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Emmitt Owens

Daily Prompts

  • The Bug, I Didn’t Remove

    The Bug I Didn’t RemoveA Whimsy-Whirly, Topsy-Turvy, Tale of Delightful NonsenseBy: Emmitt Owens In two-thousand-seventeen, so the story goes,Everyone was keeping score with their…fingers and toes! Of a game nobody wanted, a game with no rules—I said, “I won’t play!” and they thought “he’s a fool”. Ten years before that (or was it eleven?)I found Read more

  • A Poem Disguised as a Rant Disguised as an Essay Disguised as a Tuesday.

    Tuesday feels like everyone’s got a checklistof thingsthat shouldn’t bother thembut doHoward wrote three posts this weekabout baseball caps facing backwardThree separate postsSame capSame complaint.Same energy of a man who says“I just keep scrolling”while absolutely…not keeping scrollingInstead…He stopsHe has to post about itHe has to post about howthe plastic strap bothers himThat little adjustable piecestretched Read more

  • Russellville Alabama

    What do you love about where you live? I live in Russellville, Alabama. Population 10,855. It’s a small town in Franklin County that grew up around an old military road Andrew Jackson built after the War of 1812. We’re tucked into the foothills of the Appalachians – small mountains, canyons, creeks everywhere, caves and natural Read more

  • Moving at the Right Speed

    What brings you peace? Peace, for me, finally feels like it’s moving at the right speed. Not slowing down or stopping, but finding that rhythm where everything inside aligns … I’m happy as hell because something fundamental has truly shifted. It’s both something I’ve found and something I’ve created – I’ve discovered this natural pace Read more

  • Subject Change’s

    it’s tiring, isn’t it— trying to be enough in a world that keeps shifting the goalposts. they say: be driven, but don’t try too hard. be soft, but not too open. feel things, but don’t let it show. and i’m just here, trying to be honest without falling apart. trying to stay whole in a Read more

  • I am, What you see!

    How would you describe yourself to someone?    I see myself through an “I am what you see” lens. People make sense of each other in that first instant of judgment, so if you think I’m amazing, then that’s the version of me you’re experiencing. If you think I’m arrogant, that’s real too.   I carry Read more

  • The Art of Friendship-First Romance

    This was a word prompt from a week ago… posting today thinking that I had posted it long ago. The modern dating landscape often feels like a high-stakes audition where everyone performs their most polished version of themselves. Swipe right, craft the perfect text, plan elaborate first dates—all while desperately trying to determine if this Read more

  • Connection First

    Are you seeking security or adventure? I’m turning a simple either-or question into something much more nuanced by recognizing that adventure and security aren’t opposites – they’re interdependent, and both require something the prompt doesn’t even mention: connection. Most people would pick a side and defend it, but I saw through the false binary to Read more

  • The Doing Matters More Than the Telling

    What are you most excited about for the future? 🤔 … These prompts walk a fine line between community building and digital navel-gazing. WordPress clearly wants us clicking, commenting, and connecting with other writers, but their strategy feels borrowed from the social media playbook where personal revelation equals engagement. The problem is that we already Read more

  • The Magic I’ve Known

    What’s your definition of romantic? … Romance is the alchemy that transforms ordinary moments into magic. It’s when someone’s presence makes food taste better, colors look brighter, and the world feel more alive. It’s not about grand gestures—it’s about the way your heart skips when they look at you, the way time stops in small Read more