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#Maydays Prompt – Skeletons in the Closet – Great Uncle Bill

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Michael

#maydays prompt its time for that age old family discussion of skeletons in the closet. Mum screamed we all came running There at her feet lay Great Uncle Bill. At least the skeleton she explained Was all that remained of … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #111 – Doors

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Michael

Image: Anna O. Photography You turned out such a bitch What started as a love made in heaven You turned into a hellish journey. For so long I thought we were fine We had differences, who doesn’t? We played as … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Odds are on – The Last Bread Basket

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt how about a bit of competition. I’m in the supermarket minding my own business My son sits in the trolley counting jellybeans. My archenemy Roger Bent comes up beside me His young son Snotface I call him … Continue reading →

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Wordle #107 “May 2nd, 2016” – Greasy Barr

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Michael

This week’s great words: Greasy Entice Cryptic Marrowbone Collision Lead Edge Hole Kuebiko (n. a state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence, which force you to revise your image of what can happen in this world—mending the fences of … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #157 “Collage 22” – Wistful Girl

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Michael

Wistful girl Lies in her bed Thoughts a million miles away. She sees him standing there Lingering in the distance. She knows him so well Welcomes him in her every day. For a second she remembers his touch Her impish … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Lessons learnt – Senior English

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Michael

Today’s theme is about learning and teaching. My students sit up when I enter I think to see what I am wearing Rather than the teaching about to take place. English in the senior years, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, The Romantics, … Continue reading →

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 29 – Haphazard

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Michael

Write a haphazard poem Random words upon a page Was how my blog life started And nothing much has changed. I love the random order of things I enjoy playing with words Shaping them in logical sequences Just because I … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #40 “I Like You So Much Better..” by Ida Maria – Our Full Stops

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Michael

  It was true I had to say I liked you better naked. Your clothes on the floor Where they should always be. It wasn’t always that way At first you did as all others had done Run from the … Continue reading →

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 28 – Important Announcement

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Michael

I have received a letter It arrived in today’s mail Addressed to me Saying: Dear Sir We wish to inform you Your insanity case has concluded. The board does not think you are mad A little odd yes, but aren’t … Continue reading →

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2016 April PAD Challenge: Day 26 – A Poem of Love

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Michael

For today’s Two-for-Tuesday prompt: Write a love poem. Or… Write an anti-love poem.   A Poem of Love It was the girl who noticed The curly headed boy Across the room Looking lost, Rigid against the wall. He betrayed a … Continue reading →

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