Write… Edit… Publish: Haunting + From The Great Beyond Bloghop!
IT'S SCARY TIME! ! It's Halloween month! It's an exciting time! Share the excitement! *cue evil laugh*
So today's post is a double blogfest entry… time to kill two birds with one stone… in a creative way, of course! Call it a literary kill! He! He!
There's the monthly bloghop over at Denise Covey's place Write… Edit… Publish…You are welcome to submit any of the following – flash fiction, poetry, non-fiction, playscripts to a word count of 1,000 words OR artwork and photographs accompanied by your written inspiration in creating your works. There's something to suit every taste! Go and check it out!
And there's From The Great Beyond Bloghop!
Here's the details:
On October 30 put up a post about a famous deceased author or celebrity you'd like to contact in our seance! Tell us what moved you to choose this person. And what would you like to say? We will haunt your blogs, reading about your choices, then the spirits will select winners to be announced on October 31. The prizes are frightfully good! It will be a ghostly good time!
There are so many great authors/poets out there, that I had a difficult time choosing just one! So I decided to incorporate a few of them, into a fun poem… enjoy!
"I am trying to connect with the late Dr. Seuss"—-
And never imagined what chaos was about to be loosed?
The air filled with tension
Beyond comprehension
The lights all a-flicker
And my friend with a snicker
Which soon turned to a frown
His jaw dropped to the ground
And there stood the infamous man of all rhyme
He popped up, he hopped up
In the nick of all time
"You called and I came."
Informed Dr. Seuss
And then all of a sudden
All hell did break loose
Go from here! Scatter! You’d better vamoose!
We turned – almost certain that this was a ruse…
And you’ll never believe it
You’ll never guess who
They waved in excitement
Thing 1 and Thing 2
They popped up they hopped up
What were we to do?
And the séance was now a glorious zoo!
Thing 1 and Thing 2, they chanted and ranted
Thing 1 and Thing 2, they puffed and they panted!
Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!
And others popped too —
Wordsworth and Keats, right out of the blue
Steinbeck and Frost, and Sylvie Plath too!
Cleopatra rode by
In the blink of an eye…
Oh golly! Oh my!
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
What have you done? Send them all back!
And amidst all the chaos
We heard a loud CRACK!
The crystal ball shattered
Thing 1 gave it a WHACK!
A great flash of light ripped the black of the night!
A sound like a roar kept us glued to the floor!
A strong gust of wind seemed to blow someone in…
Thing 1 and 2 chuckled…
My shaking knees buckled…
Dr. Seuss in a panic, gave a cursory glance
To the flamboyant man, who walked by in a prance…
The master of wit
The great Oscar Wilde
In a bumbling fit
Like a small naughty child!
We were all in a daze…
Like being trapped in a maze…
But Thing 1 and Thing
Remained calm and unfazed!
And just when we thought we could take it no more
Take a wild guess who should walk through that door?
Unbelievable! Crazy! It was the last straw!
He was larger than life with a booming guffaw!
In bold velvet doublet and white pompadour
The Bard in his glory no-one could ignore!
"What manner of mischief doth here abound?"
He uttered in voice so deep and profound.
By Jove, the scene did the Bard so confound
He summoned a conjuror who was well renowned
A spinning vortex appeared from nowhere
Everyone was perplexed could do nothing but stare
We were all in a tizz
Flashing by in a whizz
A kaleidoscope moment straight out of showbiz!
People and objects – zooming in, zooming out!
Backwards and forwards – with a scream and a shout!
VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
One massive explosion
Every atom was frozen…
Time and space were suspended
As the seer had intended
And all that remained at the end of it all?
A miniature cat
A red and white top hat
And a fine crystal ball!
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I had a REAL BLAST writing this piece! I'm really useless when it comes to writing horror so I knew that this was the best route for me. I hope you had as much fun reading this, as I had creating this piece! Do pop around and check out the other bloghop entries!
Happy Halloween!
LOL Michelle, this is terrific. I used to read Doctor Suess to my kids when they were young and loved his unique style (still do), Thing 1 and Thing 2 are cheeky fellows. Glad the Bard could sort them out!.
I LOVE Dr. Seuss. I'm thinking of buying his entire collection… if I can get hold of it… one day… the good old Bard to the rescue… 🙂
I loved this! So much fun! Great way to work so many in and to satisfy both blog hops.
Shannon at <a href="http://thewarriormuse.com/">The Warrior Muse</a>
There are lots of great authors/poets… I omitted some because I ran out of ideas…
That was FUN! Well-done fun. 🙂 Thoroughly entertaining and clever. I noticed you commented how writing this post was such a blast. Isn't it interesting how the translates on the page to your readers.
Thank you for the zany "funness"!!
Gina
Welll, to be honest, poetry is my first love… though it's been years since I wrote "serious" poetry (fiction is sucking up all of my creativity) 🙂
This was so much fun! I read it aloud. 🙂 Everything Halloween definitely doesn't have to be scary. I thought you did a great job. Did I detect a shout-out to my man Shakespeare? ^_^
Yes! Shakespeare is THE MAN! Others should know their place and respect him… 🙂
Hey Michelle! I could tell you were having so much fun writing this…and I can tell that I had such fun reading it. Clever girl! Is there anything you can't do? You say you can't write horror. I'd be really scared if you had a go…I'm sure you could. But this wacky piece, full of our favourite literary characters fills the spot quite nicely.
Thank you for your wonderful entry in the WEP and Great Beyond bloghop.
Denise
Thank you Denise. Poetry is my "original love"… but has since been ousted by flash fiction. If poetry rears it's head, there's sure to be a tug-o'-war between the two. Though I'd force them to live side-by-side in peace and harmony.
This is fantastic. Dr. Seuss is such a great choice. As always, your posts are so creative.
I have a post ready for today or I would have joined.
I love Dr. Seuss. As I get older, I seem to love his work more and more… wonder if that's a sign of sorts? Maybe I should try my hand at kiddies stories? I dunno…
I loved this!
Hey Shelly! *waves hands like a mad woman*
Very clever!
Thanks Carolyn! 🙂
hahaha now that was grand here in your land , with rhythm and flow look at you go. Many did show but just so you know, thing one and thing two have nothing on the cat left with its hat in view
Ha! Pat Hatt. 🙂 My brain is fried. I have no rhyming response at the moment…
Oh my gosh- I absolutely ADORED this! Really, really loved. Wish I could snuggle it- it'd be soft and have a terribly funny expression, I'm sure. just delightful.
Awww Bev! You made me feel all warm and fuzzy with your wonderful comment…. 🙂 Thank you.
Trick or Treat and Happy Halloween!
Such a fun post! Truly enchanting! Congratulations! It's not all about horror – it's all about fun, and you achieved that with great skill and awesome talent! Thanks for sharing with us!
I'm glad you were enchanted by the rhymes! Thanks Yolanda!
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!! LOL.
Oh, Michelle, you've really outdone yourself. Whew!
Not too cheesy then? Oooops… sorry (no cheese was intended to be harmed in the uttering of that comment…) 🙂
I love this poem, it suits Halloween quite well because it's so mischievous!
Thanks Laura!
This was great! Truly clever! If I could summon someone to give me an inspirational writing boost it would be Dr. Seuss. 😉
Definitely! I agree 100% 🙂
This was excellent! Just loved it! 🙂
Thanks Cherie 🙂
Very fun poem! I don't know if I could come up with something so clever and rhyming off the cuff.
This is not off the cuff. Believe you me. I planned it… and then polished it to the best of my abilty! Thank you Carrie-Anne.
Dr. Seuss is one of my favorites and I LOVED this! Too cool 🙂
Another Dr. Seuss fan! YAY! 🙂
MIchelle, this was so fun! And so many people showed up, even Shakespeare. I love Dr. Seuss 🙂
Shakespeare had to make the grand appearance… after all, he IS the main man! 🙂
Michelle, this was just too much fun! So vivid. Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it Quanie!
What a fun piece! It almost feels like a tribute. Excellent choice!
It is a sort of a tribute… thanks Em!
This was wonderful! Such fun to read! You're captured perfectly the rhythm and the… spirit(s)… 🙂
Mischief is good for Halloween!
Pun intended, hey? Some good and solid, mischievous, high-spirited fun… involving spirits of course… 🙂
Greetings human, Michelle,
Brilliant! Nothing like a visit here and see that Dr.Seuss has made your prose get loose. Such a delight. All through the night. And no, I'm not Spam-I-Am 🙂
Pawsitive wishes,
Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar!
Prose as loose as a goose with its head in a noose trying to eat some mousse…. okay, now you've got me going again… 🙂 I burst out laughing when I saw "Spam-I-Am" 🙂
That was awesome! Bravo…my favorite entry yet. 🙂
Thank you Raquel! 🙂
Sorry I'm so late!
That was really creative. You channeled Dr. Seuss well.
Now, what are you going to do with that cat?
Maybe I'll stash him away somewhere, and bring him out in October 2014 for part II of this saga?
So very inventive and FUN!! Thank you thank you for this post!! Kept me going right till the end and I laughed with all of the antics you came up with!! Great job!
Glad I could provide some light entertainment!
Oscar Wilde rhyming with naughty child is brilliant, my dear girl!
This was a wonderful twist on the 'assignment,' Michelle, I love it. And you *do* have a gift for rhythm. The momentum of this verse was pure fun!
I just couldn't resist it! The image of Oscar Wilde throwing a tantrum….? Hilarious. Pure entertainment. Thanks Suze.
Great! Loved it!
Thanks Kelly.
Most clever, Michelle. I've always loved Dr. Seuss. My favorite Halloween costume of all was when I lived in NYC and made a Cat in the Hat costume. I used to recite Green Eggs and Ham by heart in college.
Awww, a cat-in-the-hat costume? Sounds fabulous! I wish I could attend a fancy dress party wearing a cat-in-the-hat outfit!
Oh my! I don't normally play favs in the blogosphere, but I have to admit, this was my favorite entry in the blog hop so far. Love Dr. Seuss and your post… fabulous! Loved the silly-fun, Seuss style way you put it together. 🙂
Thank you Candilynn! 🙂 Dr. Seuss has a special place in my heart!
too terrific to take! you've out done yourself & suess would shed a tear of joy! sweetness, my friend!!
Tara, that is the sweetest thing to say. Thank you.
WOW!! I don't even know what to say. Thing 1 and Thing 2 did what they do best, raising such a clatter conjuring up a party of Great Beyonders. I really enjoyed this piece.
True to character, Thing 1 and Thing 2 are just doing what they normally do! 🙂
WOW, Michelle… THIS WAS INCREIBLE!!!! Even Dr. SUESS would be proud of you! So charming and witty, it is so befitting….
WELL done, and with that I will RUN…..
Ah Michael, seems like this has brought out the Seussical part of your creativity… 🙂 Thanks!
That was wonderful Michelle. I'm sure Dr Suess would have approved of this. It has all his flare with words. Well done.
……..dhole
Thanks Donna! 🙂
Loved the rhymes. Maybe you're meant to follow in Dr. Suess's footsteps. 😉
Who knows Misha? 🙂 I do love poetry…
Looks like Gary Pennick will have to come here because if that doesn't lure in Dr. Suess nothing will! Excellent post.
Gary has already visited above! Thanks Elizabeth!
Oh my gosh, this is so fantastic! I just read your name in the list of winners on Gwen's blog and I can sure see why you won. You're so talented!
Happy Halloween! 🙂
Thanks for the compliment Julie! 🙂
Oh that is adorable!!! I love it.
Thanks Diane! 🙂
Now that was fun! I love Dr, Seuss. I could just see all the writer's franticaly grabbing their supernatural pens.
Nancy
Loved this! Creative, fun, well executed, with a wide range of favorite characters showing up! Well done 🙂
Thanks Nancy! And wouldn't that be supernatural quills? 🙂
Thanks Lisa. I also enjoyed your chilling "peek-at-the-possible-future" medical tale… 🙂
Excellent – I read it out loud it was so good.
I need to do that. Read it out aloud. Thanks Sally!
What a great choice of authors to contact in the beyond. I'll bet he'd give you ***** for your poem.
I would LOVE a ***** from him! Just imagine?!
*applause* That was wonderful! I adore Dr. Seus and you not only rhymed, but you captured his whimsical style. I loved it! Have a great weekend. 🙂
*humble bow* 🙂 Thank you too!
Very fun!
Thanks Charmaine!
Good fun! Calling back Dr. Seuss would certainly bring all kinds of mischief.
I love the Seussical mischief… never a dull moment and always a gooooood laugh! Thanks Armchair Squid!
This was fabulous Michelle! I loved your creative poem, and your special guest star. Congrats on being one of the winners!
Are you referring to Dr.Seuss or Shakespeare… they are both so special… two great literary figures!
Pat Bertram wrote a terrifying short on her blog. Scared me silly. I didn't participate because we're too caught up in new babies around here.
It's my first time participating in a halloween event… ever!! Halloween isn't too much of a big deal my end of the globe…
What fun!
Best wishes,
Anna
<a href="http://annas-adornments.blogspot.se/2013/10/weps-blogfest-for-wednesday-30-october.html">Anna's WEP-Challenge for October: Haunting</a>
<a href="http://annas-adornments.blogspot.se/2013/10/weps-blogfest-for-wednesday-30-october.html">Anna's WEP-Challenge for October: Haunting</a>
Thanks Anna!
This was brilliant, Michelle – thanks for sharing. I also love Dr. Seuss. Don't know that I've ever met anyone who doesn't, though. 😉
You're right. He has a wide appeal… how on earth can you not love him? 🙂
What a fun blog hop and post. Too bad I didn't know about it sooner. Have a lovely week.
I had a blast! It was tons of fun… thanks for popping in!
MIchelle,
That was indeed fun to read. I like the way you incorporated all the characters.
This was fantastic! I really enjoyed it. The pace was breathless, just like one of Dr. Suess' poems. Very well done indeed!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Jen