This morning I set out to capture the resolve in hesitation and the hesitation in resolve. Resolve is a firmness of purpose or intent, determination to follow some course of action. The first part made me think of a brick, the second part made me think of motion. Hesitation is a delay due to uncertainty or fear. So how do I show delaying throwing a brick due to fear and uncertainty? I guess I start with a brick shape.
2023 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 7
Today’s is the first Two-for-Tuesday prompt. I can write to one prompt, both prompts, and/or combine them:
- Write a big poem, or…
- Write a small poem.
It is also Poetics at dVerse Poets Pub. Lisa provided three options for exploring time travel. I chose Option 2: Choose your favorite Time Traveler and write a poem about them, one of their adventures, or possibly riding along with them on a new adventure.
The Time Traveler’s Friend
Given the biggest chance
to change one small thing
I hesitated
I lost my resolve
as he dissolved
seconds passed
If there was a big change
and we were all saved
I’ll never know
Today in my morning pages I found myself slipping into a scene. So that’s fun that I’m in noveling mode and thinking about my novel when I get up. I realized that the scene I wrote yesterday was a little premature. I want my entity to be a little more subtle at first, so that informed where I want to start today.
I also found some books for research into brainwashing and mind-control which are aspects of my supernatural entity. I started reading this morning and found Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media (amazon assoc. links) by Joel Dimsdale informative for its chart of Features of Brainwashing and Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control interesting for its vivid description of symptomatic behaviors.
Experience Writing 
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So many things we will never know even if we do nothing… love it
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This could be about time travel, or simply about the unknown and unknowing decisions and paths we take every day. A very chilling insight.
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Your time travel poem reminded me of The Butterfly Effect. Change something small or don’t and the consequences can be huge. Great poem!
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Maria, I like your prudent approach to time travel. It would be torturous to wonder how those tweaks might ripple in the time after the tweaks. Even one thing could botch up the whole works.
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