Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:38
Challenge 2 ~ CALLING ALL CREATIVE SOULS ~ Are you up for the challenge?
Hey. Hey, it's Renee Schlee. I've got a challenge for all of the creatives out there. Whether you do short stories, whether you do poetry, whether you do podcasting, swell casting. What does this picture inspire in you? It's a challenge. Are you up for it? I'm going to work on my mind, of course, will be a poem, and I will be working on mine later on today. And I cannot wait to see what you bring
Laura L (she/her)
@LoloflowΒ Β·Β 0:23
You. Challenge accepted. I'm obsessed with frogs. Oh, it's such a great picture. Is that at your place? Where is this? Tell me tell us more about the photo. I think that'll give a little more inspiration or prompts or something. Love. Love
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 1:07
I love that you're going to participate. Okay, so I lived in a rough part of town for a while in an apartment that for some reason drew all of these giant slugs. I'll see if I have a picture of a slug, because you have no idea. I don't know what was happening there, but it wasn't even a full blown apartment. It was what do they call them? It's only four apartments, so I don't even know what you call that
Carly D
@AstroalityΒ Β·Β 0:48
So I watched a Tarot reading from one of my favorite Tarot readers, like, two days ago, and she told me that I was going to see a frog, and the frog was a sign of something big and something huge to come. And she said, when you see the frog, you'll know that that's the day that the universe is communicating to you that something huge and something big is on its way, and you'll be receiving it
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 1:02
Yay. I cannot wait. I love, I love, love, love that there's gonna be any response to this. So I'm super excited to see what everybody says, and I'm super pumped about the fact that I got to be involved in your frog. Like, the universe is just doing crazy signs right now. I'm noticing, like, crazy, crazy signs
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 3:02
I am the prince she surely had wished to find. And it seems I moved too soon. She didn't blush or swoon when I went in for that kiss. I do recall a swatting hand. And I could suddenly fly by wind and I heard her hiss? All good, I'm not injured? My dreams there are they are? And hindered I will pursue and I surely will persist? So I found her home and it could be called stalking
J.L. Beasley
@Her_SisuΒ Β·Β 4:47
I opened the door again because soul is saying to me, spirit is saying to me, don't let that go. Open that door. And girl, that d*** green frog just that quick. When I opened that back door to put the food on the grill, to step out, to put the food on the grill, when I opened the back door and I was passing by, he slipped in
feliceskye
@feliceskyeΒ Β·Β 0:16
Th. I thoroughly enjoyed that story. That poem. How cute. I didn't know where you were going with it, and then you just surprised us. Very clever. Love it
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 4:14
So now all these poor frogs and I'm talking about I did this for a good bit, are collecting in this tin can where they cannot get food. It's super hot, and they're surrounded by stinky, crunched beer cans. So when my father decides that he's going to take the cans out, whatever he was going to do with them because it was full, whatever he was going to do, I told him, what about the snake?
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:35
Hey. I'm so glad you liked it. Yeah, I kind of wanted to leave it in the beginning where it, like, was a question. Like, what is she doing here? And when does the frog, like, really do anything? And why is he on the window? It's not making any sense. But all in all, he was just a prince hanging out. And see, truth is, he isn't a prince
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:07
Oh, you're killing me smalls. Well, I hope you do. If you don't, it's okay. But I hope you do
Moe Johnson
@NeophyteSavantΒ Β·Β 1:46
I wasn't sure if the story was true. All I know is that it was brilliant. And I like something that you said that was really important. And anytime you can get something out of a story, out of a movie, out of a book, out of anything, whether fiction or nonfiction, when there's something in there that you can take with you, there was something that you said that's very important
Moe Johnson
@NeophyteSavantΒ Β·Β 3:11
And then you wrote yours already. You did your poem. And I was like, wow, that was just so fast. And the ability to do that, it reminds me of a song that came out years ago. It's actually a hip hop song. I'm not that big into hip hop, but this one here, it was a hip hop song called Why by a hip hop artist called Jadicus
Laura L (she/her)
@LoloflowΒ Β·Β 0:44
Oh, my gosh. I love, love your poem. It's so funny because I wrote the one that I posted before I listened to yours. I guess a lot of us go to that kissing frogs place, right? This is just so clever and fun. Renee, you're so multi faceted in your writing. It's just a joy to hear all of the different things you come up with. Thanks so much for the photo prompt and for your writing, as always
Moe Johnson
@NeophyteSavantΒ Β·Β 3:02
Oh, God, I can't hear anything either. Oh, that's okay. Bottom line is that I'm here on time. I know some people probably say, oh, he should have wore suit. Oh, she would have wore suit. Oh, good grief. Charlie brown. All green, baby, all green. This is who I am, and I'm not going to change. Even when I get famous, it's either all green or nothing
Laura L (she/her)
@LoloflowΒ Β·Β 0:21
Okay, that was brilliant. I can't believe you just did that off the cup the names were sending me. I just loved the whole thing. And if you feel froggish, Leap. Best advice ever. Made my day. Thank you
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 1:46
I've seen some of your replies on some of my friends on here, some of their poetry, and it is like you have a way about you that is all heart and all depth and you know how to touch people right where they need to be touched. That is in your writing, that is in your responses, in the way that you speak, in the words that you deliver. And you are amazing. You are so amazing
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:11
You already know you already know we tend to go to a lot of the same places. I love, love it. Thank you so much. And I love you too. Your soul is so beautiful. Girl, keep shining
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:33
Oh, my God. That is so brilliant. Brilliant and fun because I love your sound effects. I love this whole thing. This is so creative. That's why that is why I wanted to make this a creativity challenge instead of just a poetry challenge, because anybody can that is creative or that has that creative nature can take can take this and make it whatever they choose, whatever comes out, and you are brilliant. This is so cool. Thank you so much
J.L. Beasley
@Her_SisuΒ Β·Β 4:48
They eventually were annoyed, and they called my mother. And my mother did come get me. She had a long conversation with me on the phone, of course, trying to convince me to stay. And I was like, no, not having it. If you don't come get me, I am leaving this cabin. I will start walking to whatever direction I think home is in. I am not staying here tonight. I am leaving. So she did come get me
J.L. Beasley
@Her_SisuΒ Β·Β 4:33
No, my parents were not perfect, but my father did set a pretty decent example with some good morals and values. The second part to that is one thing my father said repeatedly, especially when my son's father to separate and divorce, was that my son is a child. He is not the man of the house. Don't make him the man of the house. Don't introduce him to a whole bunch of men, which I wasn't planning on doing anyway
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 4:20
We got to see a lot, girl. We got to see a lot. When I would drop the frogs as the Domer, I would do it quickly. I would do it quickly, not because I was scared of the snake, but because I was scared my father would get mad if the snake got out. So the fear of snake thing didn't really have it, didn't have enough of it
Carly D
@AstroalityΒ Β·Β 0:47
Come on out and take this leap with me there's so much here meant for our discovery the world is ours for the taking and love is ours for the making how long will it last? How much will it grow? Some of these incredible answers are not yet ours to know come on out and take this leap with me there is so much here meant for our discovery thanks again for inviting me. I had a great time. It was great
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:44
Oh, my God. Wow. Like, I didn't even know you wrote poetry. That is the bomb. The bomb. I love, I love, love, love that I tickled your creative bone and that you came up with that. Oh, I love to take the leap. Oh, this is so cool. I get overly excited. I'm sorry. But I really do appreciate you putting it out there like that and jumping in on this creative challenge
feliceskye
@feliceskyeΒ Β·Β 2:00
Okay. Okay. Hey, Renee. All right, so challenge accepted. I was playing around with some words and decided to put some music together. And we're going to see how this turns out. So wish me luck. All right. Super slick slide freaking froggy fly leap in lily's eye land on time just out of your sight. Just think I might stay here and hold tight till the coast is clear but a gas I fear you've discovered me clinging closely to this pain
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:51
Oh, my God. Look. I was wiling out the whole time. The whole time. And I had brought myself back down as much as I can before replying to this, because it was about to be crazy. I am so impressed. Oh, my gosh. Look, look. You are so super fly, and you know you're fly. Oh. The way you did that. I love, love, love everything that I've seen that you do
feliceskye
@feliceskyeΒ Β·Β 0:19
Bye. Thank you so much, Renee. I really appreciate that feedback. This challenge has been really fun, and I am totally looking forward to engaging more. So thank you for starting this challenge
From Silence
@FromSilenceΒ Β·Β 1:09
Hello. I'm divided on what to do here, so I have a gap for tomorrow where I still need to figure out what poem I'm going to use for that. And in theory, I could kind of write one. For this challenge. However, I've actually written a poem about and to a frog before, which I haven't shared on here yet. I wrote that last year
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:25
I am so very hopeful, sir, that you will not only share what you have already created, but be inspired to create anew I love love, love stuff like this. Love it. I love what comes out of it. And I know how amazing you are as a writer, of course, so I hope you choose to bring it to
Laura L (she/her)
@LoloflowΒ Β·Β 0:15
Felise. I enjoyed that so much on so many levels. The music and your voice and your words. It was like sound healing. It was just lovely. Thank you so much for that
Laura L (she/her)
@LoloflowΒ Β·Β 1:00
Hey everyone. I posted this on my profile and didn't realize we should be replying here. So I'm just going to read my poem on here as well. It is called love song. I heard your voice and got sticky fingers. I climbed up higher to where I could linger longer. I stayed to get a better look. That enigmatic sound inspired a book, an anthology really. Each poem a variation on a simple amphibian stream. The sweetest love song I call it
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:49
Mike drop still over here making sound. You are just so good at everything to do. And I love, love, love that you brought it here too. And I hope, beyond all hope that everyone is ready to participate in the next one, because it will be coming soon. And I love what comes out of it. It is so freaking cool. Bull. So thank you for being you and the way you deliver
She thought maybe a peaceful visit in a beautiful garden would be just the thing that she needed. She stumbled across someone who was writing a lot of ideas coming to mind, attempting to put pen to paper. The month of April. Being about poetry, this couldn't be nothing other than a poet. Yes, the poor little Trina frog somehow knew about Poetry Month. And this particular poet tool of choice was Whiteout
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:41
But I know you have a creative soul and I know you are so fun. I'm so glad you did this and I cannot wait to the next one. And I'm hoping you do the same with those exploding dynamite trees attacking frogs. Now, thanks for the nightmare
I hate to break it to your woman, but you're the one that created the nightmare. I did not see that coming. I thought you were going to be like, morning came and a woman arrived and walked up to the window or whatever, thinking of yourself. But I don't even know why I went there. And then you've come up with yucca trees and exploding done. My trees that's dying your nightmare. You created this
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 1:37
No, they are so protected. It would definitely destroy the frog. I'm a little concerned about the yucca, but not concerned enough because I don't know if you've ever my father planted those. I don't know if I told you this, but he planted those. Right. And we lived again in the middle of the woods, so our driveway was, like, forever long. And it was sandy dirt, right? And he planted them on this curvy driveway
But when the yucca tree decides to blow its s***, maybe the yucca tree first has to hit the ground after the pods fly off. Then it can up and then run and then grasp hold of its enemies. I don't know. For some reason, I see the yucca tree doing, like, cartwheels and somersaults until it reaches its target, and then bam. It's got you. All the while, the slow mo, the smoke, the explosions
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 4:09
We used to take turns and this is the most dangerous thing. I do not recommend it. Riding on the hood. Whoever was driving the other would ride on the hood. Well, it was my turn to ride on the hood, right? Never had any problems with it before. My mother's in the passenger seat and I am face up on the hood with my fingers gripping behind me where the hood latch area is a little crack
Right. This may not be a nightmare anymore, but it sounds like you lived a nightmare. Oh, my goodness. If these plants really had autonomy and really could fly, walk, climb, et cetera wow. Can you imagine your childhood? Wow. When I was thinking of, you know, them flying, and there's the lovely thought of flying spider plants and the sound of them, right? But then, like, the tornado watches
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 4:27
When I say big snake, I'm talking about you could be going down the road and you would never see the head or tail, but it would be stretched completely across the road. And like, my mom, if you see a snake on the road and you're in the country and it's that big, you want to skid across it because you kill it that way. You kill it quicker. So she would skid and then back up, try to make sure it was dead
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:13
And they itch they itch like hellfire. They itch like you have got to itch them at the same time that they are burning like hellfire and hurting. So I should add that to last. When I got in a hurry, I was so excited to get the picture together. You know how it is
Would it walk? Would it crawl? Climb? I wonder what it would say about the personalities it's attracted to. Like, if it was to grow and plant itself outside somebody's house. Oh, my goodness. That's it. It's, like the perfect replacement for the plastic flamingos
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 3:41
I mean, I knew the ones that I had coming into contact with, but that whole exploding thing and then morphing into changing to look like other plants. Why? So it doesn't get eaten. You might have said that. Sorry, that messes with me. Because it's like they have their own army. Think about this, because I believe they have spirits, right? I know I'm different, but I believe they have spirits
I've never seen it before, but I'm like this one's, just begging for a story to be written about it. And that reminds me of two things. First, I talked to somebody else. I don't know if it was a year or two ago, and she told me that she has this theory, not necessarily a real theory, but I love it
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 2:44
If I had known the type of s*** that I would come across, I'd probably be doing it too, though. But man, you come up with some stuff. It's always freaking crazy. No nightmares tonight though. I've already decided cause they're on our team. They were after the frog
It was about real people and them not working anymore. It was used to describe them, but then it morphed its definition. So it was about the workers rising up against the powers that be. And so then the stories morphed. Until then, there's the robot. What's that? I robot where the robots rose up and attack the people. I mean, there's all kinds of stories that do that. And now you and I are anthropomorphizing plants and giving them autonomy and choice and personality
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayΒ Β·Β 0:17
Okay, so I just went back and listened to the story that you had going. And you have got to do that again. You have got to do that again. There has to be this thing again. I almost resolved it, but I was like, okay, that kind of took off on its own. But you're going to have to come up with something, because that was brilliant. Brilliant
Like, I've had one where I prompt, I can't remember what the prompt was, but it ended up where there was all about taxes and businesses and flying paper and then planets that would smash into each other that were made of spaghetti's and meatballs and I'm talking like ridiculous stuff. But there was still always this through line, right? There were certain characters and it didn't matter where it meandered there was still this listening and adding on and sometimes that chaos doesn't always happen