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Haibun Monday #10: Hanami

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Michael

“Come – see real blossoms of this painful world”   Basho   I’m here again this time in the spring. Last November I stood and marvelled at the brilliant autumn colours in this very spot. Now I have returned, travelled this … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: “Love Conquers All”

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Michael

“I hate you. I hope you die.” My daughter screams as she slams her bedroom door. At midnight the phone rings. Police. She is at the station. I go down. She is asleep in a cell. Officer tells me she … Continue reading →

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Wordle #103 “March 28, 2016” – Kershaw’s Soul

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Michael

This week’s wordle: Scald Await Vinyl Passionless Isolophilia (a strong affection/preference for being alone) Carcass Gateway Hallucinate Mosaic Opia (n. the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable–their pupils glittering, bottomless and opaque–as … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt March 27 2016 – An Easter Story

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Michael

Image: Google Images. Choice #3: Using the words “chariot, strength, victory, compassion, patience” – write and share a personal story that has meaning for you. Think of this as an open-ended possibility – it could be a humorous story about … Continue reading →

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SoCS March 26/16 – Real

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Michael

Are you for real Linda? It is Easter and you want me to SOC about the notion of real? Do you realise the challenge that presents me with? For those of you, like you Linda, who live in the real … Continue reading →

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FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER: WEEK #13 – 2016 – Outside Court

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Michael

Image: http://publicdomainarchive.com/highway-night-blurred-lights-lens-flare-guard-rail/ Please include the words “a blinding light” somewhere in your flash.  Sitting outside the courtroom his story sounded plausible. He’d tell his story and all would be well. However Carstairs was not the brightest spark to put on the witness stand. … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #35 “Caroline” Performed by Old Crow Medicine Show – Old Lady

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Michael

  Old lady sits by an old gum tree In a wooden rocker her hubby once made In her mind she sings a song The one her mumma sang to her:     Country girl born in the scrub Country … Continue reading →

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Tale Weavers 58: Vernal Equinox – Spring Fancy

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Michael

image: vernal equinox @ yogaflava.blogspot.com This week’s task:  As Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, and I paraphrase: “In the Spring a [person’s] fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” What does your fancy turn to in Spring?   My boyfriend looked up … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Poetry – Week 7 – Fairies in My Garden

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Michael

There are fairies living in my garden I see them there each day Such wondrous sights they share with me Of fairy lights and fairy spells. I’ve come to know them one and all The Dew twins, April and May … Continue reading →

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Poetics : Poetry is for the Birds – A Pandemonium of Parrots

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Michael

Around my place Live parrots of many kinds. The pink galahs are abundant They come and feed upon The seeds in my gum tree. The Sulphur Crested cockatoos Fly majestically across my yard They feed across the way On my … Continue reading →

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