Written for https://christinebialczak.com/2026/01/27/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-01-27-2026/ A lonely track, now a forgotten piece of metal, swallows the silence. Birds avoid the building in the west. They understand that humanity lost itself in this time, just as the prisoners feared screaming at the injustice.Empty, with its grey bricks reflecting the pain within. If the walls could share history, theyContinue reading “Share History”
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Beautiful Seed
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Take what you need plant a beautiful seed your words we will read and we will smile. Share good times well ring that positive bell like a whispering shell and we will sing. Learn and be free other opinions see fear it should flee and we will soar.
Comfortable Share
Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/share-your-world-26th-january/ 1. Would you consider yourself easy going? Mostly, I tend to keep my opinions to myself. However, if it is against my family and friends, I am in their defence. 2. Are you comfortable talking to a group of strangers at a social gathering? I prefer a group of strangers, because ifContinue reading “Comfortable Share”
Life Shines
Written for http://tankatuesday.com/2026/01/20/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-no-48-marianne-moore-12-30-2025/ The ink slips down the hopeful page imagination lifts with each line following the path of the story to cry, to move. No pressure to edit as we write more beautiful thoughts, their happy future thrives with a romantic embrace perfect, in love.
First Born
Written for https://skepticskaddish.com/2026/01/21/w3-prompt-195-weave-written-weekly/ Ten tiny toes curl at the edges no smile yet, but familiar blue eyes first born, her jet black hair thrives Ten tiny fingers grip mine I focus on his cheeks, so familiar second born, his jet black hair shines Looking to the heavens I tell dad of their birth his thirdContinue reading “First Born”
Teacher Training
Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2026/01/24/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-squish/ Allesandra squished the pen between her fingers and gazed at the sea of faces in front of her. Every child was seated at their desk, waiting for her first lesson. Her stomach churned. A teaching assistant stepped forward, bent to the height of a charged grin, as a boy with blond hairContinue reading “Teacher Training”
Sharing is Caring
Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/share-your-world-19th-january/ 1. Would you like to have your own private jet? No, but I wouldn’t mind going on the jet in Criminal Minds. An American series about a department in the FBI, who solve murders. Would love to have a talk with all the actors. 2. Would you like a chauffeur to driveContinue reading “Sharing is Caring”
The Blues
Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ Better to keep it brief when watching the news or all the horrible headlines will give you the blues. Better to keep it cool when reading the paper don’t be a politician’s fool You may regret it later. Better to use our minds when on the internet The truth will soon unwindContinue reading “The Blues”
Reversible Conversations
Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2026/01/10/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-reversible/ Can our viewpoints be reversible? I would like to think so. Growing up in the seventies and eighties, where outdated opinions were part of our childhood. Whether it was race, gender, or political alliances. I would like to think, through conversations with my parents, that I could change their minds on aContinue reading “Reversible Conversations”
Crime
Written for https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Festherchilton.co.uk%2F2026%2F01%2F19%2Flaughing-along-with-a-limerick- When a mother is poor all the time She decides to turn to more crime Nicking all her nappies There are no rashies and they fall asleep with a rhyme.
Writer Ravenclaw 