Sonnet: Where Shall We Go? (plus: #REN3 side contest winner)

Where Shall We Go?

Where shall we go, my friend, on open sea?

Taking a journey, together alone,

Looking forward to what we could so be

Seeing how far, how soon, we match in tone.

No one to rush us headfirst into storm

We move as we need to; no right; no wrong.

Comfortable, we, no need to perform

Expectations tossed; our closeness is strong.

But, clouds will darken, oh yes, sad but true,

Trying to unravel the good cares sown

Escalating fears, making old seem new

Setting us off course, untrue…ill winds blown.

O, stay the long path alongside of me.

O, take what is offered, no strings, deeply.

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…AND THE WINNER IS…

I asked for suggestions, created a poll, people voted on what those suggestions…and…we have a winnah!

The Compass w/Hidden Weapon, as suggested by Richard Hughes of Writing and Living blog got the nods in the poll voting.

And..since this is my gig, and I can kinda do what I want…the runner up in #’s with six votes (to Richard’s eight) will be the hidden weapon: Sonja of Chapter by Chapter gets a nod for suggesting a Small Glass Knife!

For those not in the know, and for those known who do know, and all those in-between, I offered a contest to my readers and (especially) the amazing writers of The Rule of Three blogfest. As a co-host, (Damyanti Biswas, Lisa Vooght and JC Martin my partners in crime) of this blogfest, I have a wee bit of leeway to do a few things extra. So…I ran a side contest due to an opening I had in the last part of my serialized story: Doc Stovepipe’s Medicine Show.

I had an item given to one character from another, “something cold and hard.” Nothing specific, not a good writing (or improv) thing to do.

Thank you Richard & Sonja, and all others who submitted (and for those who voted). I will now attempt to finish my story using this item to help Gid…or, not. Yes, I have not written the story yet. Haven’t even thought about it. Really.

Richard & Sonja will get a nod, somehow, in the story, will appear in the afterword, AND…I will be doing an email interview with Richard that will appear on my other blog, BornStoryteller.

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kelworthfiles on October 29, 2011 at 4:37 pm said:

Congratulations to Richard and Sonja. Better to run into a little weather than to never leave the harbour in the first place.

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- bornstoryteller on October 29, 2011 at 5:39 pm said:
  
  Aye Aye,. Capt.
  
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Li @Flash Fiction on October 27, 2011 at 6:58 am said:

That’s beautiful, Stu. We never know what winds will blow, what course we’ll take…but it’s a comfort to have a companion – and a port – in case of storm.

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- bornstoryteller on October 27, 2011 at 7:25 am said:
  
  Glad you liked it, Li.
  
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Jana Denardo on October 26, 2011 at 12:23 am said:

Very cool. I thought the winner had a great idea

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- bornstoryteller on October 26, 2011 at 12:31 am said:
  
  Thanks Jana. It is…now I’m sweating how not only to use it but to explain why a compass.
  
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jill marie on October 25, 2011 at 10:29 pm said:

Love the sonnet,you used my favorite setting, the sea. I particularly liked the lines “Taking a jouney, together alone” and “Comfortable, we, no need to perform”. To me these are wonderful relationship descriptions.
Good luck finishing your story too.

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- bornstoryteller on October 25, 2011 at 10:40 pm said:
  
  Hi Jill….thanks on both fronts. Glad you enjoyed it.
  
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Richard Hughes on October 25, 2011 at 4:24 pm said:

I”ve written my fourth week’s piece. In fact, I wrote it last week. Just waiting for tomorrow to post it. Starting a story with one ending in mind, then having new developments and prompts, sometimes it just turns out different than expected. It was a challenge though.

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- bornstoryteller on October 25, 2011 at 4:26 pm said:
  
  Excellent Richard, and congrats. I’m JUST starting to write my story now.
  
  Glad you enjoyed the challenge.
  
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Joshua on October 25, 2011 at 9:24 am said:

I would like to go on record saying that I didn’t even vote for mine because there were others that were so much better.

Also, I suppose I should take my notes for prompt 4 and start writing, eh?

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- bornstoryteller on October 25, 2011 at 9:32 am said:
  
  Duly noted, sir. Glad you did vote!
  
  now..get cracking!!!
  
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  - Joshua on October 25, 2011 at 12:16 pm said:
    
    Sir, yes, sir.
    
    In fact…I just scheduled it to go at midnight. Real tough trimming 31 words off, but I did get it under the 600 mark.
  - bornstoryteller on October 25, 2011 at 12:52 pm said:
    
    cool..looking forward to it.
    
    Hope you smiled when you said that!!!
The Golden Eagle on October 25, 2011 at 7:34 am said:

I love the flow of the words!

Looking forward to seeing what happens with a compass and a knife.

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- bornstoryteller on October 25, 2011 at 7:50 am said:
  
  Thank you GE. Flow was important to me in this one.
  
  As to the item: so am I!! I will start writing my last section in a little while. Have to revisit the prompts too.
  
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Abhisek on October 25, 2011 at 7:33 am said:

Beautiful and meaningful lines Storyteller and I love the pic too

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- bornstoryteller on October 25, 2011 at 7:48 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, Abhisek. Yes, the picture is beautiful. I find these fthings on FB…wish I knew more to thank the artists and give them their due.
  
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Jessica Mokrzycki on October 25, 2011 at 12:18 am said:

It’s so easy to be blown off course…at least it’s all the same wide open sea! Great sonnet

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- bornstoryteller on October 25, 2011 at 7:34 am said:
  
  Thank you Jessica. Long time…hope you are good.
  
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jan on October 24, 2011 at 9:58 pm said:

I love this writing, very good.

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- bornstoryteller on October 24, 2011 at 9:59 pm said:
  
  Thank you Jan
  
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