Monthly Archives: July 2013

Picture it & Write: SCARY STORY

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Michael

Picture it & Write: SCARY STORY     There’s not a lot to life being a marshmallow. Or as we call ourselves Mallows. What we are is more exciting than who we are. Most people couldn’t give a rats either way … Continue reading →

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Fly – Trifecta Week 85

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Michael

  FLY (intransitive verb) 1a : to move in or pass through the air with wings   b : to move through the air or before the wind or through outer space c : to float, wave, or soar in … Continue reading →

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I Miss You

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Michael

  I look for you. Every morning Your words Greet my day.   I miss you, My expectation, Selfish I know.   There is a longing It lingers As hours pass.   There is nothing. No word. Still I miss … Continue reading →

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Alastair’s Photo Fiction

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Michael

The Love Goddess     We were told the love goddess was an object of beauty. My friends and I were skeptical. The square bust thing didn’t do anything for us. Most of us squirmed at the thought. That and … Continue reading →

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Haibun Challenge – Protector

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Michael

Protector   I am stuck.  Move? No! Don’t! Foolish! Why risk everything now? I am close; I can smell the reward of trial and error, Lots of errors, scars and scratches. My shirt is torn, my pants muddied, After hours … Continue reading →

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Marnie

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Michael

Today I want to post this performance piece. This is one of my all time favourites mainly because the performer had the most amazing sense of comic timing. She and I worked on this for several months continuously rehearsing and … Continue reading →

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Friday Fictioneers – Planted or Placed

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Michael

Friday Fictioneers Some people are weird. How so? Climbing up the ladder like they those two. Should we say something? No. They’ll find out. How many is that today? I’ve counted a dozen. Greed is a terrible thing. Yes, as … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Mortality

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Michael

  What’s wrong? What’s right? I have moments Where on reflection Nothing is working out Nothing will change the inevitable. One step forward two back. My mortality looms Reminding me My days are numbered. Nature’s way Of reclaiming its own. … Continue reading →

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Crude – Trifecta Week 84

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Michael

Crude I grew up in the village of Crude where life was slow and everyone knew everyone.      When I was thirteen I was sent to High school in the town of Pristine twenty kilometres away. My mother had told … Continue reading →

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