Monthly Archives: March 2016

Music Prompt #35 “Caroline” Performed by Old Crow Medicine Show – Old Lady

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Michael

  Old lady sits by an old gum tree In a wooden rocker her hubby once made In her mind she sings a song The one her mumma sang to her:     Country girl born in the scrub Country … Continue reading →

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Tale Weavers 58: Vernal Equinox – Spring Fancy

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Michael

image: vernal equinox @ yogaflava.blogspot.com This week’s task:  As Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, and I paraphrase: “In the Spring a [person’s] fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” What does your fancy turn to in Spring?   My boyfriend looked up … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Poetry – Week 7 – Fairies in My Garden

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Michael

There are fairies living in my garden I see them there each day Such wondrous sights they share with me Of fairy lights and fairy spells. I’ve come to know them one and all The Dew twins, April and May … Continue reading →

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Poetics : Poetry is for the Birds – A Pandemonium of Parrots

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Michael

Around my place Live parrots of many kinds. The pink galahs are abundant They come and feed upon The seeds in my gum tree. The Sulphur Crested cockatoos Fly majestically across my yard They feed across the way On my … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #105 – To Be the Things I Once Thought I’d Be.

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Michael

Image: Arno Rafael Minkkinen I heard you say: “I’m shutting down.” Calling it quits Going into hiding Away from the trolls And their ignorant shit. So for a time you did just that Disappeared to lick your wounds. But beneath … Continue reading →

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FFfAW – Week of 3-22-2016 – Uncle Henry

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Michael

This week’s photo prompt is provided by Uday, with the blog, Udayology. Uncle Henry’s Photo Centre was a mafia front. A place where large sums of money were squirreled away and laundered. Henry was a kingpin. He stood over people … Continue reading →

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Wordle #102 “March 21, 2016” – Mavis and Harvey

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Michael

This week’s fun words: Struggle Blatherskite (a person given to voluble, empty talk. nonsense; blather.) Ephemera (anything short-lived or ephemeral. ephemera, items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, tickets, etc.) Careless Addictive Nostrum (a medicine sold … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: “Treat Others the Way You Want to be Treated”

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Michael

Lester looked down on the snivelling child. ‘I have my lunch money,’ he thought triumphantly. He enjoyed a good lunch. Savoured every mouthful as around him the other kids looked on with relief it wasn’t them he was bullying. Lester … Continue reading →

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Prompt Night Poem – The Clarinet Choir

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Michael

The Music Master rose to his feet Announced the band would now play The assembled assembly shuffled in their seats. There was an air of dread within me, In other places this meant Five minutes, seeming a lifetime Where a … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #151 “Collage 19” – There’s a Thief Beneath My Bed

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Michael

When I was a child I thought of childish things Like a thief lived under my bed. My father offered comfort Told me there was no thief Hiding beneath my bed. But his words though consoling Never took away my … Continue reading →

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