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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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Me, Myself and I…or is it? dVerse Meeting the Bar – Waiting….then…

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Michael

I wait and I wait. All my life I waited, gave up Waited some more. In train and bus depots I sat patiently Awaiting you. There was this nagging itch Inside gnawing at me I knew there was more But … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #26: “Terrible Things” by April Smith and the Great Picture Show

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg9-I0ULERA   It wasn’t the terrible things I did Or was it? It wasn’t the terrible things I said Or was it? But you slipped away in the dead of night Another in a long line of escapees Fleeing the … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #11: “I’ll Fly Away”

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdRdqp4N3Jw ‘When you gonna fly away?’ She asked him Gathered as they were over the dinner table. She’d eyed him with suspicion. These past weeks Always was he talking about going away. ‘Can’t stand another minute here,’ he’d said ‘The … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Prompt May 22th 2015 … Shakespeare to inspire you – Sweet Dream Potion

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Michael

This week the task is to use this poem by Puck in A Mid Summer Nights Dream as the basis for a fairy story. Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire! … Continue reading →

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“Love Is In Da Blog” ~ A Love Affair – Claire

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Michael

My phone rang with Claire asking me to meet her at the bus stop. That in itself was unusual, as she hadn’t given any previous hint of wanting to meet with me. In fact she’d made it clear from our … Continue reading →

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JusJoJan Day 21-30 Prompt – Sex

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Michael

Linda’s Prompt: Sex We were sitting in the local watering hole one day doing what we do well there. Lounging on the bar, believing that we were important for no other reason than our presence held the bar up. Often … Continue reading →

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Mångata – Writing Prompt # 88 – January 4, 2015 – Reflections

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Michael

Mångata is a Swedish word for the glimmering, road-like reflection that the moon creates on water. Its midnight At last they are asleep Our first day on holiday, The summer heat has exhausted us all. Children sleep resting for tomorrow … Continue reading →

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Poetics: Joel Robison’s Photography – A Light Flashes

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Michael

Image: Joel Robison   When a light flashes You sit up You notice Your attention seized Curiosity piqued. What is the distraction? A light flashes hope Possibility Deep down you feel a stirring Your bits a-tingling. You flush with excitement. … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #21 “Cardboard Angel”

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Michael

Image: Sarolta Ban False, flimsy, fragility That’s what you are to me. Promises undelivered Hopes dashed, I am floundering. That’s the cardboard aspect of you A brittleness, of little substance A pretentious mongrel Who temporarily gives in only to fool … Continue reading →

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