Tag Archives: courage

Wordle #168 – The Runner

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Feign Gait Torn Press  Left Labyrinthine adj. complicated, torturous, resembling a labyrinth Look Embed  Malformed Gritty Natural Dead-reckoning (In navigation, dead reckoning is the process of calculating one’s current position by using a previously determined position, or fix, and … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #126 – Death (2) – 29/6/17 – The Red Heart

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Michael

Google images: Labelled for re-use. Death did on occasion find a soul with a red heart attached. He was never too sure who put it there, but he suspected it was the Giver of Life from upstairs. Before him lay, … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #163 – Harry the Tin Man

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Michael

Image: – Matt Dixon Harry the Tin Man had an idea. It was unusual and took everyone by surprise as Harry didn’t normally have ideas. Such was his idea that he liked the notion of a light above his head … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of December 20, 2016 – Panic!

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Michael

It didn’t help a lost cause to realise we were in fact lost. Added to the trauma of that realisation was the fog that had quickly descended and was now thickening by the minute. She looked at me and I … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Dancing is like dreaming with your feet

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Michael

It was her dream To dance like every one else Her twisted body fought her Every inch of the way. We saw the outward dance Inside another dance took place. Her muscles Contracting  and expanding Attempting to move To a … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Man’s Best Friend

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt who can resist an animal lover. **   Frank was the cutest dog. A little brown fluff ball loving and devoted to us. My wife was more the dog person than me but Frank won both our … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #38: “I See Fire” by Ed Sheeran – Phoenix

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynzP4BPmq4   I see fire. A fire igniting The person you can be. From the cold cinders of a past Beset with confrontation and brutality You rise like a phoenix From the ashes of your life Bright, brilliant and full … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #123 “NoEnd House Part 5″ – Carrion

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Michael

The walls within which I live Ooze a stench permeating my flesh. I am tarnished by the refuse dictating my life. No amount of incense will purge me. Carrion the result of years of lovelessness I couldn’t escape I was … Continue reading →

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The Scribe’s Cave – Abandoned Places

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Michael

When grandmother retired she shocked everyone by taking up the lease on her great grandfathers abandoned island. All that remained was a rickety jetty from the south bank out to the island, which always looked as if a high tide … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt Wednesday #14 – Tomorrow’s Hope

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Michael

Today’s task: take the words “Tomorrow’s (_____)”, fill in the blank, make it the title of your poem and then write the poem. Tomorrow’s hope seems so far away In the face of adversity, we shy away. Do you succumb … Continue reading →

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