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”
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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”
Share My World
1. What was the last photograph you took? My daughter is part of a group, on Facebook Market Place, called Sharing the Kindness. Using Amazon, you order a cheap gift and send it to another person. This was sent to her along with the gift receipt of the sender. 2. When was your last field trip? IfContinue reading “Share My World”
Alarm
Written for https://amanpan.com/2024/09/01/easy-peasy-writes-16/. A Monoku, is a Haiku, in a straight line. School holidays done. September nerves, don’t sleep in. Early morning sun. After six weeks of getting up late, I am going to set four alarms to wake me up. Hopefully, I will wake up in time for eight thirty.
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”
Fibbing
Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/fibbing-friday-30th-august-2/ 1. What is a gigolo? It is a gig by a solo performer.2. What is meant by paramount? It is what paratroopers do, as they jump out of the plane.3. What is a scenario? A yodeller who writes songs about trees.4. How many fingers do fish have? A bit like horses, they count fish in fingers.Continue reading “Fibbing”
Honey
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2024/08/28/one-liner-wednesday-take-a-guess/ It is more than a guess, to understand, bees are Mother Nature’s way of protecting the earth.
Night Light
A Haiku, written for the photo prompt https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2024/08/27/photo-challenge-530/ A Cheshire like grin invisible in the day a night light of hope
Growing Up
Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/share-your-world-26th-august/ Did you have an imaginary friend? No. I was mates with my neighbours’ younger kids. I would be round theirs, taking my blue bag of Cindy dolls, outfits, and furniture. Their collection was far bigger; which included a loft full of unboxed toys. He even converted his pigeon loft to a twoContinue reading “Growing Up”
Bucket List
Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2024/08/25/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-329/ Am I considerd a relic? Nearly sixty, but watching a lady, at a hundred and two, going on a tandem parachute jump. Something I always wanted to do. Perhaps, it isn’t too late to write that bucket list. Parachute jump, publish my book, pass a GCSE exam. Not a relic, if sheContinue reading “Bucket List”
