Tag Archives: satire

SoCS May 9/15 – My Sister

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Michael

Badge by Doobster: at Mindful Digressions This week’s prompt is NAME My sister looked at me in disgust, which is a look I have come to expect from her. ‘We do have a name in this town,’ she stated. I … Continue reading →

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SoCS December 19/14 – Excuse.

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Michael

The prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “excuse.”   I made an excuse once. It was a Wednesday, a day like so many others but a day where I found reason to find an excuse. You see most days … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver’s Prompt #36 “Sea of Otherwordly Stars”

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Michael

I’m all I have. I look around And there I am. I’ve learnt to get along with myself The I’m not talking The tantrums with oneself Is a bit over indulgent. I have found another side to me One who … Continue reading →

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Wordle #33 – Uncle Boris

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Michael

This week’s selection of words to play with is: Curtsey Debase Game Answer Plum Real Swear Shoe Aftermath Malengine (evil machination, deceit) Stalk Master When Uncle Boris died we all felt that one of the truly great characters in our … Continue reading →

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N + 7 = (Huh?) The Marriage of Math and Poetry

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Michael

Here is the original poem: Come to me? Come to me? I call you in the night My bed, desolate. I wonder where you have gone To which port, into whose arms. I loved the expectation of your words That … Continue reading →

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Wordle #27 – Spider V Digger

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Michael

Today’s words to play with: Sanction Cripple Retinue Spider Locker Savagery Hubris Condensation Bronze Upholstery Argyle Platform ‘Spider’ Matthews was on the run again. All authorities had been alerted to his escape earlier that day. News spread quickly that he … Continue reading →

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D’verse – On Nonsense, Narrative and Neologisms – or The Noble Art of Telling Tall Tales

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Michael

I have a cactus in my garden It’s phallic to say the least As if possessing The power of an aphrodisiac, Though none have tried it out. It’s called the penis cactus (Causes every one to smile) You can clearly … Continue reading →

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Week #24 – Poltergeist

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Michael

Fifth, Alarm, Hang, Mephitic (foul, offensive), Ivory, Poltergeist, Static, Inimical (antagonistic), Threshold, Fracture, Senescent (growing old), Vapor It was during my teenage years that the alarms started to ring for me. I thought I was just as everybody else. Happy … Continue reading →

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Wordle #13 – Super Alkaline Girl

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Michael

I hated it when I was shaken awake by my partner for what was always a nothing reason. ‘Aliens Aliens,’ he was shouting, jumping up and down beside my bed pointing to the chimney. ‘They’re coming down the chimney,’ he … Continue reading →

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Poem 105 – My Words

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Michael

You write for me poems with meaning Words I understand, Images I see There is never any doubt Your intention precise.   I could write in abstract images, Use squwibbles and squswarkles Dooseys and dontsys Affront your inner cortextual interface … Continue reading →

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