Author Archives: Michael

Music Prompt #40 “I Like You So Much Better..” by Ida Maria – Our Full Stops

  It was true I had to say I liked you better naked. Your clothes on the floor Where they should always be. It wasn’t always that way At first you did as all others had done Run from the … Continue reading

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 28 – Important Announcement

I have received a letter It arrived in today’s mail Addressed to me Saying: Dear Sir We wish to inform you Your insanity case has concluded. The board does not think you are mad A little odd yes, but aren’t … Continue reading

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Hump Day Poetry – Week 12 – Missed the Hump

I missed the hump this week It’s the problem We future dwellers have. We find out we should have And could have but didn’t. But the beauty of living forward Is you get to go back and rectify your past … Continue reading

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Tale Weaver #63 – Arrival – The Visit

This week we are asked to consider the concept of an arrival   It was the flickering of lights, then the alarm beside my bed that triggered me awake and into a state of uncertainty. At 6am one’s lights don’t … Continue reading

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 27 – Take Off – 9C

For today’s prompt, write a take off poem.   Monday morning dawns 9C is awaiting me I feel the need to take the day off. Its not hard to ring and say Sorry I’m ill Be back tomorrow. 9C are … Continue reading

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 26 – A Poem of Love

For today’s Two-for-Tuesday prompt: Write a love poem. Or… Write an anti-love poem.   A Poem of Love It was the girl who noticed The curly headed boy Across the room Looking lost, Rigid against the wall. He betrayed a … Continue reading

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Moral Mondays: “There’s No Place Like Home”

There was so much to see in so few days. Twelve days of non-stop travel, sights to see people to meet. It was all go and he loved the history of it all. The thought of standing upon hallowed ground … Continue reading

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Photo Challenge #110 – Sin

Image: Mira Nedyalkova The voice of the past echoes ‘It’s a sin to covet.’ The man has been there everyday. He comes to her in the dawn light Runs with her as she exercises Eats with her, sits by her … Continue reading

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Haibun Monday #12 – Beauty in decay – Old Man

Old man squints into the mirror. Failing eyes don’t help his overall view of himself. He sees the receding hairline, remembers the summers of his youth when his hair was his shining glory. The times he and his love drove … Continue reading

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 25 – Breakfast Aerobics

Today’s prompt, write an exercise poem. She loved the breakfast aerobics class The gossip in particular. She had all the right gear The shoes, the blue and white lycra The initialled mat for those yoga mornings. At first she worked … Continue reading

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