Tag Archives: resilience

Haibun Thinking: Week 3 – Angel

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Michael

I feel wretched. The news has devastated me. I want to curl up and disappear but I know life doesn’t work like that.  With all eyes on me, shame and guilt written all over my face, I stood before them … Continue reading →

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The Cat People of Kagir Manor – Part 1

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Michael

Michael received this poster in his letterbox:   ATTENTION MICHAEL Kagir Manor The 13th Anniversary of the Witch Of Kagir. You and friends are invited to attend a special event. Please assemble at the entrance to Kagir Manor Road, 6pm … Continue reading →

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Sunday Photo Fiction – Beagle

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Michael

So what do you think? Its brilliant. Your best. What is it? It’s a Beagle. A Beagle you say? Yes a Beagle. It’s a lot different to the last beagle I saw. I bet it is. Our beagle was a … Continue reading →

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Day 41 Consuming Impatience

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Michael

I am driven to distraction By promises made Which impact on My own perverse sense of expectation. People who say one thing and do the opposite. Its soul destroying when you believe something Only to realise that it’s nothing more … Continue reading →

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D’Verse – Repetition – Busy

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Michael

Are you busy? Please come in? I have tea, I made a biscuit.   It’s been so long You have come so far If you’re not busy I’d like you to stop by.   I never thought you’d come round … Continue reading →

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Poem 96 – Solitude

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Michael

It is time to withdraw To a place inside of me Where I cannot be seen I can be safe and alone To contemplate Where I am? Who I am? What I am?   I need to, as my demons … Continue reading →

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D’Verse – Form for All: Prose/Poetry – Forgiveness

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Michael

When you asked for forgiveness it was not just a matter of words but more the realization that you were remorseful and that you wanted me to reach out and take you back. You saw that I contemplated the sin … Continue reading →

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Anja Partin Writer, Artist and Livestrong

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Michael

        Since my earliest days in WP I have been friends with Anja from Oh Pithy Me. Check out her blog at: http://abstractorganizedchaosliterally.wordpress.com/ If you have not seen her blog then you are missing out on following an extraordinary writer … Continue reading →

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Haibun Thinking – The Enchanted Kingdom.

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Michael

Welcome to week 2 of the Haibun Thinking Challenge. This week there are two prompts: This is my second go at this one: Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm Robert Burns The Enchanted … Continue reading →

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Friday Fictioneers – Workhouse

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Michael

This photo hangs in the town museum as a reminder of past enterprise in our town. What it doesn’t show is the hellhole the place was. We worked as slaves, heads down; no toilet breaks save for lunch and set … Continue reading →

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