March 10, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I haven’t written anything for a terribly long time, but today I wrote a blog about the absence of writing and the process of picking it back up again:
http://hollyannam.blogspot.com/2008/03/learning-to-breathe.html
March 10, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Tempered Destiny
Catchy title, I should write a poem using it, but I didn’t, just two short poems.
March 10, 2008 at 9:17 pm
here’s mine:
spring forward
it’s been months since I’ve written a poem, so I’m starting small with this haiku
March 11, 2008 at 9:05 am
Hello, here is the Poetman effort…
http://1poet4man.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/up-rising/
Thanks…
March 11, 2008 at 10:48 am
http://sidesteppingreal.blogspot.com/
secrets and jegermeister
- hope you stop by.
March 11, 2008 at 11:54 am
http://happytiler.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising-devil-plays.html
March 11, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Just a pleasant metaphor.
Rising
March 11, 2008 at 4:10 pm
An entry from my journal:
What We May Be
March 11, 2008 at 5:05 pm
The following poem has the concept of rising replete through it. Plants rising from the earth…thoughts rising from the mind…offerings rising from an altar.
a thoughtful germination: first fruits
March 11, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Complications (Sleeping 2nd draft)
I guess you could now consider it dealing with destiny since I added fate.
March 11, 2008 at 10:44 pm
When they rose to dance the floor filled with dancing ghosts…or at least it seemed that way.
http://torristravels.blogspot.com/2008/03/dance-floor.html
March 11, 2008 at 11:28 pm
A poem on the topic “rising”. It’s good to be around, and as one might say, better late than never.
http://arquivoshalcyon.blogspot.com/2008/03/expanding-writers-island.html
March 12, 2008 at 5:58 am
The word Matinee brought back this memory … it isn’t either one of the prompts … but I hope you’ll enjoy it anyway!
http://fenny-sblablapoetryblog.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/03/08/sunday-matinee.html
March 12, 2008 at 8:26 am
a poem by André Du Bouchet
http://ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress/?p=2958
March 12, 2008 at 8:33 am
Just found this little island, so here’s my first response:
Rising
March 12, 2008 at 9:20 am
rising- brought me here, since I’m feeling tapped out lately
http://luluspetals.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising-prices.html
March 12, 2008 at 10:33 am
I used both prompts. The first “Rising
<a href=http://beloveddreamer.blogspot.com/2008/03/beyond-lights.html
-bd
March 12, 2008 at 10:34 am
Sorry, left out some code,
-bd
March 12, 2008 at 10:38 am
I used both prompts
“Rising”
Poem#1l
March 12, 2008 at 10:42 am
Wish I could delete first two.
“Rising”
My Poem
March 12, 2008 at 10:47 am
Here is the other.
“Destiny”
My Poem
love,Melanie-bd
March 12, 2008 at 10:58 am
Yikes….better late than never. Here is my post on rise above……
http://www.ladybugsandcows.com/home/2008/3/12/writers-island-rise-above.html
March 12, 2008 at 7:14 pm
My first posting here…
http://glamorous-spirit.typepad.com/glamorous_spirit/
Warm Wishes.
March 13, 2008 at 3:10 pm
A poem about ‘Rising’ Hope …
http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2008/03/waters-edge.html
March 13, 2008 at 11:58 pm
http://www.mixedmetaphor.net/2008/03/13/the-letter-15/
March 14, 2008 at 1:50 am
Thanks for this prompt. It framed a general theme I was wanting to write about …
http://pipssqueaks.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising.html
March 15, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Rising:
http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising_15.html
March 15, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Destiny:
http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/03/destiny.html