HOW HAUNTING... OMM's GHOST CHALLENGE...

 "Monsters are real, 

and ghosts are real too. 

They live inside us, 

and sometimes, 

they win." 

~

 Stephen King

WANT A BITE... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION WICKED WITCH CHALLENGE...

 "People who claim that they're evil 

are usually no worse than the rest of us... 

It's people who claim that they're good, 

or any way better than the rest of us, 

that you have to be wary of."

~

 Gregory Maguire

GREETINGS DEARIE... DIGITAL WHISPER's WITCH CHALLENGE...

 "Never put your faith in a Prince. 

When you require a miracle, 

trust in a Witch." 

~

 Catherynne M. Valente

BLACK ON BLACK... SPA's RAVEN CHALLENGE...

 Blackbird singing in the dead of night 

Take these broken wings and learn to fly 

All your life, 

you were only waiting for this moment to arise

~

The Beatles

FLYING SPIDERS EGADS... OMM's WINGS ON THINGS CHALLENGE...

 "You were born with wings, 

why prefer to crawl through life?" 

~

 Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

TRICK OR TREAT MY DEARS... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's WICKED HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE...

 "Tis the night—the night 

Of the grave's delight, 

And the warlocks are at their play; 

Ye think that without, 

The wild winds shout, 

But no, it is they—it is they!" 

~

 Arthur Cleveland Coxe

WILLIE a MILLION MILES, a THOUSAND SONGS and ONE GUITAR... DIGITALWHISPER's FAVORITE SINGER CHALLENGE...

 On the road again 

I just can't wait to get on the road again 

The life I love is making music with my friends

 And I can't wait to get on the road again 

On the road again 

Go'in places that I've never been 

Seein' things that I may never see again 

And I can't wait to get on the road again

~

Willie Nelson

TREE FRIENDS... SPA's TREE CHALLENGE...

 Once there was a tree.... 

and she loved a little boy. 

And everyday the boy would come 

and he would gather her leaves 

and make them into crowns

 and play king of the forest. 

He would climb up her trunk 

and swing from her branches

~

Shel Silverstein

The Giving Tree

SO MANY CLOCKS, SO LITTLE TIME... OMM's IT's ABOUT TIME CHALLENGE...

 

"All we have to decide 

is what to do 

with the time that is given us." 

~

 J.R.R. Tolkien

IN MY LIFE... DIGITTAL WHISPER's JOHN LENNON CHALLENGE...

There are places I remember 

All my life, 

though some have changed 

Some forever, not for better 

Some have gone and some remain  

All these places had their moments 

With lovers and friends, I still can recall 

Some are dead and some are living 

In my life, 

I've loved them all.

~

The Beatles

A STRANGE NEW WORLD... SPA's ROBOT CHALLENGE...

 "Humans were still not only 

the cheapest robots around, 

but also, for many tasks, 

the only robots that could do the job. 

They were self-reproducing robots too. 

They showed up and worked 

generation after generation; 

give them 3000 calories a day 

and a few amenities, a little time off, 

and a strong jolt of fear, 

and you could work them at almost anything. 

~

Kim Stanley Robinson 

HOUSEWORK BAH HUMBUG... OMM's MAGAZINE COVER CHALLENGE...

 "I hate housework. 

You make the beds, 

you wash the dishes 

and six months later 

you have to start all over again." 

~

 Joan Rivers

SEEING RED... DIGITIAL WHISPER's RED CHALLENGE...

 A color at the end of the spectrum

 next to orange and opposite violet, 

as of blood, fire, or rubies.

 "her red lips"

~

Dictionary.com

SING OUT... SPA's SING CHALLENGE...

 Sing

 Sing a song

 Make it simple

 To last your whole life long

 Don't worry that it's not good enough 

For anyone else to hear 

Just Sing 

Sing a song

~

Sesame Street

COLORS OF AUTUMN... OMM's AUTUMN COLORS CHALLENGE...

 "Fall has always been my favorite season. 

The time when everything 

bursts with its last beauty, 

as if nature 

had been saving up all year 

for the grand finale." 

~

 Lauren DeStefano

BLUE EYED BIRD... DIGITAL WHISPER's BLUE EYES CHALLENGE...

 Blue eyes 

Baby's got blue eyes 

Like a clear, blue sky 

Watchin' over me 

Blue eyes 

Ooh, I love blue eyes

~

Elton John

NIGHT FLYER... SPA's HOT AIR BALLOON CHALLENGE...

Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon 

Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon 

We could float among the stars together, 

you and I 

For we can fly, we can fly 

Up, up and away 

My beautiful, my beautiful balloon 

The world's a nicer place in my beautiful balloon 

It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon 

We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky 

For we can fly, we can fly

~

The Fifth Dimension

GREAT GRANDPA WAS A POLYGAMIST... OMM's ANCESTORS CHALLENGE...

 Yep, Great Grandfather was a 

Mormon polygamist. 

 Great Grandma is wife #6

sitting on the floor 

She is holding my Grandpa.

~

It's like my Grandma always told me

"You can pick your nose,

but you can't pick your ancestors."

NATURE IN A BOTTLE... DIGITAL WHISPER's NATURE CHALLENGE...

 Whenever I need to leave it all behind 

Or feel the need to get away 

I find a quiet place, far from the human race 

Out in the country 

Before the breathing air is gone 

Before the sun 

is just a bright spot in the night-time 

Out where the rivers like to run 

I stand alone and take back 

somethin' worth remembering

~

Three Dog Night

UNDERGROUND ALONE... SPA's UNDERGROUND CHALLENGE...

 

"Underground. Which I hate. 

Like mines and tunnels 

 Underground, where I dread dying, 

which is stupid 

because even if I die aboveground, 

the next thing they'll do 

is bury me underground anyway." 

~

 Suzanne Collins

GABRIEL BLOW YOUR HORN... OMM's SOMETHING MUSICAL CHALLENGE...

"You know, 

one of the tragedies of real life 

is that there is no background music." 

~

 Annie Proulx

BEHIND THE JESTER... DIGITAL WHISPER's JESTER CHALLENGE...

 "The secret of the successful fool

 is that he's no fool at all." 

~

 Isaac Asimov

HAND JIVE... SPA's HANDS CHALLENGE...

"All I ever wanted 

was to reach out 

and touch another human being

 not just with my hands 

but with my heart." 

~

 Tahereh Mafi

ALL MALE... OMM's YOU'VE GOT MALE CHALLENGE...

 "And if you think tough men are dangerous,

 wait until you see 

what weak men are capable of." 

~

 Jordan B. Peterson

BACK TO SCHOOL BLUES... DIGITAL WHISPER's BACK TO SCHOOL CHALLENGE...

 "I cannot go to school today" 

Said little Peggy Ann McKay. 

"I have the measles and the mumps, 

A gash, a rash and purple bumps. 

 My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, 

My temperature is one-o-eight. 

My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, 

 There's a hole inside my ear. 

 I have a hangnail, and my heart is ... 

What? What's that? What's that you say? 

You say today is .............. Saturday? 

 G'bye, I'm going out to play!" 

~

 Shel Silverstein