Weekly Writing Challenge – Genre Blender
To Whom It May Concern, If you are reading this letter it means that you have found my box of keys. It’s a long story and I haven’t got much time, they have said tonight will be the night they come for...
View ArticleWeekly Writing Challenge – The Butterfly Effect
A challenge, write about the butterfly effect Not part of my education, what education If only, what if, questions, regrets A lifetime of doubt, I’m not here for that Today, tomorrow, the future Is all...
View ArticleWeekly Writing Challenge – Find a Muse in The Masters
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, 1942. Public Domain Jenny knew her life was about to change more than she could ever imagine, people were sure to say she shouldn’t be here, that she was a traitor. Would...
View ArticleWeekly Writing Challenge – Oh The Irony
The Three Amigos The world rushes by This city on a Sunday On the steps as always Three Amigos Dancing, singing, chilling In their forties Or maybe sixties Tired, scruffy, well worn Ready for...
View ArticlePork Pie – The Best Snack on The Planet?
Inspired by The Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge – Pie “Food evokes all the senses: the scent of pastry baking, the sound of a fork clinking on a plate. This week, make our mouths water with stories...
View ArticleWeekly Writing Challenge – Overheard
“You never said anything about going round Primark” “I did” “You didn’t” “I did” Cheap and cheerful clothes piled high Men, women and children All catered for “Staff announcement, a cleaner required at...
View ArticleWeekly Writing Challenge – Digging for Roots
Pregnant, jobless, homeless A young girl ‘in service’, what happened? We will never know Victorian England, a harsh, unforgiving place. Society still reels from their pompous values Destitute, young...
View ArticleWeekly Writing Challenge – Countdown
Inspired by The Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge – Countdown “Tis the season for suspense-building lists.” Apologies but my creative streak, what I had of it has upped and left this week. I have...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge – Twinkle (2)
‘Galloping Horse’ (2012) by Julian Opie at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an LED sculpture of unsurprisingly a galloping horse, it is very popular and usually has quite a crowd around it. On a dark...
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 14 (The Perfect Riposte)
A moment in time One, two, three then gone forever The perfect riposte, opportunities missed Harsh, hasty words Lived again only in dreams, waking or sleeping Then twisted, changed, distorted Never the...
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