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Prompt & Link: “Flight”

April 10, 2008

9:00 AM Friday morning, April 11th 2008, on the U.S. West Coast, is quickly approaching — so… here I am with a new Prompt! This week’s, and the thirtieth Writer’s Island prompt is: “Flight”.

That word conjures some nice visuals for me, but I don’t want to sway your take on this week’s prompt. How does “Flight” lift your imagination? Please share with us where this prompt carries you!

••> This week we turn to the new movie release, The Visitor, as the source of our eighth Matinee Muse prompt — “Chance Encounter”. See what unexpected inspiration you might meet with this one.


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 your muse rise, this week and every week, and lift you to write your best — to write your heart! We can’t wait to see what you have for us…

87 comments to “Prompt & Link: “Flight””

  1. A short one on my Over Forty Shades blog: http://foundcraftygreenart.blogspot.com/2008/04/turn-page.html.

    and from earlier in the week, a haiku about flight on Crafty Green Poet: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/04/haiku.html

         by Crafty Green Poet April 11, 2008 at 2:19 am

  2. heres a short story that i wrote in regards to the prompt-”Flight”
    http://thejoypop.blogspot.com/2008/04/esta-tarde-this-afternoon.html

         by Poison Coated Elixir April 11, 2008 at 2:27 am

  3. Chance? Heavens I had that forty two years ago! Arghhhhh! And wow, to be the first here today!

    http://lionchiller.blogspot.com/2008/04/chance-encounter.html

         by Lion April 11, 2008 at 2:36 am

  4. Wow! Don’t believe I am so far up the list! Incredible.

    Here is my posting!

    BE

         by Gemma Wiseman April 11, 2008 at 3:36 am

  5. here’s my take on the prompt-”flight”. its a short story

    http://thejoypop.blogspot.com/2008/04/esta-tarde-this-afternoon.html

         by Poison Coated Elixir April 11, 2008 at 3:52 am

  6. Titled: Flight n Fearless

    http://presentrat.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/flight-n-fearless/

         by ratanaong April 11, 2008 at 4:49 am

  7. Tackling both prompts together. Here goes:

    Flight

         by anthonynorth April 11, 2008 at 5:37 am

  8. Here’s my take on the prompt ‘Flight’. Titled Why 7?
    http://medhini.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-7.html

         by Medhini April 11, 2008 at 7:10 am

  9. http://jenshumbleopinion2.blogspot.com/2008/04/chance-encounterwriters-island.html
    Have a chance encounter by sending in a Holocaust star :D
    Hopefully be back later with a flight post!

         by Just Jen April 11, 2008 at 7:10 am

  10. Hello everyone ..what an inspiring prompt :)

    Here’s a poem on “Flight”

    http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2008/04/flight.html
    Enjoy the weekend !

         by Shubd April 11, 2008 at 7:32 am

  11. Here’s chance encounter…
    in quiet moments

         by the scôp April 11, 2008 at 8:12 am

  12. Here’s mine - Taking flight, with memories of my reporting days…http://parisparfait.typepad.com/paris_parfait/2008/04/taking-flight.html

         by Paris Parfait April 11, 2008 at 8:34 am

  13. A couple of short pieces about flight. Enjoy!

    http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/2008/04/writers-island-flight.html

         by keith hillman April 11, 2008 at 8:45 am

  14. here’s mine, it’s for sunday scribblings too.
    grace

         by leigh lear April 11, 2008 at 8:50 am

  15. for “chance encounter” - Home

         by rebecca April 11, 2008 at 9:19 am

  16. A chance encounter with spring…

    harbingers

         by the scôp April 11, 2008 at 10:26 am

  17. A chance encounter with a friend and a train

    trains in passing

         by the scôp April 11, 2008 at 10:27 am

  18. Surrounded as I am with tax papers, it doesn’t look like I’ll get to be too creative this week. But I did once write a limerick about the most important chance encounter of my life: Chance Meeting.

         by Mad Kane April 11, 2008 at 10:46 am

  19. Lucy sent me here… I have one she said would be perfect: Falling like a Feather.

         by susiej April 11, 2008 at 11:41 am

  20. This piece deals with ‘flight’ from three perspectives. The first is a daily flight to avoid evil. The second, is the difficult flight through trouble and despair. The third, and most positive, is the long flight towards hope.

    Courage

         by Rob Kistner April 11, 2008 at 12:29 pm

  21. I wrote this one quite some time ago but it fits the Matinee Muse prompt so well, I had to put it up here!

    http://fenny-sblablapoetryblog.blogspirit.com/archive/2006/03/21/chance-meeting.html

         by Fenny April 11, 2008 at 12:35 pm

  22. Brilliant, brilliant prompt. I’ve been itching to post this!

    Turbulence

         by Susan Helene Gottfried April 11, 2008 at 1:05 pm

  23. Good Day, Islanders!

    Poetry, painting, writing, the arts are God’s gifts. These gifts are feathers God put on my wings to set my Soul On Flight

    Are we using our feathers, our wings, our gifts to fly?

    I wish you well.

    ~ Jeques

         by jeques April 11, 2008 at 1:20 pm

  24. Kiting

         by Rob Kistner April 11, 2008 at 1:30 pm

  25. Oh thosechance encounters!

         by pauline April 11, 2008 at 2:49 pm

  26. http://rainbowsreflectraysofthesun.blogspot.com/2008/04/chance-encounter-writers-island.html

         by Steve April 11, 2008 at 6:13 pm

  27. Inspiration refused to comply to me!

    children’s day out

         by gautami tripathy April 11, 2008 at 7:00 pm

  28. i hate goodbyes..

    http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/04/click.html

         by totomai April 11, 2008 at 7:51 pm

  29. Here’s mine, one for a cause, so please take time to stop by

    http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/04/female-foeticide.html

         by UL April 11, 2008 at 8:48 pm

  30. I am still thinking about Flight, but recently I wrote a flash fiction piece on, you guessed it, a chance encounter. Here it is:

    Ambush On Aisle 9

         by J.C. Montgomery April 11, 2008 at 9:28 pm

  31. My post flight is up.

         by Jadey April 11, 2008 at 10:06 pm

  32. I went with the Matinee Muse, Chance Encounter prompt: The Night Train

    http://mypoeticpath.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/the-night-train/

    Great prompt btw. Geraldine

         by veggiesyarnsandtails April 11, 2008 at 10:44 pm

  33. My take on the flight prompt…

    Hope u enjoy it !!

    http://rachanak.blogspot.com/2008/04/flight-to-life.html

         by Rachana April 11, 2008 at 11:46 pm

  34. [...] An imaginary, hopefully not too far-fetched and somewhat amusing sketch on flight as prescribed by Writers Island. [...]

         by A dark flight « Steer Forth! April 12, 2008 at 1:30 am

  35. Here’s a little sketch called A dark flight.

    Enjoy!

    James Steerforth

         by James Steerforth April 12, 2008 at 1:33 am

  36. An unsettling ‘chance encounter’ with stark reality - #14

         by Wine-dark Sea April 12, 2008 at 3:11 am

  37. An unsettling ‘chance encounter’ with stark reality - #14

         by Wine-dark Sea April 12, 2008 at 3:13 am

  38. dream time! flight of fancy!

    http://lionchiller.blogspot.com/2008/04/flight.html

         by Lion Chiller April 12, 2008 at 4:47 am

  39. FINALLY a poem………..****SIGH!****

    http://rainbowsreflectraysofthesun.blogspot.com/2008/04/flightwriters-island.html

         by Steve April 12, 2008 at 5:25 am

  40. I hope this works as both a “chance encounter” and as an interrupted “flight.”

         by pepektheassassin April 12, 2008 at 7:37 am

  41. When flight and flowers collide… Syringa in Space

         by Constance April 12, 2008 at 8:23 am

  42. My husband is a pilot so I’ve written tons of poems about flying. I don’t think I have any more in me! So, I took a little bit of a different take on this prompt.

    Flights of Fancy

         by Linda Jacobs April 12, 2008 at 9:17 am

  43. Mine is a two for one, using both prompts of chance encounter and flight for Writer’s Island and also for the prompt of Blind Date/ One Night Stand at Slice of Life Sunday.
    http://cricket51.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/two-for-one-writers-island-slice-of-life-sunday/

         by cricket51 April 12, 2008 at 9:22 am

  44. I’m a first time writer here!

    http://paperpencilstat.blogspot.com/2008/04/flight.html

         by black coffee April 12, 2008 at 12:28 pm

  45. Thanks for the inspiration. Here’s my Ode To A Despicable Person.

         by Mad Kane April 12, 2008 at 12:46 pm

  46. Etta’s flight.

    b
    http://torristravels.blogspot.com/2008/04/flightrunning-or-traveling.html

         by Barbara Torris April 12, 2008 at 2:52 pm

  47. Thanks for the prompt.
    Here’s mine: ‘Imagination’ http://sewina.blogspot.com/2008/04/flight.html

         by SweetTalkingGuy April 12, 2008 at 4:01 pm

  48. Boarding

         by noahthegreat April 12, 2008 at 6:28 pm

  49. [...] The Last Flight For Writer’s Island on the prompt of “Flight” and “Chance Encounter”: [...]

         by The Last Flight « Twisted tales on life April 12, 2008 at 6:48 pm

  50. My attempt at combining the prompts together:
    http://bemusedthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/the-last-flight/

         by chennairamblings April 12, 2008 at 6:49 pm

  51. here’s mine

    http://www.justwritingwords.com/2008/04/stranger.html

         by lissa April 12, 2008 at 8:22 pm

  52. Something fun for you all to watch (plus a dirty little poem!)

    http://stoneymoss.blogspot.com/2008/04/napowrimo-412-wd-zombies-on-plane.html

    Can’t wait to read everyone’s flights of fantasy this week!

         by Whirling Dervish April 12, 2008 at 10:25 pm

  53. Here is my story of flight.

         by Myrtle Beached Whale April 12, 2008 at 11:06 pm

  54. Here is my contribution. Have a great Sunday everyone!

    Chance Encounter

         by Jane Doe April 13, 2008 at 12:14 am

  55. Hi everyoen ..hope you are enjoying your weekend with all the great reads the prompt has inspired ! :)

    I found one more amongst my older one for the same prompt “Flight”

    http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2007/11/eagle.html

    repeating the link the my earlier post :
    http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2008/04/flight.html

         by Shubd April 13, 2008 at 3:36 am

  56. here’s my attempt this week
    http://virtualrambling.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/days-ahead/

         by Rambler April 13, 2008 at 4:16 am

  57. I’ve got writers block! ARGH! Finally something comes to me… http://texasblu3.blogspot.com/2008/04/okay-ive-been-stumped-since-thursday.html

         by texasblu April 13, 2008 at 7:34 am

  58. Good morning Islanders,
    As you lay on the beach, basking in the sun, reading Erica Jong’s “Fear of Flying,” and a plane passes over head, pause to reflect on this for a moment.
    Thanks,
    rel

         by rel April 13, 2008 at 7:44 am

  59. Try here; even better. ;)
    http://pciyrtpy.blogspot.com/2008/04/30-flight-fear-of-flying-was-not-yet.html

         by rel April 13, 2008 at 7:45 am

  60. Am I last yet? Nifty prompt.

    They Call the Wind

         by Tumblewords April 13, 2008 at 9:42 am

  61. Here’s my FLIGHT-y entry for this week’s prompt. ;-)

    On the Road – Racing Ahead and Looking Back, on Nickers and Ink

    Blessings all,
    Linda

         by Linda - Nickers and Ink April 13, 2008 at 1:51 pm

  62. maybe you could solve this puzzlement…

    http://luluspetals.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-flight-of-fancy.html

         by lucy April 13, 2008 at 3:32 pm

  63. The flight of a bride and yonder.
    As I look back

         by prats April 13, 2008 at 7:26 pm

  64. http://www.mixedmetaphor.net/2008/04/13/the-letter-part-twenty-two/

         by Jenn April 13, 2008 at 10:34 pm

  65. Ah, I must be last again.

    chance encounter

    love-bd

         by Beloved Dreamer April 13, 2008 at 11:23 pm

  66. here is something i wrote sometime back… :)

    http://visheshunni.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/dreaming/

         by iamvisheshur April 14, 2008 at 1:48 am

  67. I have not joined a lot of writing meme’s for some time now but i’m glad your prompt gave me the inspiration to write. Here’s my take on this prompt.

    flight

         by ther April 14, 2008 at 7:43 am

  68. My take on the flight:

    http://trailbrooklane.blogspot.com/2008/04/flight.html

         by Joy April 14, 2008 at 8:07 am

  69. http://poetry-by-stacey.blogspot.com

         by stacey April 14, 2008 at 12:07 pm

  70. Welcome to the Island to our first-timers, nice to see you here.

         by writersisland April 14, 2008 at 12:14 pm

  71. another day another flight!

    http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/2008/04/flight-2.html

         by keith hillman April 14, 2008 at 1:08 pm

  72. Here’s mine.
    Flight
    It’s also my fourteenth poem for NaPoWriMo.

         by watermaid April 14, 2008 at 3:41 pm

  73. sorry so late… i had a hosting problems and was unable to access my blogs since saturday!!!!! holy withdrawal!!!!

    http://theinkpot.why-paisley.com/?p=479

         by whypaisley April 14, 2008 at 4:15 pm

  74. drat…caught this flight late…!!!

    my attempt…

    http://ontheprompt.blogspot.com/2008/04/flight-to-nowhere.html

         by thinking aloud April 14, 2008 at 6:42 pm

  75. WOAH, this is a popular one.
    Looks like I’ll be reading for a while.
    I used the FLIGHT prompt.

    http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/sea-or-sky/

         by Selma April 14, 2008 at 8:16 pm

  76. Good morning Islanders,
    #2 for #30- chance encounters.
    Things that go boo in the night.

    http://pciyrtpy.blogspot.com/2008/04/30-2-chance-encounter-it-was-dark-and.html
    Thanks,
    rel

         by rel April 15, 2008 at 2:09 am

  77. well, i started writing unable to bear the heat.. and finally, wound up using the prompt on this site.. so here it is… :)

    http://aaartzmuses.blogspot.com/2008/04/writers.html

         by Aaarti April 15, 2008 at 3:33 am

  78. I combined both prompts this week.

    Strangers

         by Karina April 15, 2008 at 7:45 am

  79. [...] Seattle skyline viewed from ferry in Puget Sound. Photo and its manipulation by Marcia McLees Bogaert (MeeAugraphie). Please do not copy my words or photos. Thank you. Where does flight take you in reality or imagination? Visit Writers Island for other flights or perhaps a chance encounter. [...]

         by Dare I? - Writers Island : MeeAugraphie April 15, 2008 at 7:58 pm

  80. I posted a photo I couldn’t resist manipulating and the resulting poem: Dare I?

         by Marcia (MeeAugraphie) April 15, 2008 at 8:01 pm

  81. http://horizonnext.blogspot.com/2008/03/crash-landing.html

         by zoya gautam April 16, 2008 at 11:03 am

  82. http://horizonnext.blogspot.com/2008/03/crash-landingsequel.html

         by zoya gautam April 16, 2008 at 11:25 am

  83. ..i’ve always been an idiot, so one stupidity more!..’”and as you know, just the link, not the piece.”>
    link>http://horizonnext.blogspot.com
    “crash landing!”[read as-flight] posted on march 24.2008;with “crash landing!”[sequel] posted on march 27.2008{dicy, possibly right this time,good luck!]

         by zoya gautam April 16, 2008 at 11:31 am

  84. Here’s one in memory of my grandfather, H. Scott Gault,
    the pilot of a piper plane.Enjoy!

    http://forestriverjournal.blogspot.com/2008/04/flying-high.html

         by Edward S. Gault April 17, 2008 at 12:47 am

  85. http://horizonnext.blogspot.com/2008/03/language-no-bar.html

         by zoya gautam April 17, 2008 at 1:56 pm

  86. A first time participant at Writer’s island… am probably late

    http://monthofapril2008.blogspot.com/2008/04/crack-of-dawn.html

         by Just someone April 17, 2008 at 4:27 pm

  87. [...] week’s Writer’s Island prompt: [...]

         by The Letter (Part Twenty-Two) | Mixed Metaphor.net May 10, 2008 at 10:49 pm

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