Tag Archives: attitude

Shoes – d’verse Poetics

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Michael

This week’s dVerse Poetics is asking us to write about shoes. I have only a few pairs Two black, one brown An old pair works the yard.   To relax is have slip ons Not thongs or flip-flops But ones … Continue reading →

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Poem 54

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Michael

Deadlock You say you wont, I say I can’t. We stare across a table Mediators on either side A compromise would satisfy.   Your hardhearted attitude Intractable in times of emotional strain Vindictive in nature You seek ways to inflict … Continue reading →

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Story 1 – Tackas – Part 7

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Michael

The catch up on the story here are the links to the earlier parts 1               https://summerstommy.com/2013/11/12/story-1-tackas/ 2               https://summerstommy.com/2013/11/13/story-1-tackas-part-2/ 3               https://summerstommy.com/2013/11/15/story-1-tackas-part-3/ 4               https://summerstommy.com/2013/11/20/story-1-tackas-part-4/ 5               https://summerstommy.com/2013/11/22/story-1-tackas-part-5-2/ 6               https://summerstommy.com/2013/11/23/story-1-tackas-part-6/ The Wake In the time after the funeral, after the people who had attended … Continue reading →

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Poem 50

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Michael

I reached into your heart today I was curious as to what lay there was there a beat was there life what lies within where life is nurtured and now there sings a delight only a few are gifted to … Continue reading →

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Prompt 31 “Take me Back”

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Michael

Before us stood, Oscar Davison, the weediest man, I have ever seen. He had come before the Town council to explain his actions in what we believed was his selling us out to unscrupulous developers who ripped the savings from … Continue reading →

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Poem 49

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Michael

so true are your words I blush sometimes at your perception the vision you have, so fine and so in tune with where you think I am at my scatteredness my prattle, which takes up air space for that is … Continue reading →

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Poem 48

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Michael

I have in my yard a vast array of birds some nest some hunt some attack at certain times of the year. I am forever in wonder the colour the sounds the chirping the singing. Right now I hear the … Continue reading →

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Poem 47

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Michael

It came as a shock Cut off in mid sentence Shocking news Devastating How would I cope? How would you cope? Would tomorrow even dawn? I looked into your eyes I saw the sorrow The pain Tears were all that … Continue reading →

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Prompt 30: Colour

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Michael

I remember looking into the void that was my life and asking myself, is that all there is? We had reached a crisis point in our lives together. She wanted to move on, to greener pastures she said. That I … Continue reading →

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Trifecta 94 – Christmas Tinsel

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Michael

With Christmas all but upon me I had not heard from Judith for some weeks. This was not so unusual as she said she worked away a lot and would contact me when she returned. In the days before Christmas … Continue reading →

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