A silly young girl from Lynton
took a stroll across the meadow for fun
but her shorts were miniscule,
she took off her blouse to keep cool
now she has bites where she’d rather have none
Category Archives: Self compositions
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #27
Filed under Comic verse, Limerick, nature inspired, Self compositions, Whimsical
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
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #26
When the explorers finally broke through the dense, green, forest covering there was a collective sigh of relief. At last we’ve found it they exclaimed. No more digging a trench by torchlight away from the safety of the camp and squatting over it, vulnerable to any creature of the night.
Filed under Flash fiction, Self compositions, Whimsical
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
MLMM Photo Challenge #262
Nestled in his wings
yet unseen, the playful sprite,
plucks tunes from her hair.
Unknowing, all she hears is,
snare-drum stone midst cooing foam.
Filed under nature inspired, On the lines of romance, Self compositions, Tanka
Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, May 8th 2019 an experiment … one-bun #Honeysuckle
each fragrant frond will sacrifice it’s spirit to the bee
Filed under Factual, nature inspired, On the lines of romance, Self compositions
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
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #252 Tinker&Tumble
When Humpty Dumpty
waved at a passing tinker
a tumble ensued.
Filed under Comic verse, Haiku, Inspired by fable, Self compositions, 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
When the pen takes control. 