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Haibun Monday #13 – Walking

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Michael

Today’s task to write a compact (not more than three paragraphs) haibun inspired by the concept of walking. Outside this morning it is windy, the first strong winds of the season. We are heading out of autumn and towards winter … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Books

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt – books. They sit upon my shelves Repositories of knowledge Escapes into fantasy Rollicking tales of adventure Calming tomes of meditation. They are part of my life From childhood I buried myself Inside the words of great … Continue reading →

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Wordle #108 “May 9th, 2016” – The Genie

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Michael

This weeks words: Genie Wear Flask Bleed Amethyst Crease Sidereal (determined by or from the stars, relating to the stars) Duration Rubatosis (n. the unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat, whose tenuous muscular throbbing feels less like a metronome than a nervous … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompts – Water Worlds

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt provide us a watery tale.   I dive in deep It’s wet wet wet. The shock of the cold Forces me to suck in my breath. Opening my eyes I take in this wondrous watery world Seeing … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt: May 8 2016: The Tarot – Major Arcana – The Hanged Man – Paradox

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Michael

This tarot card is about control and release, surrender and sacrifice of old patterns of thought and conditioning, which yields a deeper, broader, understanding and perspective, and choice. I know I’m at my wits end So much is weighing on … Continue reading →

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Prompt Nights – Nothing is more memorable than Scent – The Girl on the Train

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Michael

  Write a poem or prose piece regarding the subject of scent. I’d see her on the train, As she passes she lingers in my nose. Some days an overwhelming aroma As if she’s accidentally tipped the perfume over herself. … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Haunting Tales – Ghost

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt how about a little haunting? It’s true what they say; we ghosts stay with the living we just live in another room. * I’m stuck in this limbo, I want out but there doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – The Break – Grandma’s Vase

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt we look at something breaking. My mother’s most valued vase stood upon the mantle above the fire in a place of prominence. She had told the story of its importance all through my childhood and was more … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Poetry – Week 13 – The Principal

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Michael

It’s three in the afternoon At the end of a long day. Demands getting greater Staff not complying Students breaking out Parents constant complaining. He contemplates his office clock Another twenty minutes he thinks Then the hordes will rush out … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Coffee Anyone? – The Writer

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Michael

Todays #maydays prompt: to feature a coffee break in your writing today. As a writer he loved the process. The exploration of an idea, the creation of characters, the development of a plot line all served to motivate him to … Continue reading →

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