Great Teacher

Written in response https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/04/20/ragtag-daily-prompt-thursday-imbricate/ Imbricate the plates, that’s what Steve’s chef told him, but the trouble was he didn’t understand a word. Did it mean just wash them in the dish washer, or by hand? He wasn’t sure, but couldn’t ask again. Whatever he needed to do, maybe it was best to remember what hisContinue reading “Great Teacher”

One Set – Never Alone

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/04/20/reenas-xploration-challenge-277/ From footprints in the sand ”The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.” Whether you are religious or not, this is something I always remember. When going through tough times in my life, I didn’t feel like I was facing it aloneContinue reading “One Set – Never Alone”

All You Need is a Please

This week fromhttps://ronovanwrites.com/2023/04/19/ronovan-writes-sijo-wednesday-poetry-challenge-58-use-please-as-your-inspiration-this-week/ A Sijo has three lines, 14 to 16 syllable per line and has a total of 44 to 45 syllables. Please, a word that costs nothing, but gives everyone a sense of pride. To be asked not told, will create a positive chance to change. All you need is a please.

Surprise!

Written in response to https://fivedotoh.com/2023/04/18/fowc-with-fandango-age/ Dave didn’t want to think about his age, or that in a matter of days he would be sixty. In his head, he was retired anyway. Although, being that generation was a little strange. Old, no he wasn’t, just like an aged whisky. Someone was crouching behind a car, heContinue reading “Surprise!”

New Shoot

This week from https://christinebialczak.com/2023/04/18/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-04-18-2023/ A tiny shoot of hope, growing where an old key used to open the cell. Now, zoos were banned, plants were pushing through the rust, growing into something beautiful. He hardly wanted to touch the ancient lock. Why would he want to destroy life? Yet, he couldn’t let the jail remain.Continue reading “New Shoot”

Sharing my World

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/04/17/share-your-world-17th-april/ 1. Do you have a special talent (ie music, art, singing, dress making, pottery etc). I have a talent for writing, (hopefully). I was eight when I started writing, and don’t think I will stop until I can no longer type or write. I cannot sing, I am more than tone deaf.Continue reading “Sharing my World”

First Love

Written in response to the question https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2023/04/16/sunday-confessionals-fleeting Something I thought would last forever, but faded over time. As a teenager, you think your first love will last forever, but fades over time. The first time I ”fell in love” I was fourteen. He drove a Radio Rentals van, and was three years older than me.Continue reading “First Love”