Tag Archives: memory

Haibun Thinking – October 28th 2014

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Michael

Image: © Arthur Browne I’ve travelled half a world to this point. We sit here in silence beside the memory pool. My mind casts back to those hot languid days last summer where in the sweltering heat we lay about … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – October 27th, 2014

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Michael

Here is today’s image and the first sentence we were given and asked to complete the story. Little did we know that Grandpa was a collector. Hoarding was what Grandma called it. So long as he kept it out of … Continue reading →

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Haibun Thinking – October 14th 2014 – Mudds Farm

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Michael

I have stood so often at my back fence staring out over the fields behind me in wonder at the skill and ability of the family who have farmed this patch of land for all the years of my life. … Continue reading →

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Prompt #72 “Sister Awake” – Hush!

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Michael

Hush! Hush! Shhhh! Hush! They might hear you. You don’t want them to know you are here. You might be lucky and not see them today. But if not…then….then…..beware the puppet master! Hush! If they catch you they do things … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver’s Prompt #25- The Night Before – Remembering

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Michael

It was the night before…….what he wasn’t sure of but it was one of those nights where he lay in his bed trying to understand his current agitation. He knew there would be small feet. Small feet that would run … Continue reading →

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Poetics – Sketch it Out – Tower of Mediocrity.

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Michael

Art work by: Claudia Schoenfeld   Slam, bang, crash The sound resonated through me I stepped from my past Away from the tower of mediocrity Into a future I knew you were sceptical of. You gathered like grinning hyenas Watching, … Continue reading →

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Magpie Tales 230 – Aunt Freya

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Michael

Image: Elizabeth Taylor, Set of “Giant”, by Frank Worth. When my Aunt Freya was a girl she went on a trip with her mum and dad across the Nullarbor to Perth. Freya was only sixteen when this happened and was already … Continue reading →

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Poetics on DMT – Dreamlike

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Michael

Images confused, confusing Known locations, some mysterious People flit in and out, Childhood neighbours with string nipples Past students appear as if I should know. So much instantly forgotten. I wade, against a raging torrent Watched by wondrous watchers Why … Continue reading →

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Fairytale #17 – Faeries Perch

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Michael

Image: Faeries Perch by Josh   It had been our family holiday destination each year for as long as I could remember. I loved Faeries Perch, a quaint out of the way holiday house built on the side of a … Continue reading →

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3 year Anniversary– Celebrating Poets – Keats

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Michael

School days wrapped among your odes Carefully crafted from your young mind Taken far too soon, but you left us magic.   I was awakened to the imagery of words Given insight into a glorious suspended past Learnt to understand … Continue reading →

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