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Prompt & Link: “Rising”

March 7, 2008

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.

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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…

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84 comments

  1. 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 :D
    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! :)

         by pri March 7, 2008 at 3:47 am

  2. 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

         by AnthonyNorth March 7, 2008 at 6:14 am

  3. Here’s mine: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/03/winter-sunrise-edinburgh.html

         by Crafty Green Poet March 7, 2008 at 6:35 am

  4. 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

         by totomai March 7, 2008 at 7:26 am

  5. 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…..

         by rebecca March 7, 2008 at 8:46 am

  6. http://meaning-and-balance.blogspot.com/2005/04/this-is-from-yesterday.html

         by Nonbalanced March 7, 2008 at 10:02 am

  7. 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

         by jeques March 7, 2008 at 11:15 am

  8. I Don’t Believe in Destiny

         by chicklegirl March 7, 2008 at 11:27 am

  9. I hope I’ve risen to the occasion.

    http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising.html

         by keith hillman March 7, 2008 at 11:47 am

  10. 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)

         by Just Jen March 7, 2008 at 11:54 am

  11. Lovely topic.. thanks so much.
    Here is my take Dear Son

         by preethi March 7, 2008 at 12:21 pm

  12. oh i am late again…maybe not…

    http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/03/sinking.html

         by UL March 7, 2008 at 1:50 pm

  13. 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

         by Tiel Aisha Ansari March 7, 2008 at 3:41 pm

  14. Back with a new post for “Destiny”:

    Grammatical Inference

         by Tiel Aisha Ansari March 7, 2008 at 4:22 pm

  15. Rising can be bad for your wardrobe.

    I hope to have another, fresh one later!

         by Susan Helene Gottfried March 7, 2008 at 4:54 pm

  16. Thanks for the inspiration. Here’s mine: Media Life Cycle.

         by Mad Kane March 7, 2008 at 5:09 pm

  17. Here’s mine: Destiny brought by small means.

         by pepektheassassin March 7, 2008 at 5:54 pm

  18. 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

         by Whirling Dervish March 7, 2008 at 5:58 pm

  19. 2 poems for 1 prompt — also with collage: Rising

         by Rob Kistner March 7, 2008 at 7:36 pm

  20. Wow! Twenty-five already? How many is that in dog numbers? Thanks for the prompt and the site!

    Bubbling Up

         by Tumblewords March 7, 2008 at 7:56 pm

  21. Here’s something rising:

    Balloons

         by Tiel Aisha Ansari March 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm

  22. 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

         by Gemma Wiseman March 8, 2008 at 1:26 am

  23. Here is my Destiny response.

    http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2008/03/destiny-and-fate-for-writers-island.html

         by Gemma Wiseman March 8, 2008 at 4:40 am

  24. Rising: http://sleepingdaisies.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising.html

         by calia77 March 8, 2008 at 6:36 am

  25. Here is something i wrote awhile ago, but fits the prompt..

    http://aaartzmuses.blogspot.com/2005/02/what-am-i-in-for.html

         by Aaarti March 8, 2008 at 6:58 am

  26. here is one more from my treasure chest… :)

    http://aaartzmuses.blogspot.com/2005/05/search.html

         by Aaarti March 8, 2008 at 6:59 am

  27. http://presentrat.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/writers-island-rising/

         by ratanaong March 8, 2008 at 8:58 am

  28. Here is mine:

    http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-going-woman.html

         by gautami tripathy March 8, 2008 at 9:07 am

  29. 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

         by Paris Parfait March 8, 2008 at 12:08 pm

  30. 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!

         by Linda March 8, 2008 at 2:22 pm

  31. Rising was a tough prompt.

    http://myrtlebeachramblings.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising-3808.html

         by Myrtle Beached Whale March 8, 2008 at 2:22 pm

  32. Here’s mine…

    http://fledglingpoet.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising.html

         by Fledgling Poet March 8, 2008 at 6:25 pm

  33. i cant find the inspiration to write anything worthwhile,, so i am submitting something i wrote in october, called risen

         by paisley March 8, 2008 at 7:38 pm

  34. 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…..

         by awareness March 8, 2008 at 8:27 pm

  35. I have a new acquaintance from today, whose destiny may be determined tomorrow.

    http://slygly.blogspot.com/2008/03/visitor.html

         by Glynis March 8, 2008 at 8:33 pm

  36. Sleeping

         by noahthegreat March 8, 2008 at 9:14 pm

  37. My contribution to Rising. Acrophobia

         by Constance March 8, 2008 at 9:28 pm

  38. 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/

         by Selma March 8, 2008 at 11:29 pm

  39. Hope rising. #9

         by Wine-dark Sea March 9, 2008 at 4:46 am

  40. Here’s my take on rising:

    The Ever-Shifting Canvas.

         by Robin March 9, 2008 at 7:07 am

  41. 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

         by Marilyn March 9, 2008 at 9:34 am

  42. The power of one rising above. You can inspire!
    http://creativespiritfaery.typepad.com/creative_faery/2008/03/the-power-of-on.html

         by Marie March 9, 2008 at 9:37 am

  43. A quick poem for y’all.

    http://dewyknickers.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/daylight/

    Rose

    xo

         by Rose Dewy Knickers March 9, 2008 at 10:17 am

  44. How high’s the water? It’s rising fast!

         by pauline March 9, 2008 at 1:19 pm

  45. just a little snapshot of my morning.

    http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising.html

         by leigh lear March 9, 2008 at 2:26 pm

  46. just four lines …
    Prompt: Rising

         by seb March 9, 2008 at 2:30 pm

  47. Here’s my deliberation on destiny. I hope you like it

    http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/

         by keith hillman March 9, 2008 at 6:28 pm

  48. http://rainbowsreflectraysofthesun.blogspot.com/2008/03/destiny-writers-island.html

         by Steve March 9, 2008 at 7:09 pm

  49. Here’s mine on a special bonfire rising to the sky.

    http://chefdruck.blogspot.com/2008/03/fat-burn.html

         by chefdruck March 9, 2008 at 10:58 pm

  50. Time for my destiny piece, I think. It’s called:

    On Destiny

         by anthonynorth March 10, 2008 at 4:05 am

  51. here is mine..
    http://virtualrambling.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/its-time/

         by Rambler March 10, 2008 at 7:19 am

  52. My temperature was rising …
    http://over-it.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising.html

         by Redness March 10, 2008 at 7:55 am

  53. 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

         by rebecca March 10, 2008 at 11:28 am

  54. 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

         by Curvaliscious March 10, 2008 at 11:37 am

  55. wow… another great week of words and posts… hrz mine HouseOfTheRisingSun

         by LittleWing March 10, 2008 at 11:52 am

  56. Here is my response:

    http://trailbrooklane.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising.html

         by Joy March 10, 2008 at 12:38 pm

  57. 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

         by Holly Mac March 10, 2008 at 1:00 pm

  58. Tempered Destiny

    Catchy title, I should write a poem using it, but I didn’t, just two short poems.

         by Marcia March 10, 2008 at 5:32 pm

  59. here’s mine:
    spring forward

    it’s been months since I’ve written a poem, so I’m starting small with this haiku :)

         by odessa March 10, 2008 at 9:17 pm

  60. Hello, here is the Poetman effort…

    http://1poet4man.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/up-rising/

    Thanks…

         by 1poet4man March 11, 2008 at 9:05 am

  61. http://sidesteppingreal.blogspot.com/

    secrets and jegermeister
    - hope you stop by.

         by renpowell March 11, 2008 at 10:48 am

  62. http://happytiler.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-rising-devil-plays.html

         by giggles March 11, 2008 at 11:54 am

  63. Just a pleasant metaphor.

    Rising

         by Linda Jacobs March 11, 2008 at 3:29 pm

  64. An entry from my journal:

    What We May Be

         by J.C. Montgomery March 11, 2008 at 4:10 pm

  65. 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

         by the scôp March 11, 2008 at 5:05 pm

  66. Complications (Sleeping 2nd draft)

    I guess you could now consider it dealing with destiny since I added fate.

         by noahthegreat March 11, 2008 at 6:39 pm

  67. 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

         by Barbara Torris March 11, 2008 at 10:44 pm

  68. 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

         by Gilson March 11, 2008 at 11:28 pm

  69. 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

         by Fenny March 12, 2008 at 5:58 am

  70. a poem by André Du Bouchet

    http://ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress/?p=2958

         by AscenderRisesAbove March 12, 2008 at 8:26 am

  71. Just found this little island, so here’s my first response:

    Rising

         by Tandaina March 12, 2008 at 8:33 am

  72. rising- brought me here, since I’m feeling tapped out lately

    http://luluspetals.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising-prices.html

         by lucy March 12, 2008 at 9:20 am

  73. I used both prompts. The first “Rising

    <a href=http://beloveddreamer.blogspot.com/2008/03/beyond-lights.html

    -bd

         by Beloved Dreamer March 12, 2008 at 10:33 am

  74. Sorry, left out some code, ;-)

    -bd

         by Beloved Dreamer March 12, 2008 at 10:34 am

  75. I used both prompts

    “Rising”

    Poem#1l

         by Beloved Dreamer March 12, 2008 at 10:38 am

  76. Wish I could delete first two.

    “Rising”

    My Poem

         by Beloved Dreamer March 12, 2008 at 10:42 am

  77. Here is the other.

    “Destiny”

    My Poem

    love,Melanie-bd

         by Beloved Dreamer March 12, 2008 at 10:47 am

  78. 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

         by Michelle March 12, 2008 at 10:58 am

  79. My first posting here…

    http://glamorous-spirit.typepad.com/glamorous_spirit/

    Warm Wishes.

         by Kelly March 12, 2008 at 7:14 pm

  80. A poem about ‘Rising’ Hope …

    http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2008/03/waters-edge.html

         by Shubd March 13, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  81. http://www.mixedmetaphor.net/2008/03/13/the-letter-15/

         by Jenn March 13, 2008 at 11:58 pm

  82. 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

         by Pip March 14, 2008 at 1:50 am

  83. Rising:
    http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/03/rising_15.html

         by Bean March 15, 2008 at 12:07 pm

  84. Destiny:

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

         by Bean March 15, 2008 at 12:12 pm

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