Tag Archives: Grief

FFfAW Challenge – Week of August 2, 2016 – Shanks’ Pony

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Michael

Known near and far as Shanks’ pony it turned up each year in the car park at the local fete. No one seemed to know from where or with whom. And always it stood next to Daphne Jacobs’ car. It … 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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Photo Challenge# 103 – Innocence a Commodity

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Michael

Image: latoday.deviantart.com The shadow spread In every direction Hidden for the most Ignored by many Because innocence was now a commodity. Those who complained of the shadow Were scoffed at, Disbelief and ridicule dominated. So the shadow thickened As innocence … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #85 November 3, 2015 – Illusion

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Michael

Image: “Decompose” by zaldy icaonapo At first you were beautiful No words to describe how I felt Your beauty shone through. All the right words were spoken Promises made, vows exchanged. But it turned to an illusion Your beauty faded … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #37 Pet Story – Frank

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Michael

Image © Joey’s Canine Candids Frank was the cutest of all our dogs. A little brown fluff ball of a dog but so loving and devoted to us. He had come to us via a friend at the dog rescue … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – Sept. 7th, 2015 – The Tower

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Michael

Finish the story begins with:  “As her mount shifted uneasily under her, she grasped the brim of her old felt Stetson, gazed upwards and remembered Jean Pierre.” It never seemed fair to her that he had spent all those years working … Continue reading →

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Music Friday Prompt #7 “Lateralus” (Cello Cover) performed by the band “Break of Reality” – Looking

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Michael

Take it take it take it Give it give it give it. Easy easy easy peasey When everything is black and white But then there’s colour Tone, contrast, perspective And you look and look and all you see are shapes … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #29: Tranquility

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Michael

Image: ©Scout’s Snapshots: used with permission. They say death is the final place in which tranquillity can and should be achieved. I hope this is correct and that the fires of hell are another of religions control mechanisms. As my … Continue reading →

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Literary Saturday Prompt #11 – Final Act

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: To sleep! perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come. —Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. It was about your escape From pain and memory From associations … Continue reading →

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Journal Monday Prompt #10 – My Youth

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: write about someone you’ve lost.   I knew him not so long ago. He was firmly in my grasp He was comfortable and able Healthy never wealthy With wisdom he was hoping to acquire. But now it’s … Continue reading →

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