Tag Archives: Death

Friday Night Music Prompt # 56: The Mary Ellen Carter by Stan Rogers

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Michael

It was the news no one imagined In the middle of the night Out of nowhere The knock on the door. The burly policeman The man who had seen it all Tears on his cheeks Knowing the impact his words … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #163 “Collage 25” – The Edge

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Michael

It’s the edge you see, It’s getting closer day by day. When she went away When she said goodbye The edge you see it loomed ever closer. The reoccurring nightmare The fat little red bird Mocking me, taunting me. The … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #44:”Drink the Water” by Justin Cross

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXFK82TGh7c Crawford had died and his soul was in the hands of Death, a small man in a well-made suit and a bowler hat, nothing like the depictions of him as resembling the grim reaper. For Death it was another … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Journey

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Michael

Today’s prompt is about a journey. Physical, Spiritual and /or Emotional Crawford breathed his last and around him there was a sigh of relief. He wasn’t very well liked in life and now he was gone everyone was pleased the … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Friendship Transformation – Jason

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt an enemy that becomes a friend (or vice versa for that matter). Capture that transformation.   All through my teenage years Jason and I had a rivalry we both acknowledged as unhealthy at times. We didn’t live … Continue reading →

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May 22 2016: Writing Prompt: Tarot: Major Arcana: Death

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Michael

Death is not only about a physical manifestation – death happens in millions of ways, unfolding as surely as the sunsets. But predictably, the sun rises each morning. Beginning.   Death stood at the end of the old man’s bed. … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Beauty is in the hand of the penholder

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Michael

There were tears in your eyes Spilling down your face as you Were told of the enormity of the problem. Your love, the one you nurtured Was unwell and you knew It was time to say farewell. You have always … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #159 “Collage 23” – Sal

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Michael

It had been the best of times And was now the worst of times. Our idyll life had been shattered With what was a tentative knock Ten PM on the front door. The nervous troubled young police woman Whose presence … Continue reading →

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Wordle #103 “March 28, 2016” – Kershaw’s Soul

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Michael

This week’s wordle: Scald Await Vinyl Passionless Isolophilia (a strong affection/preference for being alone) Carcass Gateway Hallucinate Mosaic Opia (n. the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable–their pupils glittering, bottomless and opaque–as … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #104 – Floating

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Michael

Image: Brooke Shaden I feel myself floating, drifting up It’s eerie, I don’t understand Below me ants mill around There is confusion, I feel frantic I am suddenly afraid, is this? Beside me my mother long dead stands I feel … Continue reading →

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