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‘Record’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 23

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 23 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Record.
15 April 2023, 16:29 PM

Why so serious?

Falling into the comfortable rhythm of a familiar form, it took scant minutes to bang out a silly poem that made me laugh and melted away all the tension, and it took me back to why I created Sehri Tales in the first place.
15 April 2023, 10:55 AM

‘Hurt’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 22

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 22 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Hurt
14 April 2023, 16:38 PM

Escapril: How a poetry writing challenge curates community

The Instagram account for Escapril posts all 30 prompts for the month ahead of time, and the poet is only required to write by taking inspiration from said prompts
14 April 2023, 12:45 PM

‘Drinks with a Ghost’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 21

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 21 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Drinks with a Ghost
13 April 2023, 16:07 PM

‘Read’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 20

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 20 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Read
12 April 2023, 14:04 PM

‘Face’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 19

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 19 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Face
11 April 2023, 13:04 PM

‘Diary’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 18

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 18 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Diary
11 April 2023, 08:25 AM

‘Cow’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 17

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 17 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Cow
9 April 2023, 18:54 PM

The life aquatic

I was an otter. I was an amphibian. Even at night I would be in the pond or the river.
9 April 2023, 12:45 PM

'Enter': Sehri Tales selections, Day 16

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 16 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Entry
8 April 2023, 17:51 PM

The magic of muscle memory

While talent might determine the quality of the writing, and many of our Talers have these in buckets, the basic skill is actually a result of something more mundane: consistent practice.
7 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Are you what you read?

Few experiences in life can prepare us to be more sensitive, more inclusive, and generally kinder human beings than reading.
7 April 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Last Words’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 15

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 15 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Last Words
7 April 2023, 16:59 PM

‘Street’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 14

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 14 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Street
6 April 2023, 16:00 PM

‘Turn’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 13

I'm not sure when I realised we'd met before. At first, you were just the elderly man seen  pottering around our communal rooftop.
5 April 2023, 19:59 PM

‘Switch’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 12

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 11 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Switch
4 April 2023, 16:04 PM

‘Puzzle’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 10

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 10 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Puzzle
2 April 2023, 17:13 PM

‘Little’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 9

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 9 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Little
1 April 2023, 16:58 PM

Dear Van Gogh

Remembering Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Willem van Gogh on his 170th birth anniversary–March 30, 1853.
1 April 2023, 12:35 PM