Tag Archives: memory

Prompt 52 Soul-scarring Regret – A New Beginning/Past Regret

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Michael

In the darkness that followed I felt an overwhelming emptiness. Then as quickly as it was dark it was light A blinding over powering glow, radiating from…?   So bright as to be opposite to darkness No sense of where … Continue reading →

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MeetingTheBar: Self Portraits – As I See It.

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Michael

Ageing Stuck Time lapse. Brain in denial Body protesting Aches and pains Everyday a new spot. Face facts ‘You ain’t as young as you used to be’.   Once I could run for miles Climb every neighbourhood tree Build forts … Continue reading →

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Poetics – The Photography of Phyllis Galembo – Nightmares

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Michael

I awaken Sweating Trembling It was there again. Hideous Staring Puzzling   The substance of nightmares The masks that invade my sleep Take me on rapid journeys Always along for the ride, no control.   Coming at me Back away … Continue reading →

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Meeting The Bar – DIY – Inventing Your Own Form – Once Upon a Time

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Michael

Once upon a time when I was young The paper came in the mornings My mother made me breakfast.   Presidents and Popes Who won who lost? All on toast.   My days centred around school A mile or so … Continue reading →

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Bastet’s Shadorma Photo Prompt # 2 – Grotto

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Michael

A shadorma is composed of six non-rhyming lines (sestina or sextet) and the syllable pattern is 3-5-3-3-7-5.    Rocks Ancient made grotto Weeds Broken Yellow flowers highlighted A lasting landmark.   Memory A past tribute Tears Lost Moments now long … Continue reading →

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Wordle #2 – Predicament.

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Michael

You looked at me askance when I asked you the question. What had happened to you, why was all that was vital about you, your smile, your vivacity now sered beyond recognition. What had happened in those intervening years, for … Continue reading →

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VisDare 47: Contemplating

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Michael

My mother attended all my dance concerts.  She liked to arrive early and would sit in the auditorium with her knitting and or crocheting quite content to wait out the hour or so before the concert began. From my earliest … Continue reading →

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Poem 93 – Memories and Mementos

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Michael

I left for work You were your happy self I called during the day You said you loved me.   I came home, you were crying A box of tissues at the ready Soggy ones at your feet. Your dad … Continue reading →

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Prompt 40 Sheer Wonder – Raining Fish

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Michael

A day like so many We had played in the playground The usual games, football and handball, The bell rings, its line up for class. In neat rows, we stand, shoulder to shoulder Teachers checks if the milk has been … Continue reading →

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Friday Fictioneers – Our Farm

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Michael

Life was not easy. I never understood why grandad bought the block he did. Always on a lean could well have been our family motto. So I was born into the family’s burden of tending fields cut into the hill … Continue reading →

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