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Chase Ferruccio's avatar

So beautiful! Thank you for sharing, Josh, and thank you for writing, Caroline.

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

The prompt “Tell me something beautiful” is perhaps the best writing prompt ever and one I shall take and put in my pocket.

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Josh Nadeau's avatar

just an unreal piece

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Lyndsey Parsons's avatar

Stunning!

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

So grateful you connected. Would love to hear more about what is beautiful to you.

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Jon Cressey's avatar

Next to yours I didn’t stand a chance! 😇😇

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

I was more than surprised for the selection. More than that, the surprise for what's been happening in my heart since writing the piece.

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Jon Cressey's avatar

He’s just money laundering. He’ll ask you to send it back in Whisky and cigars. Maybe not cigars these days.

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Savannah Wright's avatar

Truly lovely— speaking to my soul.

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Josh Nadeau's avatar

oh so lovely

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Morgan Pomfret's avatar

I am blown away by these words, these images dancing in my head. This is writing worth reading!

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

This means so much. Isn’t it wild how words move?

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Morgan Pomfret's avatar

It really is! I love how words can move just as a song or a picture or a painting can move. Humanity amazes me and i’m constantly reminded that the beauty is in doing this life with other people.

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Nick Kim's avatar

What a masterclass in the art of putting pen to paper. Stellar piece. And thank you for hosting the challenge, Josh!

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

🥹🥹🥹

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Lauren Montgomery's avatar

So beautiful! “Coffee shops and more chocolate than coffee and more smoke than air. Cursive like the lake waves stretching out. Wrists aching to freestyle.” This line will stay with me for a while!

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Josh Nadeau's avatar

Yeah like imagine those words leaving your pen. I’d be riding that high for months

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Lauren Montgomery's avatar

No kidding…I feel like such a novice in comparison. Not just a beautiful piece, but a lesson for me in writing.

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adya's avatar

Lovely lovely piece! Had an eye on this contest and didn't send mine in time, but reading yours felt like winning. I can feel your heart in it. Thank you!

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

Beautiful. Would love to read yours next.

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Carissa Early's avatar

“But I don’t want to let go of this lonely. It is the kind of alone that makes you feel like a planet.”

Haunting. Thank you for sharing this gift of a piece Josh, and thank you for writing it, Caroline.

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

🥹🥹🥹

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Woman Rising with Diana Dalles's avatar

Thank you for sharing this piece from your heart, Caroline. It's truly beautiful!

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

So glad it struck you 🙏🏼

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Aislinn Nadeau's avatar

This is so so good

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

This means so much 🥹what a spark from this prompt.

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Diane Tucker's avatar

Lovely!

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Cool Beatitudes's avatar

astounding piece!

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

So grateful you connected. Would love to hear your something beautiful.

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Alyssa Marcia Stadtlander's avatar

Wow, I love this idea. "Tell me something beautiful." Maybe I will have my playwrighting students use this prompt today. What a delight, what a way to keep alive.

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Caroline Beidler, MSW's avatar

Best prompt ever. I have this visible on my computer screen so that I keep it in mind as I’m writing.

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Alyssa Marcia Stadtlander's avatar

Also, just found this account and really love it. Excited to read more.

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Ladaea's avatar

Love the way you pull words through time and scrape at your own letters, a beautiful invitation for us readers not only to “see in words” but behind them. It’s the best way to see, isn’t it? Slowly, deliberately, reverently.

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