Trifextra: Week Twenty

Sometimes we realize when we issue the prompt.  Sometimes we don't.  But one thing is certain: some third definitions are just downright difficult to nail.  This was one such week.  Many of the wonderful responses we got to this past week's prompt of new used a different definition than the one we called for.  The third definition was so subtle that, at times, even the editors got confused as to which one was being used.  Still, we managed to sort through and pick three favorites from the lot.

Coming in with first place is Whimsygizmo with NeoFight, a simple, beautifully-written piece about the old adage of opposites attracting.

NeoFight 

She is new
to numb.
Well-versed
in pain’s severed veins
and
cotton-candy pleasures
on hungry tongue,
but this haze
this daze
this un
is drenched in dew. 

And he
is numb
to new.

Second place this week goes to Trudging Through Fog for a lovely look at science and magic (and perhaps the magic of science) in The Moon and My Mother.  Her writing is intelligent and thick with images that come in threes.  Please make sure you read it if you haven't.

Third place this week goes to Rash-Me-Ramble for the Mine-ing his(s).  The poem is full of lovely description, but it was the first two lines that stole the show for us.

Congratulations to all of the winners this week.

Before we move on to the weekend challenge, a bit of Trifecta news: David, one of our editors, has decided to move on to less-hectic pastures and will no longer be working directly with Trifecta.  He will be missed not only for his wit and wisdom, but also for his British-English spelling.  Perhaps the two Americans left at the helm will throw the occasional "u" into words that seem to work just fine without them in order to honor his spirit.  Good luck with future endeavors, David.

And now on to the weekend challenge.  This weekend what we are asking from you is a little bit different (again).  Many of you regularly submit fictional responses to our prompts.  This weekend we are asking for a bit of your memoirs.  We want a real account of a period in your life that can be clearly identified by (wait for it) the number three.  Maybe it's the three decades you spent flipping burgers.  Maybe it's the three seconds you hesitated justifiably before saying "I do."  We'd like for your story to be true-ish, and we'd like for it to be an artistic creation, not just a play-by-play account.  Think less "blog post" and more "creative writing."

Obviously, these criteria are about as subjective as they come, but we are convinced that you guys will deliver the fantastic and that we'll know it when we see it.  You have from 0-333 words to get it done.  Have fun.  And good luck!