... that the cats spent longer on the decking than usual, arriving soon after their respective breakfasts, ready to make the most of the baked-light wood, furrily repitilian in their worship of this unexpected spring. They lay at all angles: barlines across the grain, lazy numerals, or following the ruled lines in a feline cursive that could flex and morph to tell the story of the day - bluebottles tracked, birds half-regarded, human feet considered for half-hearted nuzzling - until, as suppers neared, they would stretch and erase themselves, leaving a surface yearning for renewed meaning on a new day.
This is a #100wcgu entry.
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- MikeCamel
- Sci-fi and Young Adult author: sometimes both. Dad, geek, diver. Tea, no coffee. @MikeCamel
From J (daughter 1): "I like this 100wcgu because it gets you hooked (even if there might be a bit too much descriptive words). In our class we use something called the power of 3 which means you use 3 adjectives (describing words) to describe something (a noun). For example, "I once saw a rusty, moss-covered, rickety-rackety car"."
ReplyDeleteThanks, J! I decided to use this #100wcgu to practice my descriptions, because I sometimes feel I don't do enough. If you look carefully, you'll see that I did use the power of three, but I chose three phrases, and extended the 3rd one to make it almost the point of the piece.
ReplyDeleteJ says: "I found 2! They are: the 3 positions the cats lie in and the story of the day."
ReplyDeleteVery poetic writing.
ReplyDelete"furrily repitilian in their worship of this unexpected spring," has a wonderful rhythm.
Cheers!
JzB
It's snowing here. The moisture is welcome. It's been unseasonably warm the past couple of springs and led to a lot of wildfires.
ReplyDeleteWe have snow here, in the UK, though wildfires are rare. Where are you based?
ReplyDeleteI love it especially 'feline cursive' :-)
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