Trifextra: Week Twenty-Two

Sixty shades of blue were brought to the table by our magnificent community this week, leaving the editors both impressed and suffering from exhaustion from the time put in savoring each and every entry.  And it was totally worth it.

Rash-me-ramble took first this week with her melodic and perfectly-chosen words.  

Scissored thoughts

cut through

that softly rainy day

when the mist made a monocle of my glasses

and i sat, a hollow one-eyed whisper,

rummaging through that cup-board

of carefully folded words

which turned around

and bit the day into a hideous blue,

and dashed ahead,

coloring days past

in that unhappy hue,

connived with the moth balls

and choked my silky stolen glances,

trampled on my many ignored missives,

mocking me and my misplaced faith in them.

how do i string them back together

and re-plait my timid memories

out of those blue blue letters

that are dancing away,

out of reach

even as i write

this last pleading line.

In second we have Tara from Thin Spiral Notebook.  She drew us in with the layers of blue in this mysterious and fantastic tale of fire that's cold as ice.  Be sure to check it out if you haven't already.  Third place goes to Mark Windham who shows us the colors of grief.

Congratulations to our winners; thanks for sharing your awesome with us week after week.


Before we  move on to the new challenge, we have a bit of a teaser.  As you know, we're a bit, ahem, consumed with the number three.  And Monday will mark our 33rd challenge.  We've got something special up our sleeves and we hope that you'll all be here to play along.  Tie a string around your finger, mark your calendars, set an alarm on your phone.  Whatever you do, be sure to show up.  It's going to be fun.


On to the weekend prompt.  This week we're revisiting an early Trifextra prompt: retelling.  This time, we're asking you to retell your favorite book.  In 33 words.  Nothing like a challenge.  We are sure you're up to it.