Three Word Wednesday: dare, essence, practical

It's Wednesday - that means One Shot and Three Words. Today's three words are: dare, essence, practical

I dare myself to hope
My work's not tripe or trope
A practical endeavor
For a man so clever
The essence of the way we writers cope.

Here's something new - listen to me read it (go ahead and click - it's only 12 seconds long):

Listen!

Boy, the mic on that webcam is lousy, isn't it?

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20 comments:

  1. SusanFeb 9, 2011, 7:04:00 AM

    Sounds great, Tony!
    I love how these audio boos are starting to crop up.
    :0)

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  2. Judy RoneyFeb 9, 2011, 8:07:00 AM

    This was fun to read but I also nodded in agreement. I wanted to see how Three Word Wednesday works. This looks like fun.

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  3. UnknownFeb 9, 2011, 8:43:00 AM

    We writers must have this attitude, or we would not, could not write!

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  4. LilibethFeb 9, 2011, 9:01:00 AM

    I enjoyed reading it, but you were right, the few seconds of listening to the audio was worth the click. Very expressive.

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  5. DeborahFeb 9, 2011, 9:30:00 AM

    I loved this ... and it was great to hear you read it!

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  6. Brian MillerFeb 9, 2011, 10:20:00 AM

    deft linguistics and a joy to hear...

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  7. Jae RoseFeb 9, 2011, 10:26:00 AM

    It was like listening to 'Lake Wobegone'..made me feel in safe writerly hands! Jae ;)

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  8. Sheilagh LeeFeb 9, 2011, 11:08:00 AM

    So true that is how we cope.it was fun to read. It sounded great in audio too.

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  9. AltonianFeb 9, 2011, 11:19:00 AM

    Whoopee! The cadence in my head was the same as your spoken tempo - I'm capable of getting some things right.
    We can but get it down, and hope for the best.

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  10. Ramesh SoodFeb 9, 2011, 12:22:00 PM

    Well..everything has been already said.. I liked your take on the prompts.

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  11. AnonymousFeb 9, 2011, 12:55:00 PM

    I enjoyed your writing...and your recitation! Thanks!

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  12. AnonymousFeb 9, 2011, 1:55:00 PM

    Tony, Nice take on the prompt!

    Might I suggest the rhythm would improve if the last line were, "The essence of how writers cope"?

    I'm a songwriter, and I read everyone's work aloud, so that came up for me. Fun hearing you read as well! Nice addition to the blog.

    Happy 3WW, Amy Barlow Liberatore

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  13. Tony NolandFeb 9, 2011, 2:44:00 PM

    Thanks for reading, and for the great comments, everyone! Amy,, you're ear is terrific; I like your final line a lot. I had a lot of trouble working the final word ("essence") into the poem, hence the rat-a-tat-tat of the final line.

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  14. Maude LynnFeb 9, 2011, 3:13:00 PM

    Love it!

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  15. Old EggFeb 9, 2011, 7:26:00 PM

    Well you got them all in a small space, we had the bonus of a voice over and it all made sense. What more could we ask?

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  16. Shashidhar SharmaFeb 11, 2011, 2:50:00 AM

    It was interesting read.. thanks for sharing..


    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/02/whispers-another-kind-of-valentines-day.html

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  17. Steve IsaakFeb 11, 2011, 4:20:00 PM

    Enjoyable, clever.

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  18. Judy RoneyFeb 12, 2011, 9:17:00 AM

    This was so muc fun to hear in your voice! Amazing!

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  19. JoannFeb 12, 2011, 3:24:00 PM

    Thanks for the vocal! You put writing in a nutshell very will indeed.

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  20. trishaFeb 16, 2011, 10:30:00 AM

    this was fresh- quite unique. loved it.

    trisha
    http://sharmishthabasu.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/dare

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