Written for https://skepticskaddish.com/2026/02/04/w3-prompt-197-weave-written-weekly/ This is an erasure poem, where words are erased from the lines. Flowers garden, green sprouting through the buds unfurl like prayers in . . . promising to live a better . . . next time, be more foraging in Flowers
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Heaven Sent
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ I chose this picture because it relates to the dad going to heaven. PROLOGUE – Orvieto Alessandra leant over the reception desk. Her long auburn hair waved past her shoulders. She positioned the handle of her handbag back on her shoulder before she addressed the ward sister at reception. ‘Hi, I’m Allesandra.Continue reading “Heaven Sent”
Partially Blind
Written for https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/tag/fffc/ This is part of my novel ”In The Dark”. It is out for submission, and worked well with the prompt of arcade. It is about a journalist called Sarah, and she is investigating a drug’s operation which led to her husband’s murder and her going partially blind. The high street has undergoneContinue reading “Partially Blind”
Teacher Training
Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2026/01/24/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-squish/ Allesandra squished the pen between her fingers and gazed at the sea of faces in front of her. Every child was seated at their desk, waiting for her first lesson. Her stomach churned. A teaching assistant stepped forward, bent to the height of a charged grin, as a boy with blond hairContinue reading “Teacher Training”
Crime
Written for https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Festherchilton.co.uk%2F2026%2F01%2F19%2Flaughing-along-with-a-limerick- When a mother is poor all the time She decides to turn to more crime Nicking all her nappies There are no rashies and they fall asleep with a rhyme.
Lamprophony
Written for https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/weekend-writing-prompt-449-lamprophony/ ‘I’m afraid you suffer from lamprophony,’ the doctor whispered. I leant against the chair, not sure what he was going to say next. I paid one thousand pounds into his bank, and all I got back was a word I didn’t understand. To avoid looking foolish, I nodded in all the rightContinue reading “Lamprophony”
Sentenced – Book Review
M. J. Whelan’s brilliant book titled “Sentenced” is about Liz. She finds out she is a grandmother and asked to take guardianship of her granddaughter Freya. The police arrest her son, Ellis, for threatening behaviour, and the mother for neglect, she cannot say no. Freya would go into the foster care system if she failedContinue reading “Sentenced – Book Review”
Sentenced – Debut Novel
I recently had the privilege of proofreading ‘‘Sentenced’’. A book written by a friend at Creative Minds; a writing group run by N. V. Peacock. M J Whelan self-published this week, and I would highly recommend this dramatic read. I am looking forward to receiving my signed copy when all my writer friends meet forContinue reading “Sentenced – Debut Novel”
A New Dawn
Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/12/06/weekly-prompts-colour-challenge-red-3/ Red has many connotations. It could mean danger, death, destruction. If a woman is wearing red in a movie or book, we ultimately think something terrible is going to happen or she is to be avoided. The earliest is Little Red Riding Hood. We should have seen that a wolf wasn’t farContinue reading “A New Dawn”
A Long Way Home
This is a poem David from https://skepticskaddish.com/ where we worked together on a Rengay. It is a pleasure working with him and I love what we created. Db are David’s lines and the rest are mine. db- blocked bus morning—a lone car in the wrong placenudges me to walk dc- bright wellingtons ready foran adventureContinue reading “A Long Way Home”
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