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Prompt & Link: “Desire”

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It’s approaching 9:00 AM Friday morning, January 25th, 2008, on the U.S. west coast — so here I am with a new Prompt!

This week’s, and the nineteenth Writer’s Island prompt is: “Desire”.

I’m not going to make any suggestions how you might approach this week’s prompt. I am hoping you will simply free associate with “Desire”, and let your muse take you from there. Surprise us!

Whatever moves you this week, that’s what we all want to read.

So, 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.

No need to rush, this post will be open to receive your links for the entire week, leading up to the next prompt.

May this, and every week, bring a little passion — and may your muse be kind! We can’t wait to see what you write…

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  2. Rose Dewy Knickers
    January 25, 2008 at 8:29 am

    Good morning everyone. My post about desire starts on my blog, but finishes in the Orchid Room. Click here are provided on my blog.

    Rose

    xo

    http://dewyknickers.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/smoke-falls/

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  3. pri
    January 25, 2008 at 8:59 am

    here’s my contribution :
    http://thiswholenewworld.blogspot.com/2008/01/that-magic-word-desire.html

    hope it makes u stop and think a while…:)

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  6. paisley
    January 25, 2008 at 11:11 am

    i forgot to mention how happy i am that you opened the prompt earlier like this,, as sometimes the desire to write the piece as prompted disallows holding on to it for days in order to post when called for….

    is there any way you can enable comment follow up emails?? i do believe it would make us more apt to read each entry if we were prompted to do so by an email….

    especially since there will not be a mad rush to post all at one time….

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  7. anthonynorth
    January 25, 2008 at 11:28 am

    Okay, this is my first attempt here, having just found you. Hope you enjoy.

    THE ROOT OF DESIRE

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  8. Susan Helene Gottfried
    January 25, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    Every now and then, Trevor lets us see his Desire

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  9. Gemma Wiseman
    January 25, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    Good morning Saturday writers!

    It is a luscious, sunny Austraia Day here! And I thought today was a very symbolic time to post “Desire”. In the light of recent Heath Ledger sadnesses, I felt the wonder of desire’s depths should be explored! Enjoy!

    http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2008/01/desire-for-writers-island.html

    Smiles and Light

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  10. pieceofpie
    January 25, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    will come back later to read….
    DeSire

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  12. keith hillman
    January 25, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    I’ve posted my contribution on another of my sites this week. It’s short and I hope you find it sweet!

    http://keithspoems.blogspot.com/

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  14. Gemma Wiseman
    January 25, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    Sorry keith – but for some reason, your site won’t accept my comment. So here it is!

    You have carefully captured the perpetuation, even the cycle of feeding buried in desire!

    Nice write!

    Smiles and Light

    Gemma Wiseman

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  15. rebecca
    January 25, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    My post is a short story on the desires one simply wishes throughout life — some being given; others not. The desires are not grandiose, just simple basic needs that sometimes seem to be so unattainable. (I’ve killed two birds with one stone as I have also written it for Sunday Scribblings)

    The Felling of a Tree

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  17. gautami tripathy
    January 26, 2008 at 12:46 am

    I liked the Tuesday linking. Just my thought. Not that it deters me from posting now.

    Fired by desire, stuck in a quagmire, here is my post:

    housing my soul

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  18. totomai
    January 26, 2008 at 4:56 am

    my desire as a chemical engg grad and some poetry inspired by my profession 🙂

    http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/experiments.html

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  23. Glynis
    January 26, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Bummer, I kind of liked the definite Tuesday deadline. Oh well.

    I wrote a villanelle:
    http://slygly.blogspot.com/2008/01/corduroy.html

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  24. Herb Urban
    January 26, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    The heavy snowfall made me return to an old piece for a few revisions. Thanks!

    http://www.herburban.com/?p=2746

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  28. danae sinclair
    January 27, 2008 at 5:08 am

    http://danaesinclair.blogspot.com/2008/01/uncommon-new-year.html

    I seem to have had a bit of a creative drought, but here ‘s my first fiction exercise of the year.

    thanks Islanders! dx

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  29. awareness
    January 27, 2008 at 9:31 am

    Good morning everyone. Thank you Rob for opening up the postings. It makes it easier to post on the weekend when I have more time. I want to link you all to a piece I wrote during the Christmas holidays….relatively new writing. I am also working on another piece i hope to have completed later today.

    cheers to everyone.

    http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com/2007/12/yearnings.html

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  31. Herb Urban
    January 27, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    I wrote something new this morning for the prompt. Time will tell if I can take it to Broadway or the small screen. Thanks, as always.

    http://www.herburban.com/?p=2908

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  33. Mary T.
    January 27, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    Well, I ended up being in the 30’s anyway, so I must say I don’t like this as well. I wonder if I’ll like it better or not as time goes on. Guess, we’ll see.
    For now, here is my selection.
    http://beadfluff.blogspot.com/2008/01/writers-island-desire-prompt-desire.html

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  34. SweetTalkingGuy
    January 27, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    Hi everybody, thanks for the prompt Rob.
    I pulled this one from my archives as I have a strong desire to meet…
    http://sewina.blogspot.com/2008/01/writers-island-desire.html

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  35. UL
    January 27, 2008 at 11:54 pm

    A lame attempt, I liked the Tuesday linking though..gave me time to think and compose –

    http://ul-typingaway.blogspot.com/2008/01/overheard.html

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  36. awareness
    January 28, 2008 at 4:19 am

    here she be…………..

    my thoughts and stirring on desire……

    http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com/2008/01/desire.html

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  38. Rambler
    January 28, 2008 at 11:13 am

    Have been really late I guess

    Desire

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  43. Penelope Anne
    January 28, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    Inspiration returns!!!!
    I was starting to wonder, but this prompt dropped me right back into the world of that historical romance that is running through my mind…Eliza’s story continued
    http://cafeendofuniverse.blogspot.com/2008/01/writers-island-3-desire.html

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  44. Jadey
    January 28, 2008 at 8:38 pm

    What a hot prompt. Mine is now posted please everyone check it out.

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  46. Tumblewords
    January 28, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    Mine is here…thanks for the prompt!

    Shoe Fetish

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  48. LD
    January 28, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    This is my first contribution; I hope that it meets the standards!

    http://modernnomadism.blogspot.com/2008/01/gimmies.html

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  49. Chris
    January 28, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    Mine isn’t really worth the effort this week (that is not to imply that past weeks were), but if I don’t post it gives me permission to be a slacker.

    Synonyms On Parade

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  50. marja
    January 28, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    See things have changed. I will keep posting on tuesday though because I am to busy in the weekend.
    Will visit you soon.
    Wrte a story with a bit of desire in it. Here it is:

    http://dutchcorner.blogspot.com/2008/01/photographer.html

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  51. Constance
    January 29, 2008 at 12:49 am

    I guess I should pay more attention to the rest of the prompt… 🙂 A late take on desire. Attempted Resuscitation of Things Passed

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  52. watermaid
    January 29, 2008 at 5:10 am

    The new format has caught me on the hop. In the absence of inspiration, I’m doing a little recycling. The situation in the poem, was brought about, no doubt, by desire.

    demon mailer

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  53. pauline
    January 29, 2008 at 6:38 am

    Short and sweet this week – this is all I want

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  54. wits
    January 29, 2008 at 7:58 am

    From the kid contingency, here’s one by a 5th grader about fire:

    http://witsblog.org/2008/01/29/fire/

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  55. ratanaong
    January 29, 2008 at 10:20 am

    How come I’m late? Ooo..new format. Here’s my contribution

    Writer’s Island: Desire

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  60. mary a. kaufman
    January 29, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Desire? Seems a somewhat strange word for me to be thinking on at my stage of life. At the moment, my one and only desire is for things to go on in my life as they have been. May I continue to roll out of bed in the morning, painfree and ready for life, as it was for me this morning. I desire each day that stretches before me to be one that promises to be a day worth living. Part of that “worth living” includes visiting my growing number of blog site friends. It’s a wonderful trip I am on! Mary from Meander With Me

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  63. writersisland
    January 29, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Mary –

    Continuity in life seems like an ideal ‘object of desire’ to me — and at 60, I can relate quite well.

    I wish you all the best! 😉

    …Rob

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  64. Linda Jacobs
    January 29, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    Found a few minutes today to write one.
    My entry

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  65. Linda Jacobs
    January 29, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    Sorry, that didn’t work. I thought I was getting pretty good at leaving a link, too. One more try.

    My entry

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  67. Brian
    January 29, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    Didn’t have the desire for the prompt, but I did post an essay of sorts with a variety of poems based on a single prompt.

    http://hummingbunny.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/how-to-write-poetry/

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  68. Cricket's Hearth
    January 29, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    I have my first post up. Desire: Life, Liberty and . . .

    Writer’s Island: Desire

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  70. writersisland
    January 30, 2008 at 3:33 am

    Hello Islanders –

    I hoped the new combined Prompt & Writer’s Link post worked out for everyone.

    I am going to stick with the single ‘combo’ post — but I may put one more wrinkle in it to try to make everyone happy? Stay tuned next week… 😉

    …Rob

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  71. Write From Karen
    January 30, 2008 at 7:31 am

    Did I mention I found paradise? Another writing prompt to push me through the week. *la-sigh*

    Aloha from a newbie. 😀

    A Consuming Desire

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  72. writersisland
    January 30, 2008 at 9:24 am

    Karen –

    I had to comment — I just LOVE the graphic image of the island you have posted with your piece!! 🙂

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  73. Marilyn
    January 30, 2008 at 10:04 am

    I haven’t been here in a while…but this is a prompt that really spoke to me…

    http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/01/desire.html

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  74. Write From Karen
    January 30, 2008 at 11:13 am

    Thanks so much! If you want it, just holler!

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  75. Ps
    January 31, 2008 at 12:23 am

    I must be the last one here!
    Here is my piece:
    http://justamotheroftwo.blogspot.com/

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