Author Archives: Michael

TW/FT Prompt: April 21 2016: Rethink – Rewrite – Erkla McKurkle

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Michael

For this challenge, choose a fairy tale/fable that is familiar to you, whether you love or hate it – and REWRITE some aspect, element.    Erkla McKurkle stood before the mirror and squinted as she looked at the woman before … Continue reading →

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 20 – The Unsaid

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Michael

For today’s prompt, write a poem of what goes unsaid. It was the unsaid that drew our attention That’s why it was unsaid. There were feelings to consider Decorum, convention and dignity. What if the truth were revealed Shame would … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Poetry – Week 11 – Relics

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Michael

Can you get over it? The pain? The turmoil? I feel it grabbing me Like a hand from the grave Pulling me back Dragging me down to that one place We fight tooth and nail to avoid. We set out … Continue reading →

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 19 – Cool/Uncool

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Michael

For today’s prompt, take on one (or both) of the following prompts: Write a cool poem. Or… Write a uncool poem.   Summer is really uncool You sweat and perspire You stay in out of the sun For fear of … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #109 – Hold My Hand

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Michael

Image: Murad Osmann   It started off a pleasant jaunt With both showing the way My world your world The magic of discovery. Then you said you had more That I had to trust You’d show the way And taking … Continue reading →

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FFfAW – Week of 04-19-2016 – Uncle Joan

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Michael

Image: TJ Paris When Uncle Joan built the windmill in the back yard most of us thought he had well and truly lost his marbles. He was a strange relative. He was adamant we had ancestral ties to the little … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: “Don’t Take On More Than You Can Bear”

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Michael

For the umpteenth time that day he found the child huddled in the corner. Withdrawn and forlorn, the child, ragged and bedraggled stared at the wallpaper between sobs and sniffles. He knew the issue at hand. The child was thinking … Continue reading →

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 18 – In the Staffroom

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Michael

For today’s prompt, write an office poem. It’s the hustle bustle The urgency of every decision Piles of requests and orders Referrals from over worked staff The endless paperwork Rising stress and trauma Of deadlines and student reports. I breathe … Continue reading →

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Wordle #106 “April 18th, 2016” – Martha

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Michael

This week’s amazing words to play with: Goatskin Wind Close Whiskey Misery Illicit Goddess Insatiable Adronitis (n. frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone—spending the first few weeks chatting in their psychological entryway, with each subsequent … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #155 “Collage 21” – When a Life Writes Itself

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Michael

When a life writes itself There is no telling Where the next sentence starts Nor where it ends. There is no way of knowing what tomorrow brings Even though inside you want More of what today gave you. So you … Continue reading →

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