Sept 13th’s prompt is “the story started when the bomb exploded ”
For this prompt, I am reminded of the November 2015 terrorist attack in Paris. One of my Facebook friends was actually visiting at a B&B across the street from the arena (ground zero) – and her story is what shaped my memory of that event – it became THE story for me of that day …
I identify myself as a Pacific Northwest poet. I have been writing poetry since 1976- and yes - I have been using the pen-name Ariel all this time! I can often be found writing in the Willamette Valley, in Pacific forests or along the Coastlines on Oregon.
My archive of poetry prompts is here.
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Ariel, Pacific NW poet 
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