Yes yes, I'm three days early with this one - it's meant to come out on Sunday. SOMEONE got trigger happy and hit 'publish'. Unbelievable. I should sack them.
However, this does mean you have an extra couple of days to write - woo hoo! No excuses now!
Something different this week for the prompt! I hope you guys run with it and enjoy it. There's plenty of good poets on Hive that will appreciate this one, but even if you're not, you might love it! As usual, I'll challenge myself to write as well, even though I don't win a prize. My reward is reading your amazing work and trying to support Hive gardeners as best as I can!
Before you scroll down for the prompt, a quick thankyou to the following entrants:
Our Taps Run Dry by 
Thinking About Water by 
Rushing Water - Signs of Abundance by 
Both
Let's Move On To This Week's Creative Challenge...
The trick is to write CREATIVELY and BE creative. For example:
- Showcase a creative response to a problem in your garden
- Write a story of any genre that features a garden somewhere in the story
- Write a creative non fiction post about a garden memory
- Draw, paint, sculpt, write a poem
- Write a comedy script
- Write from the perspective of an animal or a tool in your garden!
Rules
- Posts should contain only ONE image. This is a writing challenge not a photo challenge
- Publish in the community
- Use #creativegarden as your first tag
- Refer back to this challenge at the END of your post
- Reblog this if you can
- Comment on other people's posts in the Hive Garden community.
- Check the COUNTDOWN timer on Peakd.com - no late entries
This is a great opportunity for those in the northern hemisphere who might be shutting down their gardens for winter, and still want to write on #gardening topics.
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This week's prompt is a little different, where the word count doesn't really apply. You'll need to read the following first. Don't forget to keep it 'garden' related!
WRITE THREE HAIKU and a short paragraph about what you were trying to achieve (you can write more if you like - or even write a story and add the haiku as well).
If you've been on HIVE for a while, you might have noticed 
Most people will know the basic rule of haiku - they have three lines and 17 syllables. The first and third line are five syllables. The second line has seven syllables.
They might look like this, such as these written by the famous Basho:
On a withered branch
A crow has alighted;
Nightfall in autumn.
Violets
have grown here and there
in the ruins of my burned house.
Mountains
Reflected
in a dragonfly's eye
One doesn't have to be in Japan to write haiku. You can write it about your world in the Phillipines or in Vermont. This is a beautiful poem written by an Aboriginal girl in Australia:
Fire licks the trees
Birak awakens sun burns
As red colour blooms
I hope you have fun with this one - I can't wait to read them!
Image by Chloe Evans on Unsplash
Don't forget to follow the community rules - and most of all, have fun!
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