Tag Archives: Fear

Magpie Tales – Another Hand

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Michael

Image: A Game Of Patience, 1937, Meredith Frampton I expect him any minute My gaze takes in the street It’s desolate in the heat haze. Any minute now….. I have had that thought The past four hours. He must be … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 39 – Life Lesson- Someone Worse Off Than You.

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Michael

No matter the torment No matter the ridicule No matter the embarrassment No matter the inner worthlessness There was always someone worse off than me.   For so long that fact was my lot I lived a life with a … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge 11 “Fever by You” – I Heard You Call

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Michael

Despair comes to mind Cast into a pit of loneliness Left to wallow In a mire of my own excrement. Self inflicted I was told Deserving of nothing A pitiless, Laughing stock, A herald of shame. I had become content … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 33 – Twelve Lines Long – Arrival

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Michael

You came across the great divide riding proudly upon a silver stallion You could have thought you would have made it this far I stood there all nerves and expectation, waiting for you A thought came to me that you … Continue reading →

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OpenLinkNight – May 2014 – I Wonder

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Michael

I wonder what it would be like to: Not see the sunrise Not hear the bird’s avian chorus Not taste a fresh grown strawberry Not touch the brow of a newborn babe.   I wonder what it would be like … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 31 – Apology

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Michael

I watched you from a far Safe in my haven, my comfort zone I knew you needed help but I looked the other way. I know I could have done more but I didn’t I watched you fumble, stumble, fall … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 26 – Modern fairy-tale

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Michael

Maisie can you run over to Grandmas? I promised her cakes with chocolate and cream. She has a visitor coming in for tea She is so old she can’t get around.   Grandma is aging, her sight is not good … Continue reading →

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Prompt 56 “Indescribable Frustration” – The Final Year

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Michael

Sit I say We meet again You understand why you are here ‘Yes,’ you say ‘My work?’ Yes or rather your lack of any. You are not achieving, getting nowhere For a boy of your intelligence I cannot understand your … Continue reading →

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Prompt 55 “Slowly Dawning Horror” On Viewing ‘The Exorcist’

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Michael

Its dark now The house is silent Save for the creaking of the floor The room, the bed, the sheets, me Seemingly everything is making noises They don’t normally make. To make matters worse For the first time ever My … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 7 – An Antidote to Nightmares – The Gorge

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Michael

There’s a road I drive into it Down into a gorge. The walls either side are sheer There are only two ways to go. It’s onwards I continue Like an explorer Seeing how far and what I might find. The … Continue reading →

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