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  • Plume
    Feb 23, 2023

    Liminality wrote:
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    February 23rd


    Week 4



    It's time to get down to some #GreenRoomQueries ! To participate, have a look at works currently in the Green Room. Then, choose a work that interests you and go to the author's wall. Ask them a question or two about the work and add the hashtag #GreenRoomQueries . For example, you could ask what inspired the piece of writing, what are their plans for it, who is their favourite character to write, etc.

    Have fun!

    #SocialMonth

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  • Plume
    Feb 19, 2023

    This year's take on #MadLibsPoetry ! This one's based on Emily Dickinson's "Fame is a fickle food."

    [noun 1]
    [adjective 1]
    [verb -ing]
    [noun 2]
    [noun 3]
    [numerical place, i.e. first, fifth]
    [plural noun 1]
    [plural animal]
    [adjective 2]
    [animal sound]
    [verb 1]
    [job, i.e. chef, lawyer]
    [noun 4]
    [plural noun 2]
    [verb 2]

    Spoiler! :
    [noun 1] is a [adjective 1] food
    Upon a [verb -ing] [noun 2]
    Whose table once a
    [noun 3] but not
    The [numerical place] time is set
    Whose [plural noun 1] the [plural animal] inspect
    And with [adjective 2] [animal sound]
    [verb 1] past it to the
    [job title]’s [noun 4]
    [plural noun 2] eat of it and [verb 2]


    The code:
    Spoiler! :
    Code: Select all
    [b][noun 1][/b] is a [b][adjective 1][/b] food
    Upon a [b][verb -ing][/b] [b][noun 2][/b]
    Whose table once a
    [b][noun 3][/b] but not
    The [b][numerical place][/b] time is set
    Whose [b][plural noun 1][/b] the [b][plural animal][/b] inspect
    And with [b][adjective 2][/b] [b][animal sound][/b]
    [b][verb 1][/b] past it to the
    [b][job title][/b]’s [b][noun 4][/b]
    [b][plural noun 2][/b] eat of it and [b][verb 2][/b]


    Spearmint going with a dessert theme... :3

    Spoiler! :
    croissant is a flaky food
    Upon a chewing cupcake
    Whose table once a
    cookie but not
    The nineteenth time is set
    Whose doughnuts the hamsters inspect
    And with sweet moo
    swallowing past it to the
    pastry chef’s ice cream
    brownies eat of it and tasting

    Feb 20, 2023


    Liminality Based mine vaguely on philosophy - this was a fun one xD

    Spoiler! :
    Problem is a hard food
    Upon a reasoning philosopher
    Whose table once a
    Aristotelian but not
    The nth time is set
    Whose Pythagoreans the ravens inspect
    And with bleen scream
    think past it to the
    logician’s time machine
    clones eat of it and retort

    Feb 20, 2023

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  • Plume
    Feb 19, 2023

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    February 19/20
    Week 3



    It's time for some Mad Libs Poetry! To participate, choose any poem—it can be one you've written or one by another poet! Then, replace some of the words with the type of speech they are (noun, verb, verb ending in -ing, adverb, adjective, etc.), and then post it on your wall in a spoiler with the parts of speech above it! For an example, see this poem!

    Once you've got your poem parts arranged, post it on your wall with the hashtag #MadLibsPoetry. Then go around the People tab and fill in others' templates with the words you come up with!


  • Plume
    Feb 15, 2023

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    February 15
    Week 3


    To kick off poetry week, venture into all of our fun Poetry Forum Threads!

    We've got tons and tons of activities, from the Haiku Train to Write the Worst Poem You Can. So go out and foray into those forums!


  • alliyah
    Feb 14, 2023

    Hey Plume! Here to #ShareAGif !!

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    (Hope you have an excellent day!)


    Plume Thank you, alliyah!
    Feb 15, 2023


  • Plume
    Feb 12, 2023

    Took a stab at the Wiki Race! I'd not done one of these before, but I got it in 13 clicks (though I'm not sure if using portals/article categories is cheating or not). #socialmonth #wikirace

    My clicks are enspoilered below:
    Spoiler! :
    Chicken --> Guiness World Record --> John Oliver --> University of Cambridge --> Latin --> Indo-European Languages --> English Language --> British Empire --> United Kingdom --> Portal:United Kingdom --> Category:Education in the United Kingdom --> Category:Education in the United Kingdom by Subject --> Category:Language education in the United Kingdom --> National Association for the Teaching of English


    IcyFlame I have no strict rules, so you click whatever you want! Nice one!
    Feb 12, 2023


  • Plume
    Feb 11, 2023

    #funfact (honestly more of a fun historical anecdote) that I learned in my forensic science class recently: there was this Dutch art forger named Han van Meegeren who forged a lot of Vermeer works during the 40s, and then sold them claiming they were from Vermeer’s early period. One of them he sold to the Nazis, which after the war, didn’t go over too well with the Dutch government, so he was tried for Nazi collaboration, on the basis that he’d sold a piece of Dutch pride and history to the enemy— which could be punishable by death. So during his trial, rather than arguing the validity of his forgeries, he was actually forced to come clean and prove that he’d forged the works. In the end, he was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to a just a year in jail— and became somewhat of a national hero too, on account of his tricking the Nazis. #socialmonth


    4revgreen wow, this is such an interesting fact! I love quaint little historic facts like these
    Feb 11, 2023


  • Plume
    Feb 8, 2023

    #twotruthsandalie #socialmonth

    1. The only time I've ever fainted was at a science museum.
    2. A superhero movie filmed in my area when I was younger and I got to be an extra in one scene.
    3. I have a chipped tooth and to this day I have no idea how it happened.

    Guess away!


    Dossereana
    Spoiler! :
    Oh okay this is a hard guess but I'm going to go with 2

    Feb 8, 2023


    FireEyes
    Spoiler! :
    2?????

    Feb 8, 2023

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  • looseleaf
    Feb 4, 2023

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    Plume omg I love it!
    Feb 5, 2023


  • RandomTalks
    Feb 3, 2023

    <33


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    Plume Aaaa I love it!!
    Feb 3, 2023


  • alliyah
    Feb 3, 2023

    Truth or Dare Options!!
    Dare > Share a Haiku about Chickens on 3 people's walls without context
    Dare > Make a thread for discussing walrus poetry in the poetry discussion forum
    Truth > share 10 things you are proud of yourself for on your wall


    Plume Done done and done.
    Feb 3, 2023


    alliyah Most excellent! <3 :smt117:
    Feb 3, 2023


  • Liminality
    Feb 1, 2023

    Heya Plume!

    Truth: What is your favourite Neil Gaiman story?

    Dare: Write a 7-word story and post it to your wall :0


    Plume Favorite Neil Gaiman story... that is hard. I would say Good Omens, but that's technically jointly written by him and Terry Pratchett. My favorite proper Gaiman story is probably a tie between Coraline (a childhood classic) and Neverwhere, which I hadn't read until recently but highly recommend for a dark fantasy hit!
    Feb 1, 2023


    Liminality Ooh neat! I love Coraline too, among his novels. Oh I've never read Neverwhere either - might give it a try if I see it in a library sometime. :D Have you read any of his short stories? I think my fave of those would probably be 'Sunbird'.
    Feb 2, 2023

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  • soundofmind
    Feb 1, 2023

    troof: what's your favorite thing you've ever written?

    or

    dare: share your oldest yws post


    Plume gonna have to go with this script because 1) I was proud of it when I wrote it and 2) I wrote it during the best two weeks of my life when I was at a writing camp, so the memories attached to it are also very nice ^-^
    Feb 1, 2023


  • Quillfeather
    Feb 1, 2023

    Truth: tell me the worst review story you have and why it's bad
    Dare: take a poem you have made you dislike and post it on your wall(if you have one)


    Plume Worst review story... well, back when I had a long streak on TT, there would be sometimes when I'd be going to bed and forget if I'd done a review that day, so I'd have to get out of bed all tired to check my computer, and it either resulted in me 1) being grumpy for having to get out of bed if I found out I'd already written a review or 2) having to write a review late at night, keeping me up even later, so two not very good options.
    Feb 1, 2023


    Quillfeather Oooooof I get that type of feeling
    I'm sure they were great reviews anyway
    Feb 1, 2023


  • Plume
    Feb 1, 2023

    Let's do it!
    #socialmonth #truthordare



Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
— Martin Luther King Jr.