Monthly Archives: June 2016

SoCS June 25/16 – drink

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Michael

Do you ever stop and think how good it could be to own a winery? I ask this as after watching a lot of DVD TV drama and observing that numerous bottles of wine are consumed in each and every … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Summer sets upon earth’s bosom bare

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Michael

I sit on the sand staring out into the Pacific A cooling north-easterly breeze Makes this hot day bearable. There is a girl wading through the soft beach break With her feet she is digging for pippies* Around her neck … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #2: Burning Angel

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Michael

Photo ©Jimmy Fell At first, the burning angels were a source of great worry and fear. They appeared in random places and burnt ferociously. After a while, it became apparent that it was a waste of time calling the fire … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt #writephoto – Door – Temple Parsons

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Michael

There had been warnings of course about the door. To stay away. Leave it shut lest you were happy to invite trouble. Most people complied but there was always someone who thought they had it in them to tempt fate. … Continue reading →

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Friday Music Prompt 48: Fields of June – The Thrill Still In Her Heart

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Michael

The girl sat and pondered Thought it would be nice If there was a field Instead of a pond A vast distance Where convention so it seemed Guarded every exit. She sat and waited Waited as you do For a … Continue reading →

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Tale weaver #73 June 23rd – Making Sense of Nonsense – The Book of Universal Cerfin

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Michael

Bott was very proud of his new book. It had taken him to most countries around the world and many years of hard and earnest work to bring the twelve-hundred-page tome to publication. That he was the world’s authority on … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Poetics: Summer Starter

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Michael

My summer is upside down If you stand on your head you get an idea, For I live where it is not summer. Outside the winter has arrived A cold wind blows One I’m sure has been holidaying in the … Continue reading →

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One Hundred Word Stories – One Hour Flight

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Michael

Write about someone who irritates you.   When Howard hit the aisle of the plane it was a sobering moment. He had for the past hour been at his most unsobering best. His fellow travelers were relived they had arrived … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of June 21, 2016 – Great Uncle Mortimer

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Michael

Image: TJ Paris Great Uncle Mortimer had a reading room in his house. As kids we were forbidden to go in there as Great Uncle considered us uncultured and sullied children incapable of appreciating such a room. What Great Uncle … Continue reading →

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Haibun Monday: 50 Shades of Rain

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Michael

Its 3am. Outside I hear an unfamiliar sound. At last after months of winter drought there is rain. It showers down upon the darkened roof, its music fills me with joy, the constant rate of downfall enough to suggest we … Continue reading →

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