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Word-High July: Likha

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Michael

It was the urge to create something different Words on a page that both sang and danced. Collaboration, workshopping, More words, more talk A song that spoke, words that sang. An audience who cheered, When empathy touched them, Because the … Continue reading →

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Word-High July: Makisig

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Michael

I spied you across a room Of jumbled words A few crude rhymes A moment of tentativeness Stammered lyrics of intent As the fog of language cleared A beautiful girl appeared Forever enshrined in humble verse.   Written for: https://areadingwritr.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/word-high-july-makisig/

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Writer’s Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge Theme-“Hope” #WQWWC

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Michael

“Hope is believing my dreams will come true For without them I will die sooner than I’d like…” (adapted from Chicken Soup for the College Soul…Dan Clarke   As Mary aged the desire to complete her schooling became such an … Continue reading →

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Word-High July: Paraluman

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Michael

Somedays they argue Like children with a single toy. I can do it better says one over the other. It’s the curse, or advantage of having A male and female muse. Either way there’s a part of me that decides … Continue reading →

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#WQWWC Theme for the week is “Beauty”.

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Michael

Beauty is But Skin Deep My mother would say this to us whenever we criticized some else’s looks. She’d say to us that none of us were ‘oil paintings’ which was her way of saying we were not perfect. It’s … Continue reading →

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Tale weaver #73 June 23rd – Making Sense of Nonsense – The Book of Universal Cerfin

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Michael

Bott was very proud of his new book. It had taken him to most countries around the world and many years of hard and earnest work to bring the twelve-hundred-page tome to publication. That he was the world’s authority on … Continue reading →

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#SoCS June 4/16 – book

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Michael

In my book there was no question. It just had to be so or if not then nothing at all. It was a discussion we were having about of all things her new book. The existentialist discussion of the purpose … Continue reading →

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OpenLinkNight #173 – The World’s Best Poet

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Michael

I met the world’s best poet A small diminutive woman Hair greying at the temples A sparkle and glint in her eye Full of sass and determination.   She was not one for accolades She saw life as a series … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Coffee Anyone? – The Writer

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Michael

Todays #maydays prompt: to feature a coffee break in your writing today. As a writer he loved the process. The exploration of an idea, the creation of characters, the development of a plot line all served to motivate him to … Continue reading →

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SoCS April 16/16 – no

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Michael

NO you have to make an effort, Last week you took the easy way out all that repetition was cheap and nasty. So today you must make an effort after all what are people going to think if the best … Continue reading →

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