Monthly Archives: May 2016

#Maydays Prompt – A Little Lost

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt may your character lose something, their phone, their marbles, their sheep?   Moving house can be not only tiring but also stressful as all you are focused on is getting the job done as quickly as possible. So it … Continue reading →

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FFfAW – Week of 05-10-2016 – Art Installation

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Michael

This week’s photo prompt is provided by S. Writings.   The art class stood back surveying their latest creation. A vehicular representation of the world they lived in. They were very proud of their work considering most of the teachers … Continue reading →

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Haibun Monday #13 – Walking

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Michael

Today’s task to write a compact (not more than three paragraphs) haibun inspired by the concept of walking. Outside this morning it is windy, the first strong winds of the season. We are heading out of autumn and towards winter … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Books

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt – books. They sit upon my shelves Repositories of knowledge Escapes into fantasy Rollicking tales of adventure Calming tomes of meditation. They are part of my life From childhood I buried myself Inside the words of great … Continue reading →

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Wordle #108 “May 9th, 2016” – The Genie

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Michael

This weeks words: Genie Wear Flask Bleed Amethyst Crease Sidereal (determined by or from the stars, relating to the stars) Duration Rubatosis (n. the unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat, whose tenuous muscular throbbing feels less like a metronome than a nervous … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: Mommy Lessons

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Michael

Nothing good ever happens after 2AM   My mother never liked waiting up or me. If I said I’d be home at midnight she expected me to drive in at midnight. If I was late there was a frostiness the … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompts – Water Worlds

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt provide us a watery tale.   I dive in deep It’s wet wet wet. The shock of the cold Forces me to suck in my breath. Opening my eyes I take in this wondrous watery world Seeing … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt: May 8 2016: The Tarot – Major Arcana – The Hanged Man – Paradox

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Michael

This tarot card is about control and release, surrender and sacrifice of old patterns of thought and conditioning, which yields a deeper, broader, understanding and perspective, and choice. I know I’m at my wits end So much is weighing on … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Date Night! – Getting Ready

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt a bit of dating   Nerves abound. It’s a date. With a real woman. I’m beside myself with excitement, And a bag of nerves at the same time. What to wear? Where to take her? Thankfully she … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Nothing is more memorable than Scent – The Girl on the Train

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Michael

  Write a poem or prose piece regarding the subject of scent. I’d see her on the train, As she passes she lingers in my nose. Some days an overwhelming aroma As if she’s accidentally tipped the perfume over herself. … Continue reading →

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