Poems and short stories – Page 55

Protect

Written in response for https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/ As their neighbour walks past out house, I howl, and bark at the intruder. Beware, do not cross. This is my home, those I love, live here. It becomes obsessive when next door’s cat chases a pigeon from the dried up lawn, but I don’t care. They tell me toContinue reading “Protect”

Talking Sense

Sadie’s https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ picture prompt from this week. She was drowning, in a sea of total despair, when someone nearby saved her. A young woman, in her early twenties, pulled Tara to the shore, and waited in silence until Clara stopped crying. ‘Why did you save me?’ ‘Because you needed my help.’ Clara looked up toContinue reading “Talking Sense”

Windfall

Today’s word prompt from https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/ is the use of three words, or as many as you would like. I have used tax and bond. https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/three-things-challenge-m55/ TAXANNUITYBOND Maisie watched, as a pile of letters fell through the letter box, hoping it wasn’t another bill. Her gas bill had doubled this last month, and her electricity wasContinue reading “Windfall”

Packed Lunch Swap

On today’s prompt the https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2022/08/14/your-daily-word-prompt-Bias-ydwordprompt-August-14-2022/ is the word bias. ‘You’re biased, Mum, admit it.’ ‘I don’t know what you mean,’ Sally said, packing the school lunches, as she had done every day since her children went to school. ‘Yes you are, just look at what you’ve packed for our school lunches,’ Terri said, taking outContinue reading “Packed Lunch Swap”

For Sunday Confessionals

This is a poem I wrote a few years ago, but I can’t give you a favourite piece for Sunday Confessionals, because I like them in different ways. My mother-in-law had Alzheimer’s, but thankfully never forgot her children, but I know many do. Memories snatched, but music helps them remember. Thank you https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/ for givingContinue reading “For Sunday Confessionals”

Lazy River

Today Fandango’s prompt is lazy and this place is where I would love to be at the moment. On a lazy river, just watching the world flow by. Mary, alone in her wooden boat, laid the oars inside, and decided let the river take her home. She leaned against her jacket and gazed into theContinue reading “Lazy River”

Freedom

Photo by Marco Bianchetti on Unsplash https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/ and the responsible for this word prompt. Remembering, as a child, when her shadow was a friend she could count on. They jumped across the black and white, holding on to her mum’s hand. Watching the different coloured cars race along the road, but she didn’t know where. Now, walking across,Continue reading “Freedom”

https://fivedotoh.com/2022/08/09/fowc-with-fandango-precarious/

It was a risk, some might say precarious, but it was a risk she was willing to take. The job offer, unexpected as it was, made her curious. Did she really want to follow her dream of becoming a writer? Her friend saw the potential, but she hadn’t really considered changing her career path soContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2022/08/09/fowc-with-fandango-precarious/”

I’m a Cat

The writing prompt from https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/ and a list of words to use on national cat day andhttps://fivedotoh.com/2023/03/31/fandangos-flashback-friday-march-31st/ Softly Nyya cleaned her fangs, ready for her night time adventure. The overcast weather suited her well, and her consumption of cat food meant she had the energy to run. She was the star of her own show,Continue reading “I’m a Cat”

Brothers

Brother, your legs weren’t long enough to reach the pedals. You said, if we closed our eyes; we could be anywhere. Just hold on tight. You asked me where . . . I remembered our country home. Fields of glowing corn, ready for our father loving hands. The whispering wind brushed my face. We wentContinue reading “Brothers”