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Fairytale Prompt #2 – Stepmother

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Michael

Father married, The beautiful Lady Jane Red hair flowing, Teeth flashing Crocodile smile.   A happy couple Perfect match, Celebrated widely Children askance New mother is evil.   A wolf in sheep’s clothing Gentle but brutal Father oblivious Never to … Continue reading →

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Friday Fictioneers – The Third Witch

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Michael

It was opening night and eight months of rehearsal were about to come to fruition. Tonight was a sell out; everything was in place except for Muriel Stepford who was suffering with nerves. She was under the stage, in tears, … Continue reading →

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Poetics: Animal Symbolism or Antics? – The Girl with the Coffee

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Michael

The girl with the coffee Sits across from me. I watched her glide, Gracefully, each limb in perfect synch.   Her body rhythms fascinate me The feline reconnoitres Her movements deliberate Unhurried as if time doesn’t matter.   Her imbibing … Continue reading →

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Wordle #2 – Predicament.

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Michael

You looked at me askance when I asked you the question. What had happened to you, why was all that was vital about you, your smile, your vivacity now sered beyond recognition. What had happened in those intervening years, for … Continue reading →

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Prompt 49 Frightened Exhilaration – Charming

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Michael

A year after I first mooted the idea of a new musical the show was all but ready to go on. On the final night of the previous Musical I had said to the cast and my fellow director that … Continue reading →

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Meeting the Bar ~ Rhythm and Blank Verse – Choices

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Michael

It’s the door that has thrown me Open when I was sure it was shut. Why I ask? Forgiveness you said Comes in simple terms My door ajar My heart open. I ask the question Are you worth the risk? … Continue reading →

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Poem112 – My World is Bright

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Michael

My world is bright A myriad of colour Every shade and hue of green Beyond my back door. I contrast in my many blues But I welcome the reds and the purples The yellows and the splashes of white I … Continue reading →

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Friday Fictioneers – Goblins

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Michael

Our guides had warned us that any unwarranted noise could attract the Goblins of the Forest and that was not going to result in anything satisfactory. It was single file until Carstairs tripped and fell. Covered in the slime of … Continue reading →

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Haibun Thinking: Week 10 – March 25th 2014 – Literature Week

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Michael

Literary Quote To have the sense of one’s intrinsic worth … is potentially to have everything ~ Joan Didion   The minute is approaching. I will soon hear my name called to step out and deliver what many believe will … Continue reading →

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Wordle #1- Survival

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Michael

The room in which I found myself was dark and when I first hit the floor I was thankful for the straw that lined it. I lay there a while but quickly became aware of the effluvious aroma seeping under … Continue reading →

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