Tag Archives: struggle

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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Poetry Prompt 7 – An Antidote to Nightmares – The Gorge

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Michael

There’s a road I drive into it Down into a gorge. The walls either side are sheer There are only two ways to go. It’s onwards I continue Like an explorer Seeing how far and what I might find. The … Continue reading →

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Wordle #1- Survival

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Michael

The room in which I found myself was dark and when I first hit the floor I was thankful for the straw that lined it. I lay there a while but quickly became aware of the effluvious aroma seeping under … Continue reading →

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Haibun Thinking – The Seaman

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Michael

Welcome to the first Haibun Thinking challenge. This week I have chosen the prompt below: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off I beg … Continue reading →

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OpenLinkNight ~ Week 129 – The Book Thief

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Michael

Thoughts on watching the film ‘The Book Thief’  by Marcus Zusak I watch Images Flash before me A past Not so long ago. Terror Uniforms Disorder Destruction Chaos Pain Tears. Death feasting On the lives of the innocent. We must … Continue reading →

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Story 4 – Christmas – Part 1

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Michael

Tell me that story, the Christmas story, the one that enthralls me. I had to laugh, for how many times had I told this story to her. Each year on Christmas Eve she would cuddle into my arms, rest her … Continue reading →

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Poem 44

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Michael

A bell rings announcing the break Its lunch and you sit back Take a deep breath Relax for a second It has been an arduous morning Demands you didn’t anticipate Question you couldn’t answer Grief Sadness Depression All in a … Continue reading →

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Terza Rima Sonnet and Challenge – Struggle

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Michael

Last of summer’s haze bathes the streets in light Scintillating gold upon the worn stone It’s only me under the stars tonight   I traverse these shadowy roads alone Alas the sun rests on the ebbing tide Illuminating what my … Continue reading →

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Prompt 27 – Curse

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Michael

I have a curse. An inherited one, passed down from my mother to me. It was her undoing at an early age, at a time when medical science didn’t know what they know today. I do not plan to go … Continue reading →

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Poem 29

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Michael

Art Work © Lucas Grogan October 2013 My son Lucas stayed with me on the weekend and I asked him to do a drawing for the poem below. I have been watching you, Lying about gazing at the television What … Continue reading →

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