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Photo Challenge #13 “Mortar and Pestilence”

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Michael

Image by: Photodream Art   Difficult they said Hard as nails Intractable Lost No point Infected Beyond help. Cast out Isolated Choices made A small boy who once ran free. Turned into a weapon Who fired rounds Didn’t care Destruction … Continue reading →

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100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week#138- Work It Out

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Michael

…but what is the prompt?…   It’s perfectly obvious. I can’t see why you can’t see it. Like it’s as plain as the nose on your face. Now stop it, there’s no need to go into the Python routine about … Continue reading →

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Wordle #14 – Reggie Burg

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Michael

It was a case that could only be described. The body of the young woman found face down in the garden of Reggie Burg, one time philanderer and part time weekend seismologist. He had made a name for himself in … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 53 – A secret – Injustice

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Michael

It gnaws Frustrates Haunts. Reason? Its best they said to say nothing People will be hurt You wouldn’t want that would you? It’s the festering injustice The wrong Loss of character Humiliation You don’t deserve It’s unfair. If I say … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 26 – Modern fairy-tale

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Michael

Maisie can you run over to Grandmas? I promised her cakes with chocolate and cream. She has a visitor coming in for tea She is so old she can’t get around.   Grandma is aging, her sight is not good … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt 12 – Light and Dark – Who am I?

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Michael

I live in a world of extremes Light and dark Up and down In and out Hit or be hit Walk, don’t walk. My neighbour bashes his wife His wife baths his swollen fists. My children tell me they love … Continue reading →

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Fairytale Prompt #7 – Grandmother’s Mirror

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Michael

My grandmothers house was an old worldly place with many dark spaces, many old things that stood in hallways and corners and to me as a child seemed to lurk about with far too much familiarity. In the centre room, … Continue reading →

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Bastet’s Shadorma Photo Prompt #4 – April 20, 2014 – Easter Moon

Posted on April 20, 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.    Full moon Out of the darkness Mystery Intriguing Marking the Easter season Illuminating.  Written for:  http://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/bastets-shadorma-photo-prompt-4-april-20-2014/      

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Prompt 28 Future Diary – The Guardian

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Michael

October 18 2318 I awoke this morning with the call. Grandfather has been saying there would be a call and today it came. Grandfather is the keeper of the Fallan. With the world becoming narrower, there was a need for … Continue reading →

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Alastair’s Photo Fiction – Photo Op

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Michael

  Do you think we will see it today? Could do, it’s the right sort of day. I hope so, we’ve come such a long way and I do want to go home with the photo, you said there’d be … Continue reading →

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