Tag Archives: resilience

Poetics – Good News, Bad News, Your News! – It’s All Good.

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Michael

In my yard Mowing, walking, enjoying They flit about Agitated parents Continuously chirping Never sitting still I wonder what’s bugging them? Then I see Three babies Sharing a nest Built upon my neighbour’s clothesline. Sitting precariously Exposed Vulnerable. As parents … Continue reading →

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Haibun Thinking – October 21st 2014 – Woman and Child

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Michael

Image by Anja Partin The mother and child looked at me across the wasteland between them and me. The autumn leaves swirled around her ankles, the child cling desperately to her mother. The mothers bare feet shuffle amount the leaves, … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #31 “Liberty” – You Have Rights

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Michael

Image: Catrin Welz Stein You have rights Freedoms to exercise Stop jumping to his beck and call He is hardly Godlike. His proclamations self serving His actions despicable. A poor desperate bastard In need of a good whipping. I have … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – October 20th, 2014 – The Elusive X

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Michael

This weeks opening sentence is: Do you remember that old saying, “X marks the spot?” It’s a definite thing isn’t it an X I mean. Well if you find it you can’t very well dispute the X can you? Two … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #44 – A Partial Person.

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Michael

My Aunt lost her leg in the great leg debacle of 96. A combination of bad luck and bad medicine. She lived with the shame, of being, as she put it, a half woman. In 01 she was given a … Continue reading →

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Wordle #31 – Crunchy Bones

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Michael

This weeks words are: Cenotaph Currency Neighbor Lichen Feast Crunch Recede Invisible Enamel Slope Murder Dismiss My neighbour is an odd man, as are most of the people in our street, me included, then again you know me and its … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – October 13, 2014 – The Winch

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Michael

Using the image below and this opening sentence complete the story in 100 – 150 words The people waved at him from the bridge below. Six kilometres upstream the dam had burst and a massive wave was on its way … Continue reading →

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Prompt #77 “Quotes by Oscar Wilde” – Not An Easy Life.

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Michael

I have chosen this quote as the basis of my contribution: “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” It’s not an easy life. It never was. It never will be. From my … Continue reading →

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SoCS October 18/14 – The Shape of Things

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Michael

This weeks prompt is: Shape It was they said the shape of things. Hotter days, colder nights. Humbug we all said. It had always been hot in summer and cold in winter. Where we lived was like that every year. … Continue reading →

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Fairytale Prompt #30 – The Word Fairy

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Michael

Photo by Kristy Mitchell In the top of my garden just beyond my Grandmother’s birdbath is the home of the word fairy. She lives in splendid comfort, her home like a hoarders dream with bits of paper covering every available … Continue reading →

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