Welcome to the Seventh Creative Perspective Challenge! I’d love for you to participate with a poem or a flash fiction piece. Just post your blog link in the comments or email it to me, and I’ll include it in the results post next week and promote it across social media.
Because it’s my birthday month, and they walked on the moon for my seventh birthday, I thought we’d head to space with this one:
I look forward to your responses!
Note: I’m playing catch-up in different areas of my life this month. I will try to visit blogs, but I may not get a chance on many days. There’s a vacation in the mix, too. I decided not to skip the Creative Perspective Challenge this month or my book reviews. I will be back in August, ready to go, plus, I have a book coming out September 24th. More on that soon.—Denise
I have a celebration of the Moon-walk coming up July 20th also. Happy birthday!
Thank you, Jacqui! Sounds fun 🙂
Happy early birthday, Denise!! I have a super busy week, so don’t know if I’ll get to participate. We shall see if anything pops up!
Thank you, Jan! It’s a busy time of year, no worries. Xo
Happy birthday, Denise, and have a wonderful vacation!
Thank you, Teri! I will be enjoying the catch up time!
Have a happy birthday and fun vacation, Denise.
Thank you, Timothy 🙂 I will enjoy the catch up time and vacation this month!
Enjoy your time off, Denise! We’ll be here when you get back.
Thanks, Liz! I will but I’ll be around here and there still.
Happy birthday to you, Denise. Enjoy your vacation! Congratulations on your upcoming new book in September. I would love to host your book tour if you have one. <3
Thank you, Miriam:) I appreciate that and will put you down as a host. Will be scheduling soon. Xo
How exciting, Denise! <3
I wrote this during Covid but thought the picture reminded me.
Reminded me to update it maybe?
‘I woke up one day and I was on the moon.’
All around me there was grey dust and hollow craters.
There was an earie silence, and I felt myself shiver. How did I get here?
My movements felt slow and heavy.
The sunlight in the distance shone on the silver-grey surface casting long shadows across the land.
Looking out into the distant blackness of space I could see a million twinkling stars.
And there in front of me was the blue green planet earth.
My planet!
My world!
Shining and slowly spinning.
I could see the richness of the sea and the land and the white clouds swirling. It certainly was a peaceful calm vision.
A beautiful sight, a silent world silowly turning in the darkness of space.
How calm it looked.
You could not hear the bustle of busy people dashing about.
You could not see the fighting nor the damage we were doing.
But, most of all you could not sense the fear of the pandemic as it spread from person to person.
Here you could look down and see only the beauty, not the ugliness and not the fear of ‘covid’.
Here I could stand in my bubble on a distant moon safe from everything.
But I don’t want to be alone.
I want to be in my world on my earth no matter how ugly it can be.
Sue Wickstead (2021)
Beautiful, Sue 🙂 I love how you found the beauty in such a stressful time, in being able to step back and see the whole picture. Thank you for sharing it here. Do you mind if I include this in next week’s results post?
That’s fine.
I’m glad you liked it
Love it, Sue!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
Hope you have an amazing birthday, Denise! Here is my contribution for this week:
https://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com/2025/07/futuristic-dreams-tankatuesday.html
Thank you, Yvette! I appreciate you joining in 🙂 I’m heading over xo
Happy early birthday, Denise, and Congrats on your upcoming book! ❤️
Thank you, Lauren 🙂 Xo
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Excellent pic for this month.
xo
Thank you, Sandra 🙂
Happy almost moon walk Birthday!🎈 you’ve got lots happening! Enjoy’
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Thank you, Cindy:) Much appreciated xo
Happy almost Birthday Denise. I don’t think you’re receiving my comments. xx
Happy almost Birthday Denise! xx
Hi Denise, I hope you are having a wonderful July.
Thank you, Robbie! I am, I hope you are too xo