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Category: Official Marathon Prompts
Maps
A pregnant pause. A decision too momentous to rush. “Is this really where you want to be?” His soft tone hid the power of the question. To be in a place – to live in a place is to determine the rest of time. A…
Hour 5 Prompt – Technology Driven Life
It’s just another Monday morning And I board a train to my office. In another few seconds, Pushing through people, I grab a seat. Like every other day I start checking my emails. Soon I realise The battery is about to die; I feel like gibbering in…
Wired
From my electric toothbrush to hair straightener. My cell phone my laptop. The tick tock battery driven clock Social network, facebook , instagram snapchat. One click and the world knows all. 3..2..1 mission to mars. Boom a nuclear blast.
PC: My Nightmare
It’s a glitch . . . What a bitch! I cannot believe this… Another deadline, I miss! My PC is a real dick… It makes me sick! I try the iPhone, in case; Eyeing thru the cracked face. They say it’s the best… Yet, they…
Hour 4 Prompt – Creator
I unlock my thoughts, These black and white letters, In this daily newspaper, That travels more to my mind, I experience a lurch in my stomach, As I board the train to my office, Every man around me, Reminds me of some crime, I rub…
Communication 2.0
The key to understanding Is knowledge of the buttons. Well, not exactly buttons. Touch the screen. Send a message. Words typed with feeling, (Mis)Read with suspicion. It’s how we stay connected. Oh no! Don’t call.
You Healed Me
Once I was a lonely girl By myself in the dark and crazy world No friends, always judged by others I spent my days with just the thoughts in my head Over time, my sanity suffered and more people criticized Phrases like “she’s sick” or…
Prompt for Hour Five
Write a poem about technology. The details are entirely up to you.
A summer love
It was summer when our hearts met, We curved a heart of a promised love, as we sat beneath the shade of a century old maple tree. Our dreams were planned for the next level of our life together but, The autumn wind blew the…