Monthly Archives: August 2014

SoCS August 23/14

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Michael

Begin with a preposition….. At the third tone it will be…….I listened to this endless times when I was growing up, why? No idea, I think I was intrigued with the notion that a person spoke those lines ad nausea. … Continue reading →

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Fairytale #22 – The Oracle

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Michael

The journey they said would be hazardous. I would have to cross the Swamp of Lost Souls from which very few returned. But the need to succeed, to find and return the magic Urn of Silicox was worth every danger … Continue reading →

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Patterns of Life–dVerse Meeting the Bar – Alien in my Garden

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Michael

There’s an alien in my garden I stand back Terrified, amazed, puzzled What where when how? Those menacing tendrils The bright red The brown ooze The horrific smell Can’t be of this world Can it? I fear getting close dare … Continue reading →

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Poetics: Joel Robison’s Photography – A Light Flashes

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Michael

Image: Joel Robison   When a light flashes You sit up You notice Your attention seized Curiosity piqued. What is the distraction? A light flashes hope Possibility Deep down you feel a stirring Your bits a-tingling. You flush with excitement. … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #22 “Seesaw”

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Michael

You flit you know From one spot to another Like emotions stuck on the see saw of life You never flutter That’s too much to ask for Too predictable you might say. So you flit interminably While those behind struggle … Continue reading →

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Wordle #22 – The Missing Baroque Furniture

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Michael

Exude 2. Geese 3. Legion 4. Radiation 5. Meaningless 6. Decoy 7. Plaster 8. Linoleum 9. Dormancy 10. Falsetto 11. Gesture 12. Baroque (irregular in shape, extravagantly ornate) Like most days in my life this one started in much the same way as … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #21 “Cardboard Angel”

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Michael

Image: Sarolta Ban False, flimsy, fragility That’s what you are to me. Promises undelivered Hopes dashed, I am floundering. That’s the cardboard aspect of you A brittleness, of little substance A pretentious mongrel Who temporarily gives in only to fool … Continue reading →

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Wordle #21 – the crazed woman

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Michael

I have seen you this past week. I am sure you have been there for longer than that but usually I am in such a hurry I just make the platform as the train pulls in. But this week I … Continue reading →

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Magpie Tales Sunday August 10 – The Red Splodge

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Michael

Image: Keith Haring.   Some artists I find can depict life in the simplest terms and others take a more convoluted approach. Then again some others don’t bother, rather they let you stand in front of their work and you … Continue reading →

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Prompt #67 “A Fly on the Wall” – 2 A.M.

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Michael

It’s 2am. He’s rung. Always it’s this time, with mistress asleep, children sleeping and the other servants tucked away in the beds in the outside quarters. He wants me now. Its part of my job he tells me. I don’t … Continue reading →

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