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April is National Poetry Writing Month!

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Cool Cat of the Week:

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Congrats to SingingFlames for being our submitter of the week!  They submitted their piece "Supernatural: Interlude Over Sashimi" and was chosen via random.org to be featured in this journal. Check out some of their awesome work here, and be sure to submit to our galleries for your chance to be featured next week!

TrivialitiesSpeak not of logic or reason
I am angry and have no time for petty annoyances    Firefly: Crossing PathsTitle: Firefly: Crossing Paths
Universe: Serenity/Firefly (pre-movie)
Pairings: None
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Author's Note: This is for the Flash Fan Fiction theme “Vacation.” I chose to include the word, not necessarily the concept. Word count: 282
“Mal!” Inara grabbed the captain's arm and yanked him across the ballroom floor. She hissed under her breath, “What are you doing here?”
“What?” Bemused, he let her lead him away. They passed multiple party goers, dressed in layers of exotic silks and sipping from crystal champagne flutes. Subtle dance music floated over them, played by a small chamber orchestra with authentic wooden instruments. “Just enjoying the party, like you, s'all.”
“I'm working.” Inara glanced around the crowd.
“For a companion, working and all, shouldn't you be more gentle and friendly like?”
She glared at him. “You're not a client. You don't even belong here. Just look at th  AtLA: Turtle Duck KissesTitle: AtLA: Turtle Duck Kisses
Universe: Avatar the Last Airbender
Pairings: None
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Author's Note: Azula has a rare quiet and introspective moment. This is for the Flash Fan Fiction Friday's theme "impulsive." Word count: 429
Deep crimson light from the setting sun filtered through the pagoda tree, its leaves spattering bits of shade across the garden below. The rare flashes that reached the pond glimmered across its surface. A warm breeze rippled the water, birthing gentle waves that sang against the grassy pond lip. Five tiny turtle ducklings, followed closely by their mother, played in the tiny swells.
A slender figure approached. With a startled squawk, the mother turtle duck hustled her offspring away.
Azula smirked. Good. Those useless vermin had learned to respect, to fear, her. It was only proper. She was Azula, daughter of Firelord Ozai. Everyone - no, everything - would learn its place around her, or suffer the consequences. Not that

Weekly Prompt:

like a lion

Submit your responses to this prompt to this gallery so I can feature them in next week's journal! Last week's prompt was "you will be found" and here is the response:

14Sprawled in bed at 2 A.M.
I flicked the phone screen back and forth
Hooked by a rather tragic tale
Spoiler alert, he killed himself in chapter twenty
It’s sort of odd, to be broken by a fiction work
But for some reason those tears did not stop
Even when I turned to face the ceiling
My eyes were heavy but my heart even more
Sleepless, I thought of the protagonist
Who never said a word of the storm in his mind
And then I thought
This had to be based on real life
If so, there’s somebody like him out there
Wow, what a well written story
Really, there’s just one thing I’d change
Insert a hero, maybe
But this time before the epilogue
Oh God above, this might sound weird
But hear my prayer
If there’s someone who’s secretly hurting
Then make it seem like a coincidence
That we happen to meet
Because all I want is to be their hero
I know you are afraid
I know it’s rather bold
I know I might need a rescue mission myself
Yet to you I’ll someday see
H
 
That's all from me for this week!

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Kerry