Category Archives: Poems and short stories

Telling Porkies

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/02/17/fibbing-friday-17th-february/ 1.  Bumfuzzle otherwise known as Bum fluff, a moustache, that teenagers have to look grown up. 2.  Gardyloo The person outside the toilet, when the toilet roll has run out. They guard the loo until some arrive. 3.  Taradiddle It is a way of saying goodbye, to the gardyloo. 4.  Snickersnee ItContinue reading “Telling Porkies”

Thought Bubbles

My post is written in response to https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/reenas-xploration-challenge-268/ A circle of the brightest students of their age, sat in a circle, engrossed in their note pads. Thinking about what they could do to save the planet from its certain doom. Their colour, changing from one idea to another, their thoughts were as one. If oneContinue reading “Thought Bubbles”

Spring Flowers

Written in response for https://ronovanwrites.com/2023/02/15/ronovan-writes-sijo-wednesday-poetry-challenge-49-use-disappointment-as-your-inspiration-this-week/ Disappointment, daffodils pushing towards the sunshine only to find the ground icy, cold, and without sustenance No way back, just wrap their petal round until the sun springs forward.

Old Timer

Written in response to https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/02/11/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-old/ ‘I’m not on the scrapheap yet, lad, I can still pull the carts like I used to.’ ‘But your paints all chipped, and your metal is rusty.’ A puff of smoke filled the air, as his engine stuttered into action. It took a while before it started, but once moving,Continue reading “Old Timer”

My Kind of Name

Share your world’s questions https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/02/13/share-your-world-13th-february/ If you could rename yourself, what name would you choose and why? I like my name, mainly because it was my big sister who gave me that name. I was meant to be Diane, but my mum couldn’t spell, so I was Diana. She could never spell that, and normallyContinue reading “My Kind of Name”

Please Do More

Written in response to https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ I couldn’t explain to Giraffa why she was alone, or that a hunter took away her mother just because of the money he could get for her meat, pelts, bones. Even jewellery. With mankind heavy on my shoulders, I stared into her eyes, almost asking for some forgiveness. Not thatContinue reading “Please Do More”

It’s A Date

Written this week for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/02/12/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-249/. The prompt word today is date. Sitting at the bar, with a glass of wine, she waited for her date to arrive. She wasn’t sure a Valentine’s meeting would work, and five minutes late, her date thought so too. Emptying the glass, she brought out another five pound note. Expensive,Continue reading “It’s A Date”

Broken Hearted

Written in response to https://lindaghill.com/2023/02/10/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-feb-11-2023/ ‘Your heart is easily broken, but can be mended.’ ‘We were supposed to get married, Mum, have children. I don’t think I’ll ever get over it.’ Sally lay forlorn on the sofa, a box of tissues on her lap. This was the longest relationship she had. Three whole months, andContinue reading “Broken Hearted”