Floating on the surfboard, my legs dragging through the waves, and the cool water feels good on bare legs. Not just cold, it brings life back, where there is none. I stand, my stance wobbly at first, but my body remembers. The wood feels solid beneath my feet, the only solid thing in my lifeContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2022/03/13/fowc-with-fandango-float/”
Category Archives: Poems and short stories
Make Your Toes Curl
Word of the day – Curl ‘The things I’ve seen would make your toes curl,’ Granddad says. ‘You politicians think you know it all!’ It is one of his funny sayings, but Toby was never quite sure what he meant. How can something make your toes curl? He looked to his toes every day, butContinue reading “Make Your Toes Curl”
Car Boot
All once loved items stored in a boot Our car carrying all of our loot A box of Lego, in all sorts of colours Old children’s clothes, ornaments, books Once loved items deserve a second look. When my mother-in-law was alive we went to many a car boot, and have carried on tradition. There isContinue reading “Car Boot”
And All That Jazz
‘Life is way too complicated at the moment, and all that jazz,’ Stephanie said, trying to fill in her tax return. She surfed from one form to another and nothing was helping. If she called the tax office, there would be a queue of other people. Had she missed the deadline? There was nothing toContinue reading “And All That Jazz”
The Domino
In reality, glass dominoes never work. When one goes down the rest will fall and shatter. That’s why they were kept on a high shelf, away from her two little girls. Although, when their cat walked past them, one fell forward and the rest followed.
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‘You’re infatuated with the lies,’ Stella said, thumping her fist on to the table. Her plastic cup knocked over and she grabbed it before it drenched her notes. The day started badly, and it was getting worse as the morning went on. The only woman on the board, it was difficult to get her pointContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2022/03/10/fowc-with-fandango-infatuated/”
Beauty in All
Written for One Liner Wednesday, where a lot can be said in one sentence. A rose, or a buttercup, they are both beautiful.
Peace and Quiet
He was a unique man with the cunning ability to put people at their ease. He didn’t charge anyone. He showed them that life was more than technology, work, and stress. Walking in the woodlands, along with his Rottweiler, Scamp, he showed them a different life. All he asked was they left their mobiles atContinue reading “Peace and Quiet”
Survival
Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Survival – March 8, 2022 was survival, and this prompted me to think about survival of the fittest. https://fivedotoh.com/2023/03/10/fandangos-flashback-friday-march-10th/ this is the closest. One animal’s survival over each other, and it seems to me human beings are the only animals who think they need to push through boundaries to do this. WeContinue reading “Survival”
What Do You See
Searching for a better life, an education halted in my own country. I want to learn, so I can make the world a safer place to be. A math’s genius, and capable of anything I want to be. A refugee, but not willing to give up. She will be strong, and face her fears. InContinue reading “What Do You See”
Writer Ravenclaw 