My Man

I miss him - my man.

I miss seeing his eyes.

I miss seeing his smile.

Then I felt his kiss.

But I remained blind.

Challenge

Tell us about THE book, story, or poem that changed your life. The one that brought you to love words.

The love of reading, or the love of words is something writers share. Tell us about THE book, story, or poem that changed your life. Give us a synopsis of the piece, with the author and title. If you want to, tell us why we should read it if we already haven't. Only one rule: You can only pick ONE piece. Don't over think it -- pick the one piece that has stayed with you more than the others. We all have reads that we couldn't put down, and some we forged through even though it was painful. So tell us about the piece of literature that stays with you, that sparked your imagination, that made you want to put pen to paper and tell your stories, your words, your poetry. Fellow Prosers- Read through these posts as they (hopefully) come in. Is there a book you've read? Let us know in the comments. One you need to read? Let us know that, too. Let's interact and get a feel for what inspires us to give our words to the world.

Tarq

111 reads

Henry IV, William Shakespeare

I have loved reading since my days of Katie Kazzoo and Geronimo Stilton; the ability words have to create an entire world and fascinating events that can hold my interest long into he depths of night, is an amazing capability.

Henry IV by William Shakespeare refreshed my love for words. Not only can words bring internal thoughts out from our minds and into the tangible world, not only can words create vivid characters and worlds, but words can also be used to describe things that cannot be shown in any other form other than words. Characters and worlds can be shown through paintings and pictures, but only words can be used to show the tension between characters or the internal shift of a character.

In Henry IV, we see the tension between Hal and Falstaff described in the specific way Hal responds to Falstaff, and then we see how the choice of words he uses shifts, resembling the shift of their friendship. Noticeably, Hal speaks in prose only when he is in the tavern, and in verse when he is with royalty. Falstaff's character is vivid in his choice of words when telling his jokes or making his excuses.

While pictures can caption the beauty of a moment, and science can explore our   universe - words allow for a deeper insight of the human life.

Challenge

Together, we can break the world record for longest book. When this challenge gets the necessary number of entries, it will expire and we will turn it into a book. Each entry will be its own chapter. Feel free to build from existing entries or write something radically different.

Tarq

83 reads

Dear Diary,

I woke up today feeling liberated. I had been amongst the humans for almost a decade now. I made friends, I got a job, and I think I might have almost fallen in love. But zombies don't fall in love, there's just no time for it. Humans don't realize how wasteful they look - with spending all their lives on petty emotions and worthless jobs. We zombies, we're always planning the next apocalypse. As the day started, I felt liberated, but as it came to an end, I found myself hoping that Johnny would be okay in the days to come. Perhaps part of me had turned a little human.