Thank you to all who entered and all who voted. 
So many brilliant interpretations of "Marching". Here are the Results!
Equal First Place with 6 points:
“Let me clue you in: it comes between February and April, and you’re gonna do it up and down this damn yard until I tell you to stop, Private!”
- Lin E Rainbow
I can vividly imagine this line and scene in a movie!
April is the cruelest month, but the anguish takes root in the winds and waters of March.
- George Prime
Poetically emotive
Second Place with 5 points:
It was a three day march to the nearest cabin, and the grizzly already had my scent.
- MattScho
Ooh! I'd read on to see if they made it.
Equal Third Place with 4 points:
Her mother marched towards her over the dew-soaked grass – as much as you could march in high heels – as she hid in the hedge, the branches scraping her skin and tugging at her ridiculously big white dress.
- Jades
This one sentence tells us so much! I already invest in the character.
Mike stretched the forty-eight step march from death row to executions as far as he could, but no matter how slow he walked or how careful his steps, his feet delivered him to his end, all the same.
- ImSorryDave
Heart wrenching!
No over to @AgentPete for the Special Mentions:
Hannah set you an impressively broad sweep of a brief for last month’s OPS contest. The single-word prompt “marching” might be considered by those inhabiting cramped minds to be frighteningly wide-open; but Litopians are clearly made of sterner stuff and you responded with verve and aplomb. Not to say zest and havoc! Good show, everyone!
As has become customary, I’ve indulged myself the privilege of choosing an entry for special mention (also awarded 10 LitBits). This month, I’m breaking my own commitment to choose just one, because so many jumped out at me and just wouldn’t let go… the three that follow were particularly tenacious:
“She marched up to her one perfect sentence kicking out the commas and clauses refusing to play by the basic rules of grammar cos codes are made to be broken into bits”
– Rachael Burnett
This is knowingly self-referential but not even slightly smug… wit is my weak spot and this has it aplenty
“Every morning at dawn, the ants marched in perfect silence, teaching the world discipline without saying a word.”
– KAMulenga
Dang, this is such a simple sentence but I can’t get the powerful imagery out of my head
“Actually, marching down the aisle with her was the easy part.”
– George Prime
No question about it, I’ve just got to read on
Here’s to the next OPS, everyone! (Coming soon!)
So many brilliant interpretations of "Marching". Here are the Results!Equal First Place with 6 points:
“Let me clue you in: it comes between February and April, and you’re gonna do it up and down this damn yard until I tell you to stop, Private!”
- Lin E Rainbow
I can vividly imagine this line and scene in a movie!
April is the cruelest month, but the anguish takes root in the winds and waters of March.
- George Prime
Poetically emotive
Second Place with 5 points:
It was a three day march to the nearest cabin, and the grizzly already had my scent.
- MattScho
Ooh! I'd read on to see if they made it.
Equal Third Place with 4 points:
Her mother marched towards her over the dew-soaked grass – as much as you could march in high heels – as she hid in the hedge, the branches scraping her skin and tugging at her ridiculously big white dress.
- Jades
This one sentence tells us so much! I already invest in the character.
Mike stretched the forty-eight step march from death row to executions as far as he could, but no matter how slow he walked or how careful his steps, his feet delivered him to his end, all the same.
- ImSorryDave
Heart wrenching!
No over to @AgentPete for the Special Mentions:
Hannah set you an impressively broad sweep of a brief for last month’s OPS contest. The single-word prompt “marching” might be considered by those inhabiting cramped minds to be frighteningly wide-open; but Litopians are clearly made of sterner stuff and you responded with verve and aplomb. Not to say zest and havoc! Good show, everyone!
As has become customary, I’ve indulged myself the privilege of choosing an entry for special mention (also awarded 10 LitBits). This month, I’m breaking my own commitment to choose just one, because so many jumped out at me and just wouldn’t let go… the three that follow were particularly tenacious:
“She marched up to her one perfect sentence kicking out the commas and clauses refusing to play by the basic rules of grammar cos codes are made to be broken into bits”
– Rachael Burnett
This is knowingly self-referential but not even slightly smug… wit is my weak spot and this has it aplenty
“Every morning at dawn, the ants marched in perfect silence, teaching the world discipline without saying a word.”
– KAMulenga
Dang, this is such a simple sentence but I can’t get the powerful imagery out of my head
“Actually, marching down the aisle with her was the easy part.”
– George Prime
No question about it, I’ve just got to read on
Here’s to the next OPS, everyone! (Coming soon!)
