Author Archives: Michael

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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Wordle #114 “June 20th, 2016” Elderberry Wine

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Elderberry Climate Atrabilious (gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid.irritable; bad-tempered; splenetic.) .License Singe Dream Obstruct Cerise (moderate to deep red) Fugitive Hesitation Random Length ‘I have been a fugitive from love for so long. My atrabilious sense of self … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: Lessons from Dad

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Michael

No kissing on the first date My dad would have been the last person to give you lessons on dating. He was shier than me around girls. In later life he told me about a date where he was a … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt: June 19 2016: Tarot Card “Temperance” – Mrs Allcock

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Michael

Mrs. Allcock looked down her nose for the tenth time that night. It was chilly night and she was feeling the cold. It was 10pm, the night was coming to a close and she was glad to be packing up … Continue reading →

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SoCS June 18/16 – “Class”

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Michael

The class in question had the reputation of being the worst class in the school. They were rowdy, rude, repugnant, never interested in any lesson and every teacher cringed at the thought of taking the class last lesson on a … Continue reading →

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On Popular Demand – Rest is the sweet sauce of labor

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Michael

My neighbor works in her garden Bent over many hours Pulling weeds, fighting snails and slugs It’s an all-day battle One she knows will never end But a small victory is better than none. When I offer help she refuses … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #1: Childhood – Maise and Peter

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Michael

Image: Alvin Arnegger Maise was pretty fed up with the whole portrait thing. To make it worse her brother Peter was not making it easy by running around the studio every time the artist, Mr. Turnbull, looked at his canvas … Continue reading →

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