Tag Archives: life

Hump Day Poetry – Week 6 – Melt my Heart

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Michael

  Was it the room full of words I was lost within Where you first spied me Between the sonnets and the free verse When I spun a yarn of fairies Or was it one of my many tales of … 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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Haibun Monday #9 – After Midnight Mass

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Michael

Midnight Mass is over and we are on our twenty-minute walk home. I love Easter, as there’s always a full moon and its silver light to see by as we walk along. Its autumn and the evenings are not so … Continue reading →

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Wordle #101 “March 14, 2016” – The Novitiate.

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Glare Nyctophilia (a love or preference for night, darkness) Novitiate (the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation. the quarters occupied by religious novices during probation. the state or period of being a beginner in … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Incomplete

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Michael

Daily Prompt – Incomplete I’m glad my life is incomplete. I’m working on the notion That as I draw my final breathe I’ll have achieved some sense Of completion. But I doubt it will happen For life is an incomplete … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #150 “The Lovers” The Girl and The Boy

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Michael

The girl from humble beginnings Held back by fears and haunting words: ‘You’re no good’, ‘you’ll ruin everything you touch’. Love became an elusive ghost She had long given up the cause. Until the boy came along. In all innocence … Continue reading →

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FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER: WEEK #11 – The Middle of Nowhere

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Michael

Image: http://publicdomainarchive.com/public-domain-images-grey-black-trash-can-empty-parking-lot-white-lines-shadow/   My Uncle Darcy loved a good holiday to some unusual place. He did this most of his life and as he aged so did his mind. Even when Edgar his travelling companion died Darcy would still plan … Continue reading →

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SoCS March 12/16 – ball

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Michael

This week the prompt is the word “ball” This morning I have just returned from the local Catholic Ball. Believe it or not but I was the Belle of the Ball. Who’d a thought me, Richard Head would have gotten … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #33 “Wade in the Water” performed by Ella Jenkins – There’s a Trouble with Water

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg_8L96E3eU   There’s a trouble with water. It can be all life giving today But take your soul the next. In the middle of the night I find myself Up to my knees in a raging torrent Walking striding against … Continue reading →

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Tale Weavers # 56: March Madness – Just Two Guys

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Michael

Image: The Full Moon Triskelion Pendant Series: The Full Crow Moon: March   Tale Weavers, this week – anything goes; only two stipulations. One: at least some of your tale should transpire in March. Two: that the tale have at least a moment … Continue reading →

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