Today, I’d like to challenge you to write your own Sei Shonagon-style list of “things.” What things? Well, that’s for you to decide!
(My list is about people and not things)
People who get me hot under the collar
A random tally of grist
for this useful list;
smirking strangers,
rude co-passengers,
complainers and whiners
noisy diners,
all-knowing kids,
gun-toting kids,
religious fanatics,
cantankerous dyspeptics,
too politically correct people,
too easily swayed sheeple,
gender superiority,
male bashing sorority,
corrupt politicians fooling the masses,
power-hungry moneyed classes,
smug writers,
situation exploiters,
disdainful doctors,
self-important proctors,
constant pleaders
self-serving leaders,
but the one who tops the list
undoubtedly is, a rapist!
Extensive list! Love the word sheeple. We kind of had a similar take on the napowrimo prompt today.
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Thank you so much. Will read yours in a while.
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You are most welcome!
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Whoaao.. so beautifully played and aptly placed the word challenge .. bravo..!! 👍🏼🙏🏼😇👌🏼💕
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Thanks a lot Debika…there are so many things to be upset about. 😊❤️
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Good, comprehensive list.
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Thanks a lot!
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Fantastic !! Just loved it !
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Thanks a lot, dear. ❤️
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An extensive list, indeed. Glad I didn’t make it to this one 🙂
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It could have been longer! You know you would never make it to this list.
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I am sure it could have been and that’s good to know 🙂 🙂
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Found myself nodding in agreement at each line. Strange, isn’t it?
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Not strange! Just goes to show there are some things that bother most! 😊
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A lot to get hot under the collar about in this list.
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Yes, indeed!
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Excellent take on the challenge! I nod my head in agreement!👏👏
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Ah! So many of us feel the same way. Thanks a lot, Richa. 💞
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more and some, well done!
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Thanks Kate!
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my pleasure 🙂
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Very accurate list this is.
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Thank you so much.
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My pleasure
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you included the smug writer :p
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Gosh! That must have slipped in inadvertently! 😉
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😀unlike the other items in the list this one won’t make most people hot under the collar PS. here I joke assuming my lack of smugness
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It does ESP, it does! Nothing is more infuriating than a writer who thinks he/she knows the best!
P.S Here I am assuming you don’t consider me smug!
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The smug ones dont assume, they simply know, as you said.
Somehow I believe it would be impossible for a poet to be smug, poetry demands an air of indecisiveness, a disregard for knowledge as it is established in the world. As for fiction and non-fiction writers, smugness might make them appear confident, and their creation more lucid, though smugness invariably smudges art.
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Somehow even I believed poets can’t be smug but have come across a few (very few). Smugness in any sphere of life smudges it.
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always taking it to the next level, the perspicacious one!
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🙏 Most times you leave me looking for a suitable retort!
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😀 why do I feel smug reading this, must do 🙏
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You have the right to feel smug now! 😅
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Doesn’t it feel good to put it out there?!!! 🙂 I agree with you Punam, well done 💕
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It does feel extremely good, my friend. Thank you so much. 🙂💞
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! I will have to try this style. We have the same list for this topic! 💕💕💕
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Aww! This means a lot!! Waiting for your poem. ❤️❤️❤️
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It sounds wrong – but what a great list.
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I guess it does – thanks a lot!
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Pleasure
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Damn beautiful – I love this ❤️❤️
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Thank you so much! ❤️
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet and commented:
See if some of your pet peeves made the list?
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Thank you!
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Ditto!!!
And I watched Delhi crime yesterday on Netflix and I just wanted to kill those psychos 😡
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I know! ☹️
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Thank you Irma for the mention.🙏
This is such a beautiful piece and so apt for the picture prompt. 💞
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Ah great, another one!
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