This is a submission for Kevinβs No Theme Thursday.

She holds her head high
Looking up towards the sky
She feels it deep in her bones
In the twilight hours she roams
Stalking her unsuspecting prey
A hunter who always has her way
Stealthily, a mystery gleams in her eyes

She sets her sights upon her tasty prize
As blood roars through her feline veins
Ready to pounce, sheβll bring unsuspecting pain
Circles of lifeβs survival, in wild terrain so deep
Untamed and free, fierce prowess she keeps
Her entrancing gaze settles, giving you a chill
Always her greatest of thrills, as she moves in for the kill
Β©οΈ Laura Bennett
Weekend Writing Prompt #389: This weekend your challenge is to write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 99 words using the word “Hunter”.
A twofer, gotta maximize my time. π₯ πͺ

Ooohβ¦.who is the hunter?β¦
Love this, Laura β€οΈ
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π€ͺ π€£ indeed, who is the hunter and who is the hunted? Hehe π€ thanks Sara π always appreciated π π€
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Yesβ¦. Lots to ponder πββοΈ
Youβre most welcome! π
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She’s ready to pounce. You go girl.
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Sheβs the Queen of all the land! π Thanks Mary π β€οΈ
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Well written and hey who doesn’t love a cougar?
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Glad you liked it! π€£ Cats are fun creatures for sure π
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It reminds me of my Sphinx, always watching, always waiting, with that same fierce prowess. Gracefully ungraceful lol π€£
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Sphinx have big cattitude! Nice. π hahaha love that, graceful ungraceful π
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It’s the circle of life indeed. Brilliant, Laura. Great twofer! β€οΈ
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Thanks so much, Shweta. Always appreciated! Got one for your 6WSP coming out tomorrow! π β€οΈ
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You’re more than welcome. Yay! I’m so glad to hear that π
I’m yet to come up with something in response to my own challenge lol π
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Love this, Laura! She’s ready…
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Thanks so much, Tβ! Glad you liked it π π sheβs ready to pounce indeed! π
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Very good, and well-written as usual! π
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Thanks John, a little bit different than some of the stuff I usually do. π much appreciated!
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Youβre welcome, Laura! Nothing wrong with being a bit different. I hope you have a great night! π
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Same to you, John! Thank you π
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Kevinβs No Theme Thursday and a 99 word prompt, and the poem is great. That is impressive.
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Thanks so much, Thomas! Really glad you liked it π always appreciated – hope youβll get around to posting something for NTT – no pressure! Haha π
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Thank you Laura. Actually I already posted for the NTT but it was over at my new blog that I started back in August (https://superfactful.com/). I used Kevin’s black hole art and anything about black holes I will be posting over there.
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I donβt know why but I couldnβt subscribe to this blog! I tried. I had to keep scrolling and I never got to the end. If you can subscribe to me there Iβll subscribe back of course. Iβm gonna look at it again to see if I can figure it out π
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Others have also said that they had problems subscribing to my new blog and in fact I could not subscribe to it myself, which meant I could not see my own email notifications. It was indeed a subscription problem. People couldn’t subscribe at all. However, the happiness engineers fixed that last week. There is a black subscription button on the right if you use a computer and on the bottom on a mobile. But I am displaying 10 posts at a time so it requires some scrolling to see the bottom. I could of course subscribe you but then I need your email. You can’t subscribe between blogs. It’s a person who subscribes to a blog via email or a WP account.
I am thinking about how to make this easier. Maybe a separate page with a subscribe button would work?
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Glad that itβs all fixed now it seems!
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I found the button actually. Gonna try and subscribe to it now π π thank you!
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I just saw that. Thank you so much Laura. I really appreciate it.
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Well played!!
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Thanks so much! π glad if you liked it π
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A great twofer here Laura. have a great night and caffiene cool of coffee QC! πββ
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Thank you so much, Ernie. π Trying to coast a bit here if I can on that caffeinated fuel for the night! Cool insanity would indeed be the best π βοΈ βοΈ βοΈ
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βTasty prize,β and βfierce prowess,β π these!!
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So glad you liked it! π felines are indeed fascinating and fun creatures π food pics coming soon I hope! π€ π
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She is a hunter ! Beautiful photos
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Thank you, Priti π appreciated much!
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Hahaha indeed! π
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Love this Laura
This is a power write indeed !
Rawwr
Brilliant ink !
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Thank you, Maggie! π π
A bit of funβ¦kitty claws have to come out once in a while π π π
Thank you as always, lovely! π₯° π€ β€οΈ
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My pleasure Laura β€οΈπ€
Oh I hear that πππ lol.
Have a lovely day my friend πΉππ
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Hello Laura, I’m ShashaMin. Thank you for subscribing, visiting and liking my blog. Nice to meet you.πα‘£π©
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Nice to meet you, ShashaMin! Thanks for subscribing and liking as well! Hope your week is off to a great start π
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Likewise! Thanks for your connection^-^
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Thank you so kindly π π β¨
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Shivers! This builds so well that one can almost feel the bite. Nice work.
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Thank you! π means a lot π glad it gives that vibe for sureβ¦I wasnβt sure how much I liked this one for 99 words π
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It’s subtle, but that fits, sneaking up. Lol
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Hahahaa, I like it, I wanted it to be a bit stalking (but not stalker-ish, please!) π
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Pouncing like a queen π
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Indeed she is! π π lol and thank you π
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I had better be somewhere else or it’s my neck in her teeth !
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Haha! π€£ be careful out there in the woods, Simon. Donβt want you to get got! LOL
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Yes, I’m not partial to teeth in my skin lol
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Very beautiful and intense poem, Laura! I could feel her power and grace in every lineβ₯οΈβ₯οΈ
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Thank you so much, Daisy β€οΈ β€οΈ
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Laura, I sent you a couple emails with some info on what I posted. Let me know if you get them or not. I’m not sure if they will come from mdwainscott1@gmail.com or shuplri69, which is a VPN one that mine may go through.
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Awesome twofer and sheβs ready for the nom nom
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Hahaha nom nom nom indeed π
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love each line and the grace of your words, Laura! π
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Highly appreciated, Cindy π thanks so much π
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You’re so welcome always, Lauraπ
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The enormous and awe-inspiring power of nature portrayed in your lines. Fierce poem, Laura! π¦ππ»
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Thank you so much, Michele. π we are blessed when we are among nature, but it definitely has its some powerful and formidable aspects, too. π
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Absolutely, yes! β¨ You’re very welcome, Laura. π
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I really like this, Laura π So well written!
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Thanks so much, Nicole π really so appreciated
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Gah…I hate you 99 word people so much ππ
I hate how easily you tell a great tale within a rigid confine. Grrr….
Jokes aside, very well written indeed. Your talent grows exponentially with every post. ππ€
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Thatβs a high compliment from you, thank you ππ₯°
And stop saying you hate the 99 word people when you yourself could always be a 99 word person π
Doesnβt have to be rigid π
And much appreciated β€οΈ
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Well, 99 words is a set number, so to me, that is rigid.
I’m a jarhead – 6 words is my limit! ππ
But yes, harassment aside, it is very impressive that you told that story so well. I tip my hat to thee π©π
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Harassment aside π€£ π I dunno why but that made me lol so hard, maybe because itβs 3AM and Iβm buried in paperwork.
Kill me now π
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We jarheads only have a limited capacity.
We’re 8 track tapes in a digital world π
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I love mountain lions – at a distance.
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Haha, right? Beauty in nature can be quite dangerous at times
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Yes, they are really large. They have them at the MN zoo. Quite wild and very powerful.
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Queen of the mountains and on a mission.
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Sheβs ready to slay her mission! π haha π
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Oh yeah!
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ππ ππ Fascinating! Felines are a source of inspiration, without a doubt. Images and text aligned perfectly. Thank you for this immersion in nature. I wish you good lunar energies. πβπ»β¨ππ
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Thank you π yes, they are so good π especially those black cats πββ¬ with all their majestic energies π thank you, and same to youβ¦may the lunar energies be smooth from here on out π€ β¨ π haha, wishful thinking! π
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Yes, black cats transmute everything they pass through. Thank you!πππ»β¨πββ¬
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There’s something so soft, yet powerful, so raw, yet profound. I cannot describe it, but I’m getting chills β€οΈ
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Thank you so much! π Iβm glad you liked it π cats have that graceful way about them I suppose
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Definitely! I happened to be listening to this music, while reading your piece:
I’m not sure if it befits your poem so well, or my mind managed to adapt…
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I love how you relate songs to poetry! Very cool! π thanks for sharing
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As for me, I can relate poetry to everything related to my surroundings, both remote and immediate π
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Nice! Very cool.
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Skillfully done… I can hear the odd percussion of a BjΓΆrk song running through this. Well done!
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Thank you so much, Tash π means a lot coming from you!
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Excellent piece π
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Thank you Chris π so much appreciated π
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Lovely immersive piece that really makes you root for her. π Hope she’s successful for her cubs! π¦
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Thanks Tom! You are too kind π happy Wednesday!
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Great pictures and poetry. Purrfect combination!
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Thanks so much, Sharon π so glad you enjoyed it and appreciate your kind words π€
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Loved it !!
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Thank you so kindly
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She’s not one to mess with!!!!!
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Powerful!
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