Monthly Archives: Mar 2024

The earth, ourselves and all we know

of things called atoms is composed

joined up they form molecules

which we learn about in school

but think of them as fast-moving flies

whose movement makes the temperature rise

The little fairy’s wings were the wrong way round

they couldn’t lift her off the ground

and her daddy didn’t like to see her sadly sitting there

so he made a little engine to lift her in the air

and here we can see a picture of the lass

the engine in her hands and exhaust pipe up her back

I looked at the word froward as you might, and thought surely this cannot be right, for even though I’m quite good with words, this was one that I had never heard so as I found the word intriguing I looked on Google for its meaning

Your majesty, she coyly said,

as with downturned eyes

and sideways glance

she slowly raised her head

to gaze in unashamed awe

and though she wore a wedding dress

while the Prince in his magnificence

gazed upon the beauty that he saw

On one cold moonlit Saturday night

while resting in the glow of the firelight

when suddenly without warning we all

heard a tap tap tapping on the kitchen wall

mother said to us now how strange is that

could it be a mouse or perhaps a rat

you know what these old places are like

when lots of things seem to go bump in the night

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A …

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #278

My humble effort can be found at https://bobfairfield.org/2024/02/14/crimsons-creative-challenge-278-a-sepulchre-in-and-of-wood/

The bluejacket’s flesh was still willing but by adding water to his rum it made the spirit weak