#30Words30Day prompt for April. Day 21: Ideology
He held her while she wept, and hid his tears from her. What was this patriarchal crap that didn’t let men show grief? He could bathe in his unshed tears.
#30Words30Days 16 feast April 16, 2023
The reconciliation feast, sitting on the floor Moroccan style, is awkward.
Their pain remains a gulf between them. But it’s a beginning.
She feels less lonely.
He feels more loved.
#30Words30Days- 12. Hierarchy April 12, 2023
A microfiction challenge #30Words30Days. Today’s prompt: hierarchy.
She’s studied Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
She’s got food and shelter, but can’t sleep.
Her body’s betraying her.
She doesn’t feel loved. Doesn’t belong in her skin.
Self-esteem? Self-actualization?
Ha.
#30Words30Days- 7. Identity April 7, 2023
#microfiction challenge to write 30 thirty word stories during April in response to a daily prompt
She isn’t sure who she is anymore.
She is a daughter. She is a wife.
Once, she was going to be a mother.
Now she just feels hollow and lost.
#30Words30Days-6 Solitary April 6, 2023
A writing challenge on Twitter to write a 30 word story each day in April, following prompts.
Day 6: Solitary
This time, she thinks, she will master it.
She will settle her frantic breaths.
She will climb from the abyss.
She is her own greatest fear.
She must battle herself.
#30Words30Days- 4. Gather April 4, 2023
#30Words30Days. Day 4 prompt: Gather
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Come morning, I gather what remains of our life and return to the car.
When I’m alone, I’m never lonely.
She gathered her loneliness around herself.
What’s she feeling now?
30Words30Days#2- Communicate April 2, 2023
#30Words30Days prompt from https://twitter.com/pleomorphic2
Each day in April Sumitra (pleomorphic2) will post a prompt on Twitter. Participants are to respond with a 30 word story. Follow along and see how it goes!
2. Communicate
The publican doesn’t understand my words, but I mime sleep; he pulls out the ledger. I mime drinking; he pulls a pint.
I’ll be okay here, if my luck holds.
Shawn L. Bird 