Monthly Archives: May 2016

#Maydays Prompt – Haunting Tales – Ghost

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt how about a little haunting? It’s true what they say; we ghosts stay with the living we just live in another room. * I’m stuck in this limbo, I want out but there doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – The Break – Grandma’s Vase

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt we look at something breaking. My mother’s most valued vase stood upon the mantle above the fire in a place of prominence. She had told the story of its importance all through my childhood and was more … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #64: May 5 2016: School Yard Games – Hand Tennis

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Michael

Image: (Traffic Light Tree ©Kevan CC BY 2.0) Red Light Green Light Think of this game – traffic lights – the significance and symbolism, importance of them – and expand upon it, however you wish.   As children we were encouraged … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Poetry – Week 13 – The Principal

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Michael

It’s three in the afternoon At the end of a long day. Demands getting greater Staff not complying Students breaking out Parents constant complaining. He contemplates his office clock Another twenty minutes he thinks Then the hordes will rush out … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Coffee Anyone? – The Writer

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Michael

Todays #maydays prompt: to feature a coffee break in your writing today. As a writer he loved the process. The exploration of an idea, the creation of characters, the development of a plot line all served to motivate him to … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Skeletons in the Closet – Great Uncle Bill

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Michael

#maydays prompt its time for that age old family discussion of skeletons in the closet. Mum screamed we all came running There at her feet lay Great Uncle Bill. At least the skeleton she explained Was all that remained of … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #111 – Doors

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Michael

Image: Anna O. Photography You turned out such a bitch What started as a love made in heaven You turned into a hellish journey. For so long I thought we were fine We had differences, who doesn’t? We played as … Continue reading →

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FFfAW – Week of 05-03-2016 – Spring Awakening

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Michael

Image: by momtheobscure   It was the annual spring awakening day at Slave Rock. It had its pagan origins and no one was quite sure when the sculpture was done but it was a landmark you never ceased to marvel … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Odds are on – The Last Bread Basket

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt how about a bit of competition. I’m in the supermarket minding my own business My son sits in the trolley counting jellybeans. My archenemy Roger Bent comes up beside me His young son Snotface I call him … Continue reading →

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Wordle #107 “May 2nd, 2016” – Greasy Barr

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Michael

This week’s great words: Greasy Entice Cryptic Marrowbone Collision Lead Edge Hole Kuebiko (n. a state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence, which force you to revise your image of what can happen in this world—mending the fences of … Continue reading →

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