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All in a word – Come on Darl!

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Michael

Darl? Darl? Have you mown the lawn yet? Darl? Darl? What? I said Darl have you mown the lawn yet? Darl it has to be mown. The Roberts-Koch’s will be here at three and you know what they are like, … Continue reading →

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Fairytale Prompt #3 – Wish.

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Michael

In the bottom of my garden just now There is a cluster of dandelions, All standing tall dancing in the breeze.   I have watched them wondering If I could be game, to pluck just one Blow and send its … Continue reading →

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Meeting The Bar – DIY – Inventing Your Own Form – Once Upon a Time

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Michael

Once upon a time when I was young The paper came in the mornings My mother made me breakfast.   Presidents and Popes Who won who lost? All on toast.   My days centred around school A mile or so … Continue reading →

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Weekly Writing Challenge: Fifty – Skipping a Step

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Michael

For this week’s WordPress weekly writing challenge, you must write a fifty-word story. Not five thousand, not five hundred, but precisely fifty words. My heart beats, expectation, I see you, you move towards me and my knees melt, you are so … Continue reading →

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Poetics – Looking for Treasure – My Clock

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Michael

Dated 1903, great grandparents Leaving the country One-time graziers. Aging they moved to the coast Lived in my house.   A mystery as inscribed on the plaque Why were the people grateful In presenting this to them? A job for … Continue reading →

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Poem 114 – Rejection

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Michael

I am used to rejection People tune out to me. Ignore me. Not wanting to be around me.   Disparate from childhood Bookworm Isolated Happy in my world.   Different is not easy Reaching out impossible Withdrawal is safer The … Continue reading →

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Wordle #3 – Writing Companion

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Michael

Dear Ms Samuels, They said we were way past it that it was a childish fantasy to ever consider love at our age. Whatever flickers there might have been had been well and truly quashed by the passing of time … Continue reading →

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All in a word…- My Life My Way.

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Michael

You should not be doing that Is that how we brought you up?   I am not interested in the norms of society A world governed by fear What will the neighbours say? What will the priests think?   That … Continue reading →

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Poem 113 – Time

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Michael

Clocks change Clank, grind, push, shove. Back an hour. Oh no! It means? Ummmm, an hour late? An hour early? What was 3 is now 2. But at least the sun is up No more going to work in the … Continue reading →

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Bastet’s Shadorma Photo Prompt # 2 – Grotto

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Michael

A shadorma is composed of six non-rhyming lines (sestina or sextet) and the syllable pattern is 3-5-3-3-7-5.    Rocks Ancient made grotto Weeds Broken Yellow flowers highlighted A lasting landmark.   Memory A past tribute Tears Lost Moments now long … Continue reading →

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