Author Archives: Michael

Literary Saturday Prompt #9 – Grief

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Michael

This week’s Literary quote: When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions! —Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare It was never going to be fair No matter what was said Words were mere platitudes. Fought the … Continue reading →

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SoCS June 6/15 – Information

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Michael

Badge by Doobster @Mindful Digression This week’s prompt is “information” We need more information. I read the note that had been left on my desk. Again it seems I had come up short. Only yesterday I had been told that … Continue reading →

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Fiction Friday Prompt #9 – A Grandchild

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt is to write a scene. Here is the criteria A young woman just found out she is pregnant The father IS NOT human The Setting is a Off-Worldly or Fantasy based Around the table the mood was very … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Prompt June 5th 2015, the quest for fire – Beyond the Rock Pool

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Michael

This week’s task: Imagine that you are living in the time of the Neanderthal people. The fairies living beyond the boundaries of the rock pool had long felt that the giant sloping loping ones were not a being that was … Continue reading →

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Poetry 101 Rehab: Rubbish

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: Rubbish Bottlesplastictoystrolleys Bagspaperbikesbottles Floatingstuckdiscarded Chokingsuckingkilling. Its what I see in my mangrove forest The tide comes in, brings in its refuse It tangles in the trees upright roots Doesn’t rot just hangs about. How hard can it … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver # 16: Ideal Job (the road not taken) – The Careers Advisor.

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Michael

He surveyed the assembling class and gulped back an innate fear of the classroom and thought: I have to make this work. He was on his last chance. In the back of his mind were the words of the Principal: … Continue reading →

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Prompt 4 – Quoted #1 – The Girl in the Room

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Michael

The quote to inspire you today is: “Everything you can imagine is real” — Pablo Picasso She surveys her room A single bed, a night stand A makeshift rack From which hangs her life. In this space she lives out … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #69 – The Bods

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Michael

Igor and Svetlana Netface were the only guards on duty in the square. The last people to inhabit the place were the Bods. A curious folk all with the same first names and only distinguishable by their unique surnames. Within … Continue reading →

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Prompt 2 – Through Thick and Thin

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt: Who /what has been by you “through thick and thin”? I see the six of you line up It’s going to be a meeting like no other I announce my plan My marriage of twenty-three years is to … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Week of 06/03/2015 – School Excursion

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Michael

Photo courtesy: Elspeth’s friend On the annual school excursion it was customary to spend one day at the beach. My students lived in a remote country town and for many this trip was their only opportunity to see what lay … Continue reading →

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