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SoCS March 12/16 – ball

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Michael

This week the prompt is the word “ball” This morning I have just returned from the local Catholic Ball. Believe it or not but I was the Belle of the Ball. Who’d a thought me, Richard Head would have gotten … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #33 “Wade in the Water” performed by Ella Jenkins – There’s a Trouble with Water

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg_8L96E3eU   There’s a trouble with water. It can be all life giving today But take your soul the next. In the middle of the night I find myself Up to my knees in a raging torrent Walking striding against … Continue reading →

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Tale Weavers # 56: March Madness – Just Two Guys

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Michael

Image: The Full Moon Triskelion Pendant Series: The Full Crow Moon: March   Tale Weavers, this week – anything goes; only two stipulations. One: at least some of your tale should transpire in March. Two: that the tale have at least a moment … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Poetry – Week 5 – Words

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Michael

It’s barely the middle of the week I stand triumphant on the peak Of another wonderful Wednesday. Words have flowed from my mind Down through my fingers Across the screen in a logical way. It gets like that early in … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge# 103 – Innocence a Commodity

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Michael

Image: latoday.deviantart.com The shadow spread In every direction Hidden for the most Ignored by many Because innocence was now a commodity. Those who complained of the shadow Were scoffed at, Disbelief and ridicule dominated. So the shadow thickened As innocence … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Week of 03-08-2016 – The Last Castle

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Michael

Image: Louise at The Storyteller’s Abode My cousin John swore to me that this would be the last castle we would look. I was fed up with castles, steps, stone, dank and dark and most of all guides who bored … Continue reading →

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Wordle #100 “March 7, 2016” – Carsen’s Rock Collection

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Stargaze Panegyric (a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy. formal or elaborate praise.) Fraud Spite Knoll Laudanum (a tincture of opium) Xenolith (a rock fragment foreign to the igneous rock in which … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – When besotted with Green [8] – My Ocean of Green

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Michael

Out my back door And just over my back fence Is my ocean of green. Rich fodder crops, quickly grown They are lush and productive. In the wind waves streak across them. The farmer mows and rakes And in the … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #149 “Collage 18” – The Old Dark House

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Michael

The quote “You’re So Brave and Quiet I forget you’re suffering.” Ernest Hemingway. It’s my first night in the old dark house. Such a worrying name for a dwelling That looks at times like something from Gothic When we know … Continue reading →

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FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER: WEEK #10 – 2016 – Waiting.

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Michael

Image: http://publicdomainarchive.com/public-domain-images-hine-lewis-national-child-labor-committee-collection/ The opening sentence for the March 4th Flash Fiction for the Purposeful Practitioner: “I know it’s only been three weeks…” thought Angie as she once again spent her lunch break staring out the window in anticipation of his return. In her mind she … Continue reading →

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