She overheard the couple whispering in the adjoining room and realized she didn’t really want to know of her husband’s affair. His secretary; everything she wasn’t. A perfect hour glass figure, long blond hair, and a face straight out of Vogue. Stood in the corridor, her feet didn’t want to move. Any minute now theyContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2021/12/14/fandangos-story-starter-24/”
Category Archives: Poems and short stories
My Wings are Wide
Always My wings are wide enough to handle all your troubles. I protect as you struggle, Carry you when you’re tired. Love you when you cannot love yourself. Just know my wings are enough to handle or your troubles.
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The last few years we have been going to my daughter’s for Christmas day. My ”Son-in-law” well not quite as they are not married is in charge of cooking the turkey. My daughter said he said it was her turn this year. I told her to tell him, that is not happening. He makes theContinue reading “http://alwayswrite.blog/2021/12/08/wqwwc-festive-celebrating/”
Safety First
Crunch, crunch, crunch, the leaves rustled underneath my boots as I walked towards the bus stop. The bare trees looked empty without their protection, and I wrapped my scarf tighter around my neck. House keys, firmly in her right hand, she didn’t look back. Crunch, crunch, crunch, his heavy tread followed. Bare trees had lostContinue reading “Safety First”
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What is your opinion of the state of health care in your country? Adequate or inadequate? What could be done to improve it? I think the UK is adequate at times, but only at times. I think we have a great roll out for the vaccine, but I’m not sure how much our government areContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2021/12/13/share-your-world-12-13-2021/”
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‘A child’s painting?’ ‘You have to be vigilant for anyone to smuggle in drugs.’ her colleague said, and sipped at her coffee. ‘Even so, how can drugs be smuggled in a child’s painting? I don’t understand.’ Her first day as a prison officer and there was so much to learn. Drugs, a big business inContinue reading “https://sammiscribbles.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/wk-239-smuggle.jpg”
Funny
For Saturday word promt Funny, it’s a strange old world.
Double Trouble
Double Take – My Take on Word Prompt Welcome to the Saturday Mix, 11 December 2021! The ‘Double Take’ challenge focuses on the use of homophones* to build your writing piece. You have two sets of homophones and you are challenged to use all of them in your response – which can be poetry orContinue reading “Double Trouble”
Certify – A Word Prompt from Fandango
This tiny piece of paper, posted through a letterbox and she wasn’t afraid to open it. Her results were already emailed. The decision to take a college course at the age of fifty a strange one, but something she wanted to do. Divorce, an ugly word, but a word all the same. Now she hadContinue reading “Certify – A Word Prompt from Fandango”
E.M.’s Random Word Prompt #10
E.M.’s Random Word Prompt #10 Introvert I would class myself as an introvert. My play will be advertised in a couple of months, and there will be a meet and greet when it airs for the first time. I don’t really like being in front of the crowd, but rather the person behind the words. IContinue reading “E.M.’s Random Word Prompt #10”
Writer Ravenclaw 