Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Whirligig 92

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "The New Year" by Jason Shinder: bottom, breath, blue, dressed, drowning, discovered, match, mirror, mine, losing, love, lap

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 92: Jason Shinder
1. Jae Rose  4. kaykuala  7. ladyleemanila  
2. Keith's Ramblings  5. Old Egg  8. Pat B  
3. Cressida  6. Mrs. DAsh  

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Whirligig 91

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Christmas Away from Home" by Jane Kenyon: sleeves, swish, streams, candles, city, cars, painted, passing, pines, wildest, white, water

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 91: Jane Kenyon
1. Jae Rose  3. Old Egg  
2. Pat B  4. Mrs. DAsh  

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Whirligig 90

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "A Christmas Poem" by Conrad Hilberry: mouth, mother, mutter, sticky, slip, straw, faces, father, figs, wasting, ways, warp

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 90: Conrad Hilberry
1. Jae Rose  3. annell4  5. Pat B  
2. Old Egg  4. Mrs. DAsh  

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Whirligig 89

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "First Coming" by Madeleine L'Engle: mesh, scorn, rejoice, wait, grime, shame, sane, tangles, shield, unsteady, touch, tarnished

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 89: Madeleine L'Engle
1. Jae Rose  3. Old Egg  5. annell4  
2. Magical Mystical Teacher  4. Kaykuala  

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Whirligig 88

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Evening" by Raymond Carver: languid, autumn, coming, loss, exceptional, outline, hinted, suffer, longing, back, more, die

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 88: Raymond Carver
1. Jae Rose  3. Keith's Ramblings  5. annell4  
2. Old Egg  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  6. ladyleemanila  

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Whirligig 87

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Take Your Kids to the Funeral" by Michelle Boisseau: valves, church, coughs, weirdness, liturgy, furtive, kids, smell, heads, dabbing, swinging, scissors

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 87: Michelle Boisseau
1. Jae Rose  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Uttley  
2. Old Egg  5. ladyleemanila  8. Drew Doyle Storm Snyder Minow  
3. Keith's Ramblings  6. annell4  

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Whirligig 86

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Regarding (Most) Songs" by Thomas Lux: voice, sing, trills, banal, primal, dumb, without, means, noise, plaintive, joyful, words

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 86: Thomas Lux
1. Elizabeth  3. Old Egg  5. ladyleemanila  
2. Jae Rose  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  6. Uttley  

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Whirligig 85

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "A Village Cat" by Anne Porter: living, under, decorated, daubs, smudges, streaks, clown, carnival, gaze, wonder, back, eyes

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 85: Anne Porter
1. Keith's Ramblings  4. annell4  7. Megan Barry  
2. Old Egg  5. Mrs. DAsh  8. Ann Frank  
3. Jae Rose  6. ladyleemanila  

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Whirligig 84

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Park Bench" by Albert Garcia: park, watching, dog, task, something, perfectly, breeze, sinks, tea, retrieve, coming, between

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 84: Albert Garcia
1. Old Egg  4. Keith's Ramblings  7. Karen  
2. Jae Rose  5. Cressida  8. Amelia Wilson  
3. Uttley  6. Magical Mystical Teacher  9. Venetian Baples  

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Whirligig 83

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Eating Words" by Katherine Hauth: insectivores, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, lamb, feed, suck, chew, spring, anything, know, sometimes

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 83: Katherine Hauth
1. Elizabeth  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Uttley  
2. Jae Rose  5. Cressida  8. Kay Baker  
3. Keith s Ramblings  6. annell4  9. Kevin Wilson  

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Whirligig 82

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "The Wild Swans at Coole" by William Butler Yeats: woodland, twilight, count, wheeling, lighter, lover, passion, wander, drift, edge, pool, find

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 82: William Butler Yeats
1. Old Egg  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Uttley  
2. Jae Rose  5. annell4  8. Cressida  
3. Keith s Ramblings  6. ladyleemanila  9. Ila Varma  

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Whirligig 81

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Just One God" by Deborah Cummins: many, track, skyward, porcelain, flawed, birth, desire, ancestral, prayer, morning, bread, skillet

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 81: Deborah Cummins
1. Jae Rose  4. Old Egg  7. jiyan  
2. Uttley  5. annell4  
3. Keith s Ramblings  6. ladyleemanila  

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Whirligig 80

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Autumn Song" by Daniel Mark Epstein: flower, danger, torn, gobbled, regrets, brindled, fleeting, cargo, leaving, tongues, hearts, everyone

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 80: Daniel Mark Epstein
1. Jae Rose  4. annell4  7. Raymond James  
2. Old Egg  5. ila varma  
3. ladyleemanila  6. Ann Hargis  

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Whirligig 79

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Burning the Old Year" by Naomi Shihab Nye: swallow, doorknob, sizzle, marry, partial, swirling, orange, shuffle, blazing, crackle, vegetables, smallest

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Prompt 79: Naomi Shihab Nye
1. Keith s Ramblings  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Jenna Fallin  
2. Old Egg  5. annell4  
3. Jae Rose  6. Bradford Henry  

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Whirligig 78

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Summer's Almost Gone" by William Trowbridge: spreading, hops, gourd, capsules, pollen, hottest, crooked, former, intervene, shoplifting, katydids, scorched

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 78: William Trowbridge
1. Jae Rose  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Cory Williams  
2. Old Egg  5. ladyleemanila  
3. Keith s Ramblings  6. annell4  

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Whirligig 77

Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "The Mermaids" by Marianne Boruch: spell, concept, offering, badass, whale, dolphin, murderous, whimsy, core, singing, expanse, steely

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 77: Marianne Boruch
1. Old Egg  4. ladyleemanila  7. Mrs. DAsh  
2. Jae Rose  5. annell4  
3. Magical Mystical Teacher  6. Cressida  

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Whirligig 76

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "The Ancestors Explain How Envy Grew" by Afaa Michael Weaver: hush, crying, missing, cheese, chocolate, ending, jagged, rubbing, proper, alphabet, wealth, neighbors

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 76: Afaa Michael Weaver
1. Old Egg  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Ms. Alimeba  
2. Jae Rose  5. annell4  
3. Elizabeth  6. Mrs. DAsh  

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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Whirligig 75

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from puzzle books, of which Jae Rose is fond: shape, milk, feet, play, bird, car, dirt, love, brick, theme, diary, pumpkin

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 75: Jae Rose's puzzling words
1. Elizabeth  3. Old Egg  5. ladyleemanila  
2. Jae Rose  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  6. annell4  

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Whirligig 74

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "The Poet As Hero" by Siegfried Sassoon: scornful, harsh, old, silly, cry, serene, infant, dreams, senseless, smite, absolution, songs

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 74: Siegfried Sassoon
1. Jae Rose  3. Elizabeth  5. ladyleemanila  
2. Old Egg  4. Gail  

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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Whirligig 73

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "The Graves" by Joanna Klink: flicker, anchor, water, minor, blur, tender, clear, laughter, unwinding, hovering, rushing, leaning

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 73: Joanna Klink
1. Jae Rose  4. Mrs. DAsh  7. Ila Varma  
2. Old Egg  5. ladyleemanila  
3. Magical Mystical Teacher  6. Cindy Gary Murray Tomblin Bullock  

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Whirligig 72

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Sailing Home from Rapallo" by Robert Lowell: shoreline, clashing, casket, tanning, brook, dour, pushing, hewn, misspelled, corpse, recent, Italian

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.


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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Whirligig 71

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Firefly" by Jacqueline Woodson: almost, yesterday, sometimes, shout, caught, firefly, long, time, wish, make, good, park

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 71: Jacqueline Woodson
1. Jae Rose  4. Ila Varma  7. vietnam samoa  
2. Old Egg  5. annell4  8. Amelia  
3. Keith's Ramblings  6. DeeDee  

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Whirligig 70

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Here in the Psalm" by Sally Fisher: sheep, grass, waters, chilly, enemies, worry, watch, wobbles, chair, safe, side, spill

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 70: Sally Fisher
1. Elizabeth  4. DeeDee  7. Tara Robinson  
2. Old Egg  5. Ila Varma  
3. annell4  6. Maggie Patti Barbara  

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Whirligig 69

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Her Garden" by Donald Hall: garden, hummingbird, hover, weeds, burdock, peony, patterns, softening, stem, dwindle, loss, whirring

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 69: Donald Hall
1. Elizabeth  4. annell4  7. emily cohen  
2. Old Egg  5. DeeDee  
3. Magical Mystical Teacher  6. drew snyder minow  

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Whirligig 68

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "A Man Then Suddenly Stops Moving" by Alberto Rios: lonely, cook, plum, buttocks, game, flick, thumb, parakeet, sits, nags, turn, shelf

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 68: Alberto Rios
1. Old Egg  4. Cressida  7. josephine page raun  
2. Jae Rose  5. DeeDee  
3. nnell4  6. beebe perry  

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Whirligig 67

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "After Annunciation" by Madeleine L'Engle: have, reason, filled, when, room, child, love, irrational, blooms, wild, season, bright

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 67: Madeleine L'Engle
1. Ann (bunnygirl)  4. Keith's Ramblings  7. cathir pelletier  
2. Old Egg  5. Jae Rose  8. ladyleemanila  
3. Elizabeth  6. annell4  

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Whirligig 66

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "To the Student Who Asked Why He Earned a 'C' on an Essay about Love" by Clint Margrave: grammar, sentences, fragments, tenses, redundant, repetition, style, voice, draft, conclusion, lingering, topic

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 66: Clint Margrave
1. Old Egg  3. Keith's Ramblings  5. catie handcock  
2. Jae Rose  4. annell4  6. ladyleemanila  

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Whirligig 65

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Once in a Meadow, Near Los Osos by Michael McClintock: single, empty, dandelion, spool, aflame, wanton, flaring, wildflowers, poppies, coastal, innocent, coat

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 65
1. Elizabeth  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Cressida  
2. Jae Rose  5. ladyleemanila  8. DeeDee  
3. Old Egg  6. annell4  9. Bastet  

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Whirligig 64

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from Sonnet XXXV by William Shakespeare, and suggested by Cressida de Nova: roses, plea, mud, thorns, sins, sense, loathsome, love, canker, bud, thief, sweet

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 64
1. Cressida  5. Magical Mystical Teacher  9. tony lightcap  
2. Old Egg  6. annell4  10. rachel peng  
3. Jae Rose  7. i b arora  11. craige lawrence page  
4. Keith's Ramblings  8. ladyleemanila  12. lady holly  

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Whirligig 63

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from the notes on the poem "Waterfalls and Memory" by Elizabeth Crawford: flashes, moments, uneasy, recall, week, writing, altered, distorted, three, sister, years, came

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 63: Elizabeth Crawford
1. Jae Rose  5. Cressida  9. ladyleemanila  
2. Elizabeth  6. annell4  10. lawton kathleen  
3. Old Egg  7. DeeDee  11. lizzie post  
4. Keith's Ramblings  8. i b arora  

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Whirligig 62

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Her eyes are hazel" by Old Egg: glances, hazel, cheek, pouts, small, spirit, limp, months, letting, softens, tight, scar

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 61: Old Egg
1. Elizabeth  4. Jae Rose  7. DeeDee  
2. Cressida  5. Keiths Ramblings  8. i b arora  
3. Old Egg  6. annell4  9. julie cohen  

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Whirligig 61

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Face" by Jae Rose: apostle, gloss, buzz, hug, pies, blessing, pact, push, price, hard, care, broken

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 61: Jae Rose
1. Jae Rose  3. Old Egg  5. annell4  
2. Keiths Ramblings  4. Elizabeth  6. i b arora  

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Whirligig 60

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "The Bad Old Days" by Kenneth Rexroth: gritty, fetid, filthy, faces, twilight, home, broken, empty, cabbage, vow, streetcar, same

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 60: Kenneth Rexroth
1. Elizabeth  3. Jae Rose  
2. Old Egg  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Whirligig 59

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "A little East of Jordan" by Emily Dickinson: evangelists, gymnast, angel, wrestle, touching, waxing, cunning, bless, fleeces, bewildered, worsted, beyond

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 59: Emily Dickinson
1. Elizabeth  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Jason Jiang and Julie Harwood  
2. Jae Rose  5. annell4  8. Chuck Reed  
3. Old Egg  6. Ren Tian and Qiang Zhao  

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Whirligig 58

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Untitled" by James Baldwin: send, rain, think, sound, light, marvelous, beneath, force, blinds, falling, water, little

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.


Whirligig 58: James Baldwin
1. Jae Rose  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Carin M  
2. Keith's Ramblings  5. Rall  8. wojin shell  
3. Elizabeth  6. annell4  9. ladyleemanila  

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Whirligig 57

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Weather" by Linda Pastan: menace, father, black, childhood, blocking, light, speak, throwing, window, plain, dazzling, after

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.


Whirligig 57: Linda Pastan
1. Elizabeth  5. annell4  9. ladyleemanila  
2. Jae Rose  6. Cressida  10. Ben Carson  
3. Pat-Mather  7. Old Egg  
4. Magical Mystical Teacher  8. Bastet  

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Whirligig 56

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from the Prologue of The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel by Nikos Kazantzakis: cooling, ascend, flesh, wine, grapes, knock, burst, salt, nightingales, babes, prick, temples

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 56: Nikos Kazantzakis
1. Old Egg  5. annell4  9. Drew Doyle Storm Snyder Minow  
2. Jae Rose  6. Jiahong Wu  10. Rall  
3. Elizabeth  7. jiangsheng You  11. Jill Wilson and Janice Mejia  
4. ladyleemanila  8. Frang Wang  

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Whirligig 55

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Shoe Jazz Blue Jazz" by Nikki Giovanni: green, blue, red, shoes, loose, pants, dining, ants, good, news, miles, whining

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 55: Nikki Giovanni
1. Old Egg  5. annell4  9. Julia Harth  
2. Jae Rose  6. Bastet  10. Daniel Pae  
3. Elizabeth  7. Magical Mystical Teacher  11. Amy Tan  
4. ladyleemanila  8. Sierra Rains-Moad  

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Whirligig 54

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for one week. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Morning" by Kristen Case: breathing, against, birds, impossible, skull, bricks, coffee, unfolds, comes, sleeping, white, probability

Words will be posted here each Wednesday (most of the time).

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 54: Kristen Case
1. Old Egg  4. Elizabeth  7. Bixia Fu  
2. Rall  5. Magical Mystical Teacher  8. ladyleemanila  
3. Jae Rose  6. annell4ll4  

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Whirligig 53

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "How to Clean an Oil-Slicked Penguin" by Andrew Gent: penguin, beak, wings, loosen, remains, stone, preening, reclaiming, thanks, bite, scratch, survive

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 53: Andrew Gent
1. Jae Rose  4. annell4ll4  7. France Marie Henry Southworth Cordova  
2. Old Egg  5. ladyleemanila  8. morening stephan  
3. Elizabeth  6. Nicholas Barry Zeppos Napolit  

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Whirligig 52

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from Sonnet 65 by William Shakespeare: brass, stone, earth, sea, honey, hold, battering, meditation, forbid, miracle, ink, shine

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 52: Shakespeare
1. Jae Rose  3. Old Egg  5. annell4  
2. Elizabeth  4. Cressida  6. ladyleemanila  

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Whirligig 51

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Winter, Spring" by Jim Harrison: black, beige, drought, oaks, warblers, branches, surprise, open, arms, fly, aiming, feeders

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 51: Jim Harrison
1. Jae Rose  4. ladyleemanila  7. Magical!  
2. Keith's Ramblings  5. Elizabeth  8. ann davis  
3. Old Egg  6. annell4  9. mystic cantonment  

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Whirligig 50

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "After Fifty Years" by William Faulkner: empty, shade, echoes, bent, birds, crown, mirrors, softness, blind, scent, body, snare

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 50: William Faulkner
1. Jae Rose  4. annell4  7. CC  
2. Elizabeth  5. ladyleemanila  8. Cressida  
3. Old Egg  6. Eleaine  9. Uttley  

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Whirligig 49

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from Psalm 107:1-13: wilderness, hungry, thirsty, works, darkness, counsel, thanks, enemy, north, city, fainted, praise

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 49: Psalm 107
1. Jae Rose  6. Howard Trienens  11. ladyleemanila  
2. Old Egg  7. John Henry Wigmore  12. Juana France  
3. Elizabeth  8. Daniel Rodriguez  13. thomas bush  
4. Cressida  9. Brad Henry  
5. Magical Mystical Teacher  10. Bastet  

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Whirligig 48

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Going Out to the Garden" by Alice Walker: morning, seeds, fiery, reeling, spray, hose, crevices, stones, squirt, bathed, troubles, ask

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 48: Alice Walker
1. Elizabeth  5. annell4  9. Holden Throp  
2. Jae Rose  6. Cressida  10. ladyleemanila  
3. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Misky  
4. humbird  8. Sam Dawson  

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Whirligig 47

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "I Will Keep Broken Things" by Alice Walker: broken, chasing, wise, sheared, basket, jagged, swims, remains, missing, pilgrim, sorrow, keep

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 47: Alice Walker
1. Jae Rose  5. Magical Mystical Teacher  9. Neil Napolitano  
2. Old Egg  6. humbird  10. Burton Minow  
3. Keith's Ramblings  7. annell4  11. ladyleemanila  
4. Elizabeth  8. Cressida  

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Whirligig 46

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "A Last Look" by W.S. Merlin: urban, friends, going, pleasant, tree, misfortune, languages, flowed, leaf, porches, smell, waiting

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 46: W.S. Merwin
1. Old Egg  3. magical Mystical Teacher  5. storm brothers  
2. Jae Rose  4. humbird  6. William Fitzswimmons  

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Whirligig 45

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Quarantine, 1918" by Faith Shearin: germs, skirts, envelope, fever, carrying, cake, swaying, memory, suitcases, hiding, scissors, sharp

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 45: Faith Shearin
1. Elizabeth  6. Magical Mystical Teacher  11. Melinda Kucsera  
2. Jae Rose  7. annell  12. Tao Zhou (Emily Chou  
3. Old Egg  8. Mimi  13. Michael Devine  
4. Cressida  9. Julie Wenger Watson  14. Maggie Hassan  
5. Keith's Ramblings  10. annell4  

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Whirligig 44

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "300 Goats" by Naomi Shihab Nye: icy, huddle, debating, frigid, swooping, cuts, goats, town, shrugs, warm, zodiac, pressing

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 44: Naomi Shihab Nye
1. Old Egg  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. Melinda Kucsera  
2. Cressida  5. humbird  8. Kerry Van Laanen  
3. Jae Rose  6. ladyleemanila  9. Hunter Cates  

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Whirligig 43

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Praise Be" by Yusef Komunyakaa: guilty, mossy, witness, sway, glint, praise, woe, disappearing, fierce, hush, look, going

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 43: Yusef Komunyakaa
1. Elizabeth  5. Magical Mystical Teacher  9. Robert Panel Laurenc  
2. Old Egg  6. Amelia  10. Melinda Kucsera  
3. Jae Rose  7. Cressida  11. Stanley Ann Dunham  
4. ladyleemanila  8. Gail  12. Sam Brownback  

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Whirligig 42

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Knots" by Joseph Stroud: trying, shoes, logic, fumbling, stands, anger, trembling, memory, father, knot, tight, untie

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 42: Joseph Stroud
1. Daneshwari S Mirji  5. Magical Mystical Teacher  9. ladyleemanila  
2. Elizabeth  6. John Harvard  10. James Martinez  
3. Old Egg  7. Stephan (Sidifan) Wi  11. Phil Bolstan  
4. Jae Rose  8. Nancy Beebe Goolsby Tramel Perry  

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Whirligig 41

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Welcome to Sunday's Whirligig, a place for you and your muse to find inspiration. Each Wednesday I will post 12 words with which you may create a poem, a short story, or some other piece of writing. Use the words in any form, as many of them as you wish.

You may link your writing to this site beginning at midnight (Pacific Time) each Sunday. Use the linking button, which will "magically" appear at midnight (Pacific Time) Sunday. The Inlinkz button will remain operable for two weeks. Enjoy!

If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "I'll Take a Bullet for You" by Juan Felipe Herrera: bullet, heard, weaving, rising, bow, digital, picking, bitten, tears, wounded, odd, greenness

Words will be posted here each Wednesday.

Twelve words too many? Then visit Sunday Scribblings 2, where you will find one word to kick-start your writing.

Whirligig 41: Juan Felipe Herrera
1. Elizabeth  4. Magical Mystical Teacher  7. andy sias  
2. Jae Rose  5. ladyleemanila  8. Jerry Yang  
3. Keith's Ramblings  6. annell4  

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