Written this week for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/06/11/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-266/ PETRICHOR Sweet scented petrichor once dry, now light with rain. Giving life, to a single seedling. Pushing through the earth, a single shoot of green. Smiling at at the sun. Sweet scented flower, persuading busy bees. Sharing the greatness of life.
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Not My Fault
Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/06/15/reenas-xploration-challenge-284/ She’d forgiven everyone and emptied her home of all that gave it meaning. Now, on the edge of yet another move, Martha was moving on. Was her marriage always a hollow shell? Perhaps, but she couldn’t help thinking she could have done more. The vase, which held so much meaning, a forgottenContinue reading “Not My Fault”
News
Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/14/fandangos-provocative-question-218/ What are your primary sources for news? How confident are you that those sources are presenting the news accurately, factually, and without bias? Fandango’s question is an easy one to answer. My main news source would have to be the television: I am old school, and nearly sixty. Although, any news isContinue reading “News”
Ravenclaw
Written for https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/06/13/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-324-6-13-2023/ Spirit animal, some are eagles, flying free but mine, the raven, sleek, black protecting all it sees Shining feathers, sleek, strong, keeping loved ones safe when night draws in.
Honesty is the Best
Neighbours
Today from https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/06/12/share-your-world-12th-june/ 1. Are you happy in your neighbourhood? I am fairly happy, there is a good community of people where I live. 2. Have you got good neighbours? Depends, my ”pigeon neighbours” make a mess of my solar panels, refuse to leave, even though I have put netting around them and spikes, andContinue reading “Neighbours”
A New Dawn
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ I was a drifter, moving from one part of the country to the next. Never settling down in one place. Ever since I was born, it was weird, I always felt slightly out of sequence with all other humans on the planet. My brain wired in such a way, I saw connectionsContinue reading “A New Dawn”
Ziplining
Written today for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/author/cyranny/ Vertical, the sheer cliff seemed to go on for ever. Ziplining, seemed a great idea, when she had a few drinks inside her. Now, it felt like she was part of ”I’m a Celebrity” and she wasn’t sure if it was safe. The harness, was safe, it wouldn’t be something anyoneContinue reading “Ziplining”
Sunday
Sunday, a day of relaxation. Sometimes life gets busy, and we don’t realise it until we actually stop. It is a beautiful day today, the sun is shining, and early this morning I took my dog, a German Shephard, Rottweiler Titan, and our recently arrived Jack Russell, Molly. At first I was nervous about takingContinue reading “Sunday”
My Poem
Crimson Fields Like a blanket of love, Protecting the fallen, Sheltering the brave, Tending the graves, of the brave young men, Who had no choice, To where their lives led Now under a bed, Of Poppies.
Writer Ravenclaw 