another year is gone
a traveler’s shade on my head,
straw sandals at my feet
Bashō
moments, like a passing breeze
served as tutor for my soul
Category Archives: As you read it
Carpe Diem #1665 Tan Renga – “Miscanthus bud”
Filed under As you read it, faith, Old knowledge, On the lines of romance, Self compositions
IWH Haiku/Senryu Challenge #19
artist unattributed
Her arms held aloft
celebrating her breakthrough.
the glass ceiling smashed.
Filed under Alternative history, As you read it, Haiku, Self compositions
Thursday photo prompt: Rooted #writephoto #Tanka
Clad in matching tones
lovers fixed in cold embrace
their limbs entwined.
Shy beneath their parasol
whispering with the wind.
Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #105 -Denial
Sandra felt detached, as if standing looking at herself from a few feet away. Somehow surprised at her imagined facial expression, it was certainly not how she felt. Inside she was smiling. The casket stood dark and aloof, the lid balanced on end. The face inside was ashen, smooth, parchment dry. Her mother, released from life, freeing Sandra from her years of denial. She had expected more emotion, probably not sadness, a feeling more akin to relief.
Filed under As you read it, Flash fiction, Self compositions
The pixie Princess
O’er hill and dale, from forests green
came fairies , elves, denizens of dreams
for as was the custom in this land
a choice was made to claim the hand
in marriage, of the beautiful Trixie,
daughter of the King of the pixies
From northern lands came Knghts and Lords,
prepared to tourney with lance and sword
against magicians, heroes, clerics,
from foreign realms both Sheikhs and mystics
with gilded swords, scimitars, gifts of gold
eager to claim a prize foretold
in legends and old long-told fables
or just to dine at the sumptuous tables.
IWH Haiku/Senryu Challenge #18
Photo Credit: pxhere.com
life, ephemeral,
from the corner of my eye
the spectre sighted,
she drifts, part of the forest
and yet leave men’s minds doubting
Filed under As you read it, nature inspired, Otherworldly, Self compositions, Tanka, Uncategorized
WHAT DO YOU SEE? MAY 7/2019
“Oh no, not again, Mum, mum there’s something wrong with me,”
”What’s wrong Billy,” said his mother with a smile, “and why do you keep on going to that little tree and standing in front of it?”
”Well you remember when I was three, you stood me up to it and made that mark where my head was?”
”Yeeess, why, did it bother you?”
”Well you told me that that would be half my height I’d be when I grow up.”
”That’s right dear, that’s what they say. Why do you keep on checking it?”
”Well, mum, I’m getting smaller and smaller. I was a lot taller then, I’m never going to reach twice the height that mark is now.
Filed under As you read it, Inspired by fable, Self compositions, Short story, Whimsical
Sammiscribbles #Weekend writing prompt #104 Meander
Across the verdant fields and petal-painted meadows the crystal water plots it’s steady course. At times snake-like, writhing as if to swallow itself, each turn and meander eroding and undermining fragile banks. Only the destructive hand of man can stop the river in her unhurried seaward progress.
Filed under As you read it, Factual, nature inspired, Self compositions
Time To Write: Sentence Starter 46
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”How did you find me?” The voice was nasal, high-pitched, whining and strangest of all, only in my mind. I had never before experienced the phenomenon commonly referred to as hearing voices. The only explanation I could tender for this occurrence was a sense of guilt and shame. The guilt I felt upon hearing my fears confirmed. I had just consumed a plate of pork chops. Chops obtained from the farm shop to which my home-reared pigs had recently been dispatched for slaughter and preparation for sale.
Filed under As you read it, Flash fiction, Self compositions
MLMM’s Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, May 1st 2019 Labour Day
When her waters broke
after panic came relief,
soon be labour day
Filed under As you read it, Haiku, On the lines of romance, Self compositions, Whimsical
