Tag Archives: acceptance

What do you See? Feb/5/2019 – So unlikely…

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Michael

So unlikely yet so likely, I looked again to see what I thought was an illusion.   In the tent sat the boy who hated girls He played his hand, joined in the laughter I was amazed as he gave … Continue reading →

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A Musical WATW – When Jono Came Home.

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Michael

“Comin’ Home” Montana Tunesmith You could have cut the excitement in the air with a knife it was that strong. Jono was coming home, and everyone was on edge, bubbling with excitement and rushing around doing all that could to … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 18

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Michael

There was never a defining moment apart from the feeling that it was the end and that things had to change. Like so much in life it was easier to think it than do it. To leave a marriage after … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #17 – Emptiness

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google images – re-useable. When Mark Terrence Vessels was born, it was his father who took to calling him Empty. The name stuck with him through life and even his teachers, the cruel nuns he faced each day, referred … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #21: The choice

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Michael

Image: Grigory Sedov It was a choice no man should have to make. It was a choice no woman should find herself subject too. Mother had insisted I put myself forward. The Tsar had announced that all eligible women of … Continue reading →

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Friday Music Prompt #50: Send in the Clowns

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Michael

It’s a funny old world isn’t it. There is so much we take for granted So much we find to revere and all for what? All around us are good people taking their lives so seriously and not so good … Continue reading →

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 25 – Breakfast Aerobics

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Michael

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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Music Prompt #37 “Burn” by Ellie Goulding – Old Man

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGyEd0aKWZE Old man sitting on the side of the road Watches bewildered as the world goes by He doesn’t get it but he does care That this world is not, the one he once knew. He chews on some bark, … Continue reading →

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Music Friday #25: “Walk on the Wild Side” by Lou Reed – Sultry Girl

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsVLIiI8Vfo   Sultry girl looks up from her mirror Spies the world flitting by Thinks I’m all but ready to go. Her eyes and lips smell of magic Intrigue and mystery from every pore She thinks who shall it be … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #11: “I’ll Fly Away”

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdRdqp4N3Jw ‘When you gonna fly away?’ She asked him Gathered as they were over the dinner table. She’d eyed him with suspicion. These past weeks Always was he talking about going away. ‘Can’t stand another minute here,’ he’d said ‘The … Continue reading →

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