Today’s word list: from https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2022/07/03/wordle-559/ BreezeSeedsSwayBleedCloudsBoonReprieveBranchesTangleClimbTeethStream I sweep on a breeze, life giving seeds sway and dance in the wind. Clouds give a reprieve from the sun. Filtering through branches, which tangle against the leaves. New life, they sing, new life. The ground bleed’s new shoots, as they spring into the air, soaking up theContinue reading “New Life”
Category Archives: Poems and short stories
Sunday Treat
Written for https://lindaghill.com/author/lindaghill/ and ”amble” Don’t be scared, take a gamble, on a weekend stroll or amble. The weather may be sunny or, more likely the rain will pour. Does it matter? The merrier the more. You can bring, an umbrella, let’s swing. So next Sunday, take a gamble, in the woodlands we will amble.Continue reading “Sunday Treat”
Change of Heart
Today from E’M’s word prompt, https://emkingston.wordpress.com/category/random-word-challenge/ is Clemency. ‘To show clemency is too kind, those poor animals,’ Stella said. It seemed a good idea at the time, and those pictures were etched into her memory, to kidnap the doctor responsible for their pain. Now she was sitting here, begging to be reunited with her husband.Continue reading “Change of Heart”
Red, Red, Red
A different sort of word prompt from https://citysonnet.wordpress.com/2022/07/01/july-colors-and-letters-photo-challenge/ from https://citysonnet.wordpress.com/author/citysonnet/. My favourite colour is red, mostly because it was my dad’s favourite colour. He loved roses. Next door had a red rose bush, and he loved seeing it in bloom. My dad and I were close, and I miss him every day. I was seventeenContinue reading “Red, Red, Red”
Mum
Fandango https://fivedotoh.com/2022/07/02/fowc-with-fandango-tender/ and our word of today is tender. Being a mum is full of wonder, A lucky life, a love so tender Caring, watching, seeing your children grow, Giving them a world to know, They fly the nest, at first they falter, Whether they be son or daughter, Watch them soar, laugh and thrive,Continue reading “Mum”
Here and There
This week the word prompt from https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/ is about opposing forces.. To use antithesis in our writing. Opposing words, poetry or prose – stop and go – here and there ‘Where have you been?’ Sadie’s mother said. ‘I was about to go to bed.’ ‘Here and there,’ Sadie said. ‘Did you get my shopping?’ TheContinue reading “Here and There”
Fibbing on a Friday
Thanks https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/124021023 Here are my answers. What ‘quivered’ like a bowl full of jelly? My tyre before it went flat. What did the Old Woman in the Shoe treasure most of all? A large glass of whisky when all her kids were asleep. If those three mice were blind, how could they make it up theContinue reading “Fibbing on a Friday”
Dreams
This week it is https://fromcavewalls.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/throwback-thursday-45-nighttime-rituals/ turn for Throwback Thursday. Did you share a room with a sibling, or did you have a room of your own? I had a room of my own. My sister got married when I was four, and my brother had the larger room, until he got married when I wasContinue reading “Dreams”
Dobby is a Free Elf
One liner Wednesday, and I gained inspiration from https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ and her magical elves. Linda G Hill, author of the original prompt, asks us bloggers to write one sentence. Dobby is a free house elf, Dobby has been given clothes, so clean up your own mess Lucius, I am no longer your slave.
Six Sentence Sleepy head
Six sentences from https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2022/06/26/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-218/ using the verb, or noun, or adjective strike. To strike a deal with a toddler, Is to play the very long game, An extra hour for bedtime, when their energy levels wane, They soon are too tired to argue, going to sleep early again.
Writer Ravenclaw 