The Whirligig
A Dozen Words for Writers
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Whirligig 455: Final Edition
For eight years The Whirligig has published a dozen words each week to inspire writers, but the time has come to close the wordshop. We wish you well in your writing endeavors in 2024 and beyond. Happy New Year, and productive writing!
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Whirligig 454
Welcome to The 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 (or as few) of them as you wish.
You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.
If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com
THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Sheep in Winter" by John Clare: sheep, snow, gnaw, pecks, hedges, storm, stack, face, shun, hovel, warm, meal
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Whirligig 453
Welcome to The 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 (or as few) of them as you wish.
You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.
If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com
THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Solstice in Truro" by Joshua Weiner: term, done, laptop, chill, weak, migrant, door, feed, restless, grandfather, gathers, opens
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Whirligig 452
Welcome to The 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 (or as few) of them as you wish.
You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.
If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com
THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Funeral for Unreturned Ashes" by Travis Chi Wing Lau: smoke, time, flashpoints, mark, shared, impact, collide, cost, keep, remains, restless, sleep
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Whirligig 451
Welcome to The 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 (or as few) of them as you wish.
You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.
If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com
THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Corsair" by Cyrus Cassells and Brian Turner: remember, spool, whales, relinquish, white, treasure, map, discover, tangerine, dawn, ships, sheets
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Whirligig 450
Welcome to The 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 (or as few) of them as you wish.
You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.
If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com
THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Perhaps the World Ends Here" by Joy Harjo: kitchen, gifts, table, scrape, gossip, ghosts, laugh, umbrella, birth, pray, remorse, thanks
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Whirligig 449
Welcome to The 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 (or as few) of them as you wish.
You will be able to link your writing to this site anytime, for the link never expires.
If you'd like to contribute 12 words, please e-mail them to me: magicalmysticalteacher@gmail.com
THIS WEEK'S WORDS (11, for the poem is short!) come from "The Bluebird" by Alexander Posey: winged, bit, Indian, sky, strayed, hither, from, home, high, bluebird, its
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