What is your least favorite holiday side dish? (for any holiday) Sprouts, they have no place on a Christmas Dinner. What is the ugliest or most tasteless decoration you’ve ever seen? I think any decoration deserves to be on the tree, no matter how ugly. It is beautiful to someone else. What is a cherishedContinue reading “#For Share Your World”
Category Archives: Poems and short stories
For #270
DepictionStealFlyLyricsCrystallizeFirepitHostessJasperThrashLigamentDripPole Our hostess Jasper stoked the firepit and the burgers we consumed tasted burnt. I listened to the lyrics of the song, and I was back at the scouts singing fireside songs. I didn’t enjoy it then, and now, as my bones creak I want to be anywhere else than in the middle of theContinue reading “For #270”
A New Start
Silver sandals at Christmas, the weather outside was colder than frightful, but inside her front room it was thirty degrees. Everyone else celebrated the season, but she skipped Christmas every year. The brochure in front of her was on the same page for ten minutes. Her hot chocolate long gone, she still couldn’t decide onContinue reading “A New Start”
A Present
It appeared overnight, the gift wrapped in brown paper, tied with a string. It looked out of place with the other presents. Not worse, better. They worked together – her children had worked together to buy the perfect gift. They smiled as she gently tugged at the string and wrapped it in a neat littleContinue reading “A Present”
It Wasn’t Me – Honest
They’re just so shiny, I can’t resist. My human insists on putting up the tree every year. Now those lights taunt me. All I want to do is tap one of those brightly coloured orbs of greatness. Just once. I’m addicted to baubles, I just can’t help it. They’re just so shiny.
For First Line Friday Prompt
The horns of the hunt echoed across the snow. Paws padded across as he tried not to think of the shocking noise behind him. It wouldn’t be long before they caught up, and he would never see his family ever again. They had warned him not to go out today, but his youth thought itContinue reading “For First Line Friday Prompt”
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I see you walking in the rain, the sunshine too. You remember me, as I remember you. Just remember this as you walk on by, I will always watch over you when you laugh or cry. Grief will pass, life will heal, and everyday as you live your life, I’ll watch over you an angelContinue reading “https://crispinakemp.com/2021/12/15/crimsons-creative-challenge-162/”
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I wish I could be a nocturnal sleeper, but . . . the pillow is so uncomfortable, the covers are way too thick, the air outside is too cold, close the windows quick. I need to go to the toilet, but it is way too cold to pee. Why can’t I get back to sleep,Continue reading “https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/”
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https://lindaghill.com/author/lindaghill/ Don’t be afraid for the future by learning from the past.
https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2021/04/04/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-154/six-sentence-stories-1/
‘It’ just a pile of junk,’ he said looking at my haul. A child’s painting, a certificate for swimming and a birthday card. To me they were more precious than gold. To me they were reminders of a happy childhood. ‘They’re not junk, they’re memories.’ Placed back in the pink box, alongside photographs of family,Continue reading “https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2021/04/04/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-154/six-sentence-stories-1/”
Writer Ravenclaw 