Most people I know have never, seen such a spell of changeable weather
Monthly Archives: Mar 2026
Samiscribbles weekend writing prompt #460 #Three’s a crowd
A gooseberry is generally one of three
in earlier days it was often me
on the beach or in the cinema
watching a couple from afar
seldom would I be half of a pair
but somehow I would find myself there.
Filed under Self compositions
Samiscribbles weekend writing prompt #459 #Warning signs
To remain forever young was
Dawn’s wish for her lover Tithonus
but as with all these mythical tales
such a request was doomed to fail.
Filed under Inspired by fable, Otherworldly, Self compositions
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #077 #Ideal home
A country cottage such as this
is most people’s idea of bliss
on a quiet road with little traffic
encouraging feelings soporific
on lazy days of Summer sun
with a glass of wine in the garden
birdsong filtering through the trees
who could not wish for such days as these.
Filed under Self compositions
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #076 #A hint of Provence.
Sub-compartmentalised,
each drawer full to overflowing
leaflets printed French escaping
drawer-fronts varnished outward facing,
the pitcher, bulbous and self-satisfying ,
a green-skinned gourd lazily reclining
this provincial study hinting
at a room both calm and homely.
Filed under Self compositions
When the pen takes control. 