Monthly Archives: June 2015

Fiction Friday Prompt #11 – ‘Love is a many splendored thing’

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: ‘Love is a many splendored thing’ Write from: 2nd person POV You don’t know the thrill I received When into my inbox came your card. I didn’t think you’d noticed me But my heart leapt the second … Continue reading →

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SoCS June 20/15 – Bone

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Michael

Badge by Doobster @ Mindful Digressions This week’s prompt: “bone” ‘Can I have a sandwich?’ I asked. ‘In a minute,’ my aging neighbour would say. ‘Oh but I’m hungry.’ ‘You have wait a bit, I have a bone in my … Continue reading →

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“Words to Write By” Prompt #10 – Pistillates

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: vulture rubble bleached resound pistillate overindulge ghostwritten sienna washed-out stepchild My uncle Rex grew pistillates. He had hundreds of them in his greenhouse and around his yard. He tended them daily and said they were the only … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 18: Fathers in a Flash – A Bit of Pece and Qiet

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Michael

My dad worked a lot when I was a kid. He left early and came home late in the afternoons. Sometimes he worked on the weekend as well. As a result we did a lot around the house, chopped wood, … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt Wednesday #11 – Gathering

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt write a “gathering” poem. It was a gathering of the minds Of the tall and the short The black white and brindle. We gathered as one Shoulder to shoulder Arm in arm. What asked one are you here … Continue reading →

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FFfAW: Week of 06-17-2015 – Saturday Ritual

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Michael

Dad was sitting at the table with the racing form guide in front of him. This was a Saturday ritual at our place. He’d study the lists of races, select the horses he thought were worth betting on, fill out … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #65, Sadness, June 16, 2015 – A Boy Wanting to Love a Girl

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Michael

Photo Credit: Zwobel What will it take to reach you? I cry for you daily As I watch from afar Your struggles in an abyss With demons Who covet you maliciously. There’s one who stole your childhood Who destroyed all … Continue reading →

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Journal Monday Prompt #10 – My Youth

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: write about someone you’ve lost.   I knew him not so long ago. He was firmly in my grasp He was comfortable and able Healthy never wealthy With wisdom he was hoping to acquire. But now it’s … Continue reading →

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Poetry 101 Rehab: Sleep

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: Sleep Some nights you are as elusive as happiness, You tease me at bedtime You say: come take me Lose your self in my arms And I fall for your lure. Then hours later I am awake … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – June 15th, 2015 – The Marble

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Michael

Finish the story begins with:  “At first, it looked like an ordinary marble, but it was far from it.” Rick reached out a tentative finger towards the marble when there was a zap, a bang and an odd sounding crunch … Continue reading →

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