Here's my poem. My book choice as the last lines inspiration is 'Grief is the Thing with Feathers', by Max Porter. Last line is ' Their voice was the life and song of their mother. Unfinished. Everything. Beautiful.' REUNION... Continue Reading →
Bjorn's dVerse challenge is to write 144 words exactly, to be built around one line from Robert Frost's poem : 'Acquainted with the Night'. Here is my response. 'When far far away an interrupted cry ' My rage and passion... Continue Reading →
Sammi's challenge this week is to write 21 words prompted by the word - VULNERABLE VULNERABLE He steps towards, me too close. I can smell his sweat. Our eyes lock, my heart thuds like race horses. NO.
Sammi's challenge this week is to write 19 words on the theme of SILENCE Here's my take. WAITING You breathe in, you breathe out, Then silence. I hold my breath. The slow thud of your heart beat ceases.
Sammi's writing challenge #96 this week is the word : SEASHORE. You have 59 words. SEASHORE I splash through the seashore's edge, lick drops of seawater from my face, feet making soft sand-prints. Feel the surf as it curls around... Continue Reading →
Start-rite Shoes Seeing this 1950's poster recently sent me spirally down the rabbit hole of memory into childhood, an Alice tumbling down into her Wonderland. I feel a stab of poignancy, of protectiveness for the smallness of the little boy... Continue Reading →
images courtesy of pic2fly + intropsych Negative Space Our negative space Is our alternative truth Both our truths at once
Solsona Catalonia - a Haibun Feel the spring of energy bubbling from the red baked earth, alchemy transforming plants and stones into built forms. A white haired woman... Continue Reading →
Plea Bargain with Ageing Another friend, another ailment, spasm of fear, share their shock, their dread, their indignation. Awful shaming thought, I'm glad it's not me, next time it may be. A mounting tally of ailments now, stacking up to derail... Continue Reading →