DailyPrompt – Green Bottles, Alan's Ark & COVID Odyssey: Alan Grace's vir[tu]al journey

Bonus Green Bottle, it is. May the Fourth be with you! Today’s prompts for 4 May 2022: GREEN & HOPE

My hope (and Yoda’s hope) for all of you today: For all my Green Bottle posts see: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/ The prompt for 4 May 2016 was HOPE: https://wordpress.com/dailypost/prompts/Hope The prompt for 9 April 2016 was GREEN: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/Green Also see: 3 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 28 April 2022: GREEN & SOLITUDE Solitude: To Yoda, An Ode…

Post #1,000. Farewell. No Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 1 May 2022: GREEN & SCARS

Green, green grass or battlefield? Peaceful sight or blind mind feel? Standing still or running away? Time for your dreams or no time left today? . . . Real love or real fake? Real life or living hate? Do we see each other or do we dance in the rain? Do we see the scars…

1 Green Bottle. Today’s prompts for 30 April 2022: GREEN & STAIRWAY

Stairway To Heaven Poem If tears could build a stairwell And memories were a lane, I would walk right up to Heaven And bring you home again. No farewell words were spoken, No time to say good-bye… You were gone before I knew it, And only God knows why. https://www.memorialcardshop.co.uk/blog/stairway-to-heaven.html Sadly my mum passed away…

2 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 29 April 2022: GREEN & CURVE

Somewhere over the rainbow Green birds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why then, oh, why can’t I? https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/judygarland/overtherainbow.html The endangered Kakapo, a flightless New Zealand parrot. Below is one of my favourite prints I have: kakapo and chick by Merrilyn Jaquiery https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/merrilyn-jaquiery-art-print-840891866 go grow a rainbow learning curves rainbow red, orange, yellow green, blue,…

3 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 28 April 2022: GREEN & SOLITUDE

Solitude: To Yoda, An Ode Green bark a prism creates, Feel the pull of earth, you must. Rotates, a slime of endless hates, Can hold me not, this world’s crust. Friendship’s ties, isolation Deflates, Succumbs, my spaceship, to bitter rust. Mist, my soul forever permeates, Lift-off, booms the rocket’s thrust. My spirit when light returns,…

4 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 27 April 2022: GREEN & MASK

I Do Not Like Wearing A Mask … A poem (loosely) based on Green Eggs and Ham. See: https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/09/25/dr-seuss-mask-poem/ This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you wish. I suggest that the WordPress monthly prompt initiative is likely to be more successful if…

5 Green Bottles. Today’s [advance] prompts for 26 April 2022: GREEN & CROSSROADS

Anzac commemorations Poppies standing tall in each row On Crosses dignity bestow Cherish the memory So our military Never off to world war will go Alan Grace 25 April 2018 (Revised 25 April 2022) 25 April is ANZAC Day in New Zealand. Hence this post one day early. For my other ANZAC Day posts see:…

6 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 25 April 2022: GREEN & WHISPER

The Call of the Forest What does the forest whisper With every wind-stirred leaf, From many-centuried oak tree To hour-old blossom-sheaf? What does the forest whisper When nightingales are dumb And cícadas fall silent? The forest whispers, ‘Come’. Urgyen Sangharakshita For the rest of this poem see below or at the end of this post….

7 Green Bottles. Prompts for 24 April 2022: GREEN & BORROWED

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Native American Proverb What did you do in Earth Week to make our planet great for children in the future? This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you…

8 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 23 April 2022: GREEN & DISAPPOINTMENT

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope Martin Luther King Jr, 4 April 1968 It was a great disappointment to many when WordPress stopped daily prompts at the end of May 2018 and continues to not allow new posts (including GREEN) to be added to the old Daily prompts site. See: Black…

9 Green Bottles. Happy Earth Day! Today’s prompts for 22 April 2022: GREEN & EARTH

The Joy Of Little Things It’s good the great green earth to roam, Where sights of awe the soul inspire; But oh, it’s best, the coming home, The crackle of one’s own hearth-fire! You’ve hob-nobbed with the solemn Past; You’ve seen the pageantry of kings; Yet oh, how sweet to gain at last The peace…

10 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 21 April 2022: GREEN & LOCKED

Lockdown (an acrostic) Locked down nation Open vaccination Cancel vacation Keep limitation Domestic education Odd organisation Work domestication New normalisation Locked down nation Open vaccination Cancel vacation Keep limitation End congregation Doomed sales generation Unsure duration Political obfuscation Alan Grace 20 April 2022 For my other acrostics see: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/?s=acrostic My poem was inspired by the…

11 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 20 April 2022: GREEN & FOG

This month’s WordPress prompt is GREEN (for April 2022). Combine GREEN and today’s daily prompt (recycled from 2016) if you wish. I suggest that the WordPress monthly prompt initiative is likely to be more successful if we combine the prompt GREEN each day with the daily prompt for the same date in 2016. Sadly new…

12 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 19 April 2022: GREEN & FAKE

13 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 18 April 2022: GREEN & CLOSET

14 Green Bottles. Today’s prompts for 17 April 2022: GREEN & BREATH

15 Green Bottles. Daily prompts for April. Today’s prompts for 16 April 2022: GREEN & DISASTER

This fragile green world is slowly dying. We can’t turn back the clock to days of bliss: Of lush flowers & forests & mountains: Now time is short; the ice caps are melting. Fear ancient prophecies of fire & flood! This fragile green world will soon become grey. It is now looking old and polluted….

Believe in yourself; Daily prompts update automatically each day

Originally posted on Share Your Best Posts:
Believe in yourself Woe what a wicked web we weave When we addicted self-deceive Oh just how prejudicial So must now be official Trust in ourselves we must believe Alan Grace 8 October 2018 Daily Prompt: Believe My online spreadsheet is now set up to automatically generate a…

Do you have any interest in Daily prompts? An Acrostic

On May 24, WordPress announced that new Daily Prompts would cease at the end of the month 😦 See: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/to-the-daily-post-community-thank-you/ Almost 500 comments were received expressing concern/ disappointment before comments were closed 😦 You may like to read the comments on the right of the post: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/to-the-daily-post-community-thank-you/?_=1538511459262#comments You may like to look at my (recycled)…

The Courage to continue

Mais oui … continue Now how may we continue To inspire Tao within you Blessed you try Best do I Daily vows recontinue Alan Grace 17 September 2018 Previous version (which version do you prefer?): Mais oui … continue Now how may we continue To inspire posts within you Blessed you try Best do I…

Recycle old prompts

Recycle old prompts New prompts demise deemed unstoppable Daily prompts easily droppable I’ll try to convince you to recycle anew Since old prompts feasibly swapabble Alan Grace 27 July 2018 Unstoppable Poetry Would you like to share your favourite posts? Your post does not need to have a prompt. See: https://guestdailyposts.wordpress.com/guest-pingbacks/ [The above line shares…

May the force be with us

May the force be with us Star Wars fast-paced light-sabre ace Old Ben Led traced space-based force fight by Jedi men Far worse from ISIS We cursed faced crisis Obi-Wan nurse chased wasted prompts again Alan Grace 26 July 2018 Crisis Poetry I share my posts on Alan’s site: https://guestdailyposts.wordpress.com/guest-pingbacks/ [The above line shares the…

Thoughts about prompts

Thoughts about prompts For me conclusive thoughts are elusive Or each two mutually exclusive Sure WordPress stole Your heart your soul More abusive views wholly intrusive Alan Grace 25 July 2018 Elusive Other poems with this prompt (make sure you look at the member poems): Poetry It is now over two months since WordPress announced…

U-AARDVARK2 Daily Prompt Community: The journey continues

True or False: Do U need a clue? In U-AARDVARK2 The U needs a clue Umbrella or United for Maybe we see it’s true The U is for U Maybe we will learn The U is for U-turn? Please track other posts too In the pingback menu May my good turn Help you discern The…

Daily Prompts for July onwards. Wanna play?

This blog is a way of ‘paying it forward’ to those bloggers who have followed my blog https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/ and liked my posts. See: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/2018/06/16/help-for-alans-anarchy-daily-prompts-read-this-first/ You may like to view a slideshow of random posts (quicker version). My blog for sharing your favourite posts (prompts not required) is at: https://guestdailyposts.wordpress.com/ (Click on the link on the…

June Prompts

Look at the bottom of this page to see the Daily Prompts for the rest of June. Also see: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/2018/06/16/help-for-alans-anarchy-daily-prompts-read-this-first/ Please add your pingbacks for your Daily Prompt posts for the rest of June to this post. To create a pingback copy and paste one of these three options into your post: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/2018/06/27/june-prompts/ Recycled 2016…

Fence and other Daily Prompts for 26 Jun 2018

Please create a post based on the main prompt in the heading (first word). I will reblog your post (if your blog allows reblogs). Please create a pingback by putting a link to this post in your post 🙂 or paste a link to your post in a comment below this post 🙂 Look at…

Prophecy and other Daily Prompts for 25 Jun 2018

Voyage and other Daily Prompts for 24 Jun 2018

Awe and other Daily Prompts for 23 Jun 2018

Empty and other Daily Prompts for 22 Jun 2018

Companion and other Daily Prompts for 21 Jun 2018

Please create a post based on one of the prompts below. I will reblog your post (if your blog allows reblogs). Please create a pingback by putting a link to this post in your post 🙂 or paste a link to your post in a comment below this post 🙂 See: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/2018/06/16/help-for-alans-anarchy-daily-prompts-read-this-first/ Please include the line…

Summer and other Daily Prompts for 20 Jun 2018

Is it aimless to reinvent Daily Prompts?

After the demise of new WordPress Daily Prompts I decided to set up a prototype blog to see now a blog could be set up for Daily Prompts. A number of people set up blogs creating daily prompts containing links to other users posts. I wanted to retain a similar look and feel to the…

Aimless and other Daily Prompts for 19 Jun 2018

Perfection and other Daily Prompts for 18 Jun 2018

Daily Prompt: Aimless. Aimless to reinvent prompts

Aimless to reinvent prompts Choose other cards to deal It’s not too hard I feel Won’t effort double Stay out of trouble Don’t reinvent the wheel Alan Grace 16 June 2018 Jun 19 Aimless Note: I am in the process of transferring my Daily Prompt site to: https://aaamazingphoenix.wordpress.com/ I hope you will follow this blog…