Monthly Archives: June 2014

Poetry Prompt 37 – Favourite colour – Blue

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Michael

Little boy blue a girl once called me I was in my first teaching year Must have been obvious to one and all Blue was my colour of choice. There’s something warm about a good blue I don’t always discriminate … Continue reading →

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MeetingTheBar ~ When words fail – Rising Frustration.

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Michael

How many times was it? I explain. I set out reasons. You say, ‘What? What exactly do you mean?’ I’m sometimes stuck. What seems obvious you don’t understand You want a minute analysis Words chosen with care So you are … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 35 – Consider Metre – Sonnet…sort of!!

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Michael

Come follow me into this dream Watch us encounter twists and turns Don’t be afraid take my hand Its good to get your feet wet on a rainy day Splash in a puddle climb out the other side The ride … Continue reading →

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Poetics ~ Seeding – New Family

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Michael

My children are killing me At me day and night I haven’t time to think Haven’t time to breathe They want, they demand How do I get to love them? When all I do is run after them?   Never … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 34 – Doors – Bang, Bang

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Michael

Bang, bang, slam, slam Crash, bang, slam, crash   Oh you kids be careful You’ll break those doors My head is killing me You kids will be the death of me.   Bang, bang, slam, slam Crash, bang, slam, crash … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge 11 “Fever by You” – I Heard You Call

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Michael

Despair comes to mind Cast into a pit of loneliness Left to wallow In a mire of my own excrement. Self inflicted I was told Deserving of nothing A pitiless, Laughing stock, A herald of shame. I had become content … Continue reading →

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100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week #136 – it was 50 years ago

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Michael

I was riding my bike from school when I fell off and landed on my knee. I gashed it; blood flowed, if I look closely the scar remains. No thought then of going to the doctor or the hospital. My … Continue reading →

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Wordle #11 – The Fairies in my Garden

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Michael

It was as I suspected all happening at the bottom of my garden. There in front of me was the paraphernalia I feared I would see. The fairies were at it again. Their pagan minds hard at work in concocting … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 33 – Twelve Lines Long – Arrival

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Michael

You came across the great divide riding proudly upon a silver stallion You could have thought you would have made it this far I stood there all nerves and expectation, waiting for you A thought came to me that you … Continue reading →

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OpenLinkNight – May 2014 – I Wonder

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Michael

I wonder what it would be like to: Not see the sunrise Not hear the bird’s avian chorus Not taste a fresh grown strawberry Not touch the brow of a newborn babe.   I wonder what it would be like … Continue reading →

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