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#86: Springtime Flowers

March 21st may be considered the first day of Spring by many, but Mother Nature doesn't always agree. Depending on where you live, the daffodils could be showing their sunny faces or still hibernating under frozen soil.

For me, it’s usually a mix. Here you can be wearing shorts one day and shoveling snow the next, but one thing is consistent: as soon as the weather warms up, I’m bursting outside to gulp down that fresh air and watch the world come back to life. This week, regardless of what the weather actually holds, let’s celebrate the season of rebirth and renewal. After all, in our imaginations the sun can always be shining and the birds can always be chirping!

This week's prompts

Set your story at a park during a spring festival.

Spring – 82 stories

Write about a character coming out of a long hibernation (either literal or metaphorical).

Spring – 158 stories

Write a fairy tale about someone who can communicate with woodland creatures.

Kids – 167 stories

Start your story with one character pointing out the first sign of spring to another.

Spring – 106 stories

Write a story where flowers play a central role.

Spring – 278 stories

Stories

“Clementine (Seasons May Change) ” by Joshua Bennett

Submitted to Contest #86

Sunlight. It greets us. Slowly emerging from the earth, we shake our slumber. It’s been so long since we last saw light. The last thing we remember was being somewhere cold, damp, but kept us safe, allowing us to prepare for the eventual bloom. My sisters and I look all around. Violet, Daffodil, and Tulip, all are present. Grass says hello to us as we wake up to a new world outside. The birds tell us of the strange behaviors humans have undergone since we went to sleep. I thought things would’ve been normal by now, but maybe I ...

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“Flowers celebrate spring” by Dada Ð

Submitted to Contest #86

Write a story where flowers play a central role.Nivalis flower(the not-land snowflake) on the table. - My sister must have come in. So it's spring. Interestingly, (she takes the plant off the table and walks with it around the kitchen and speaks to it), I used to be like you, a century of spring, happy, smiling, and now I represent the messengers of sorrow and pain. I wish everything that had happened hadn't happened, that the most valuable thing to me, hadn't been dug up. (she's taking and throwing a flower in the trash).-I wish youd take a...

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“Hope Blooms ” by Ashley Bowman

Submitted to Contest #86

In March 2020 the world stopped turning. I was sitting in a booth in a loud entertainment restaurant, the neon lights of the arcade games flashing, the sound of bowling balls rolling and colliding, a few kids yelling, as I fed my baby and looked up at ESPN playing overhead. It was my oldest son’s birthday and we had spent the day going to a movie and then to this venue to play games and potentially bowl. Little did we know, this would be our last outing as a family for a long time. While the baby nestled close to me, eating softly ...

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“Flowers are a Symbol of Connection” by Eleanor Neath

Submitted to Contest #86

I’ve never known quite how to explain my grief. The loss of someone close to you is never expected, never warranted, never quite believable. Especially when your family is so intertwined through the proximity of your lives and the experiences you share. So when you receive the phone call one night, as the knoll rings its heavy note, it’s hard to know how to react. That’s why I haven’t, really. I’ve just carried on as if nothing has happened. That’s why the funeral seemed so confusing, so harsh, so disconnected from what I have felt for the l...

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“My Flower” by Tabitha Legg

Submitted to Contest #86

I loved the way the flowers blended in a sea of roses, Lillies, and daisies. They were so beautiful, but I loved the person giving me them far more. He looked up and smiled and only then did I start to notice the wide grin already stamped on my face, far wider than I could’ve ever faked. And before Nate, my smile was always fake. But it had been a long time since I’d had to pretend to be happy. There was something about his brown eyes, crooked smile and perfect flowers that made me fall harder than I thought possible. We met stra...

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“last Munro” by Alasdair Strachan

Submitted to Contest #86

He woke up at 5am, bleary-eyed. He made his way to the kitchen and started the day with his usual morning coffee. Just the smell of that brew brought back so many memories, memories of her that were never far away but especially today's coffee. Today he hoped he would be able to finally say goodbye. As he sips the coffee slowly, bringing him back to life, he remembers their first date. It was planned to be over breakfast, he had dreaded the idea but she made him love it, and so they got to spend the whole day together. She was an early...

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“Flowers are humans too...” by Gopika Gopu

Submitted to Contest #86

Our nature has given us a very lovely gift which we know as a flower. Let's start the topic with a beautiful poem... 'The flower adorns the earth as a flower adorns the hair of a woman. The flower becomes the wedding garland of the newlyweds, The flower becomes a memory of the dead' Flowers ... are the most precious thing in God's creation. The aroma of flowers which we find very attractive, we use it in different places and by planting flowers in our garden, we enhance the beauty of our home courtyard. Flowers have their im...

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“Yellow Alyssum” by Nadine Lacuarta

Submitted to Contest #86

“Are you not tired of being alone?” He asks. She falls silent, her arms growing weak under his grip. The question swims dangerously in her head. It’s like he threw a pebble in a still pond, causing ripples to go deep, disturbing the motionless stream of thoughts that is— or was— her mind. Her eyes travel from his eyes to the ground, noticing the yellow alyssum budding along the cracks on this chunk of fairly huge rock. Is she really tired of being alone? The truth is that she has never questioned that choice. It w...

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“Expectations” by Erin Eaves

Submitted to Contest #86

Pressing down on Tara, she felt as if she were being smothered before her day had even begun. Clammy soil enclosed her allowing for minimal movement, as Tara struggled to become upright. Why was this so difficult? Her instincts assured Tara that all would be okay, and yet she questioned. Fully grounding herself and stretching down, Tara could sense vibrations far above her. “Are those others? Should I follow those movements”, she thought, making great efforts not to be smothered by the soggy depths. If only she could get a...

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“Soul Flower” by Tyler H

Submitted to Contest #86

“I can’t believe you left without our permission, I hope you realize how hard this is on us. Be safe.” My dad texted me that right as I had to turn in my phone at the neighborhood entrance. I’m glad I didn’t see his text. This normal sized neighborhood was everything but normal, only allowing the exact number of 888 people inside at all times you have to be invited to enter. Around the town many myths and theories spread through my city of what goes on in this neighborhood, but no one knows what happens. That’s why my parents disapproved of ...

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“Rain and The Skeleton Flower” by Hami Im

Submitted to Contest #86

“Diphylleia grayi,” the stranger beside me murmurs. He stands around 180cm tall which means I have to look up to meet his gaze. The first thing noticeable about him is the streaks of his icy blue hair that hide beneath a plain black leather cap. Next is his thick black eyebrows that look like they have been drawn to perfection and finally his dark brown eyes which suggest a bizarre combination of warmth, loneliness and curiosity. Before I travel down the rest of his face, I remember to speak. “Sorry?” I ask. He points at the ...

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“Ida's Flower Shop” by Dahlia Miller

Submitted to Contest #86

Ida’s flower shop was at the corner of the street, between the second hand bookstore and local bakery. The flower shop was small, and cluttered, and Ida ran the place completely on her own. The townspeople gossiped about how the young woman was a little strange at times. Sometimes she was seen whispering to her flowers, cupping the buds in her hands and leaning in close as if speaking to a lover. Other times she would walk into town with dying flowers placed delicately between her coarse curls. “It’s so they’re not alone, when they’re s...

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“My Ash...” by Row Latch

Submitted to Contest #86

Ash... Yeah, Ash. That was all there was to it, Ash. Elie's mind raced, she had to do something to solve this predicament, and fast. Ash was her problem, so Ash was also the solution. Ash, who had always rolled in the grass, tumbling down hills and scraping knees. Ash who always told Elie that secrets were meant to be shared with the ones closest to us. Ash who had sang such a song that Elie might have just given in right then and there. Ash, who always smiled even when pain crept through. Ash, who had been broken so many times that s...

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“The Prince and the Garden” by Christopher Roberson

Submitted to Contest #86

“Ok, Elijah, say bye.” Elijah’s kingly father was done speaking with the royal messenger. The messenger had come a long way to deliver parcels of news from far away kingdoms. “Mail Man,” the king called him. As instructed, Prince Elijah bade him farewell with the traditional parting gesture of those in his kingdom. “Byeee!” The young prince waved an overhand wave; one full of joy, with a grinning smile. Mail Man waved back, his joyous expression reflecting the blessing that had been bestowed on his heart by the prince. “Alright, buddy, I...

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“Burning Daisies” by Day Goncalves

Submitted to Contest #86

It's that day of the year again. Boys go crazy, girls go crazy, parents too. Now, you don't probably know what I'm talking about, no, it's not Christmas or Valentines, Passover neither, it's Daisies Day, and I absolutely hate it. Here in Springlake people live like it's a fairytale, everything is cottagecore, it's a small village in the countryside, you see, every house has plants of every kind, we have a river and women of old age get to wear flower crowns. Me? well I bake bread with meemaw, Lavender bread. I've been living with my grandma ...

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