Yves (aka Mindlovemisery)
Yves is the founder and creator of our wonderful community here at Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie; where we come together to foster exploration of ideas, freedom of expression, and creativity in our writing.
The moniker “Mindlovemisery” reflects the subjects most extensively explored in Yves’ own poetry.
- Mind – philosophy, psychology, mental illness, and societal expectations.
- Love – loss, unrequited love, infatuations and obsessions, sex, true love, new love, relationships of all sorts both dysfunctional and sublime.
- Misery – trauma, depression, living with PTSD, the search for meaning, loneliness, spiritual dilemmas, grief, social ineptitude.
Yves started “Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie” (affectionately known as MLMM) to inspire, and connect with, others. For it is through our devotion to our own obsessive interests (fetish) we weave together through this site, the individual stories of our collective minds, loves, and miseries.
On offer each week are 7 different prompts to get those creative juices flowing!
MLMM current hosts and prompts are:
- Sunday Confessional – Oloriel
- Monday Wordle – Lisa
- Tuesday Photo Challenge – Sarah
- Wednesday Story Swap – Yves
- Thursday Dreams – HOST NEEDED. Please contact if interested.
- Friday Faithfuls – Jim / COHOST NEEDED. Please contact if interested.
- Saturday Mix – Sarah
Find out more about our hosts HERE.
“A dose of fetish | Good friends | An incomparable muse”
Mindlovemisery's Menagerie 
Maybe I’m presumptuous having only attended the past few prompts, but why don’t you have a ‘badge’ type thing participants can put in their sidebars? It’s the first place I look when I’m sniffing around for new prompt-sites on other people’s blogs, and I’d love for others to find these amazing prompts!
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That is a great idea but I am not savvy enough with the computer to produce one haha I will ask Oloriel though she has incredible design skills XD
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I will look him up XD
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Hi all,
These are great prompts. I post weekly found poetry prompts at foundpoetryreview.com, and am always looking for new ideas. Let me know if you’d like to guest post! beth.ayer@foundpoetryreview.com.
http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/category/poetry-prompts/ will give you a sense of the types of things I post.
Cheers,
Beth
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Hi this is Yves =)
Thank you for your wonderful offer and your encouragements. We have several authors here at MLMM was there someone in particular you were interested in? Or a specific prompt that appealed to you?
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Hey, I’m Paris Carter owner and operator of The Bibliomaniacs, a writing/book review site. We’re launching our new magazine in the Fall. And I was wondering if you were interested in submitting a short story, essay, or poem. Please contact me if you’re interested!
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Hi thank you so much for contacting me and for your generous offer =) My mom is coming from overseas to visit and I am about to go pick her up from the airport. She will be staying for a week, after that I will look through my poetry and send something =) Are there any restrictions/requirements?
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We’re looking for short stories, poetry, and essays. We have a 8,000 word count for the short stories and essays, but for the poetry we’re a more lenient as long as it excessive of over 45 lines. The name of our magazine is Catharsis Literary Magazine. As the name suggests, we’re looking for emotional heavy works dramas, realistic fiction, or experimental fiction. Even though we lean more towards realistic work, we still love to hear works of other genres science fiction, romance, dystopian as long as they have a focus on character and emotion. Same goes for poetry. Emotionally charged poetry.
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I wasn’t sure how to submit
Title: Cradle
Author: Yves K. Morrow
I snatch your angels
From the waves
Of a treacherous silence,
A box apart from
The residual graves.
As simple as a moon
Fashioned of clay
My self recriminations
Spring up helter-skelter
In moments overcast.
–
How could I have lost you
When I held on with all my might?
What can fix perfection
And if not you
Then what can I alter
Without covering up
These essential lies,
These transparencies
Which distinguish
One void from the next.
–
We were quite the pair
Miscreants starved for reason,
Two perfects eggs
In a cycling bath.
My courage no longer raw
I cling to a barren science.
Your kisses thieving worms,
Your eyes retracted halos
How can I die in the cradle
Of such a gorgeous silhouette?
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Perhaps it is one too many things, but we of Team Netherworld were hoping you might consider adding a Haibun prompt on occasion. We really like them! I created this one recently and am hoping it might inspire you to bring back the Haibun! I don’t know if you ever did Haibun prompts on this blog, but I am remembering the Haibun Thinking blog that you used to have.
http://peppersfetch.blogspot.com/2015/10/astriferous-artifact.html
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I have never done a Haibun or hosted a Haibun prompt though some of the members at MLMM do have experience with the Haibun. I had actually thought to add it with the haiku prompt as an option because it is a great form.
Kristjaan Panneman hosts the haiku prompt I will mention it to him and see what he thinks XD
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Just discovered your blog and am looking forward to reading you poetry and enjoying the images you choose to augment the writing. Best wishes from Western Australia. TJ Paris
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We’re so glad you’re here 🙂
All the best to you
Paloma, on behalf of everyone at MLMM
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Thanks so very much! Hope you have a lovely weekend! TJ
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You too, TJ
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Awww thank you so much! I look forward to getting to know each other
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Thanks! Tj
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Hey it’s a pleasure to meet you and know more of you and your talents. Keep up the great blog and writing. ~Jackie
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You have such wonderful prompts. I came here through the recommendation of Oloriel from http://olorielmoonshadow.wordpress.com/ . I write poetry, though only recently became confident to publish it. I look forward to reading more of your blog, if you’ll have me :).
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Welcome, and feel free to jump right in and create! Trust me, once you get inspired, there is no stopping! 🙂
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🙂 I will, feeling inspired already. It’s like a recent creativity door that’s been locked for some years, has opened and creativity has started pouring out of me. I hope it never ends :).!!
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How exciting!
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I am 43 year old Indian moved in recently to america with my husband . i have been reading your poetries long since i’ve known Jingle poetry entries. I would love to attempt the word prompt when ever i have leisure time.. i love improving on my poetic skills. please let me know how and where do i find the poetic prompts.
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Oh wow has it been so long since we have been reading each other’s blogs? How wonderful! I have a prompt site which you can find here.
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/
This is another prompt site that I visit but I am not the host there
https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/
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Thanks a lot for your prompt reply..lots of love and hugs! I shall definitely try them 🙂
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I look forward to it! (hugs in return)
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Hi!I have started something to let people know each other.Click here to know more https://sasha1010blog.wordpress.com/2016/12/05/lets-know-each-other-4/
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Why do I always find these wonderful places in the middle of the night when my brain is on empty? Be back tomorrow.
Are you guys on Twitter?
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As individuals some of us do have a Twitter accounts/Facebook accounts but the group doesn’t formerly have one. I look very forward to seeing you at group!
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I’ve been trying to post a comment (with and without a link) on this writing challenge page but they keep disappearing. Can you have a look in your spam filter? Thanks: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/01/12/music-challenge-20-way-down-we-go-by-kaleo-amwriting-musicchallenge-mlmm/
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Well, I am intrigued with your group. I came via my friend Susan,The Abject Muse, and love to write 100 word flash. Looking forward to a prompt that starts my fingers clicking on the keys. (I guess in the old days I would have said ‘starts my pen flowing) Still thinking about the spider-web one I saw.
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Welcome =) We are thrilled and honored to have you with us! I used to write poems myself with a pencil, awful handwriting I could never read them once I’d written them alas lol
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I just gave you all a shout out on my blog, since one of the stories I wrote in response to a collage prompt was accepted into an anthology: https://poweredbyrobots.com/publications/
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That is fantastic James! Congrats =)
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