Nature

Written for https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2024/09/08/sunday-confessionals-onwards-autumn/ A kaleidoscopic beauty of gold and red, Under a whispering wilderness of branches, Trees are ready to change their tune Understanding, for the beauty of the earth Mother Nature sings a different song, Notes, twirling, until the paleness of winter.

Numbers

Written for https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2024/09/06/number-patterns/ Working in a school, as a teaching assistant, my job is supporting students in numeracy lessons. I keep up with the lesson using a notebook, listening more than I did as a student. As a child, I chatted with my best friend, rather than listen to our teacher. I struggle with isContinue reading “Numbers”

Ghostly Night

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/reenas-xploration-challenge-346/ Witches are a cackling, ghouls, their best scare rules, mummies are all wrapped up in careful cursing chores. Werewolves, practice howling, full moon, it safely shines for daddies who are escorting their monsters in disguise.

Out of Tune

Written for https://christinebialczak.com/2024/09/03/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-09-03-2024/ I am so out of tune, when I am singing, my son once told me to stop with the nursery rhymes, as it hurt his ears (he is on the spectrum, so honesty is natural). At school, part of the choir, we sang in front of the pensioners, who thankfully were deaf.Continue reading “Out of Tune”

Words

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Only the withered pages of his diary held the truth. The days, where he met Richie, with an offer of a meal paid for, saved him some money. He appeared a nice bloke. Always well dressed, and with the latest mobile phone. It only seemed fair, he would deliver the package. HeContinue reading “Words”

Confidence

Written for https://ronovanwrites.com/2024/08/28/ovi-poetry-challenge-63-help-is-your-inspiration/and https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2024/08/29/reenasxploration-challenge-345/ Afraid to be second best, sometimes the only test, Helps when you puff your chest, and have confidence to spare. Don’t let fear tell the tale just as long as you don’t bale not trying is the only fail, attempt life with courage. Each faltered fall, get up again. A newContinue reading “Confidence”