September morning
once more trees begin to don
a copper mantle
watching as the year unfolds
regret the passing of time
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Colleen’s weekly challenge #49, part the third
Snipers lie in wait,
drones soar high above the sands.
Another ambush
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Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge #49 #Haibun, Soar and wait
Overhead she waits
soaring on her silent wings
while below life fades
I was once the King of the mountain. My voice echoed down the glens and valleys. My brides eagerly awaited my caresses. Now I am alone, a usurper has taken my throne. My strength flows to the ground in a crimson stream. I am weak and all I wish to do is rest. Yet I cannot, I am old and tired. Betrayed by my own four, once sure, feet. The voice of a new champion rings out, incessant, challenging, mocking. It will soon be time.
A meal is waiting
this story can only end
in a lonely death
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Twittering tale #48
Excuse me, I’ve been here ten minutes now, any chance of dropping what you’re doing and serving me,what sort of coffee-shop is this?
137 characters
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Ronovan writes #164 #Haiku
Tongues can give pleasure
they can excite or incite
strong but sensual
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Sinking # Sonya #Three line tales 82, #100 words
We continued our descent and within fifteen minutes the only light was from our headlight beaming through the cold, deep-space-black water.
Dr. Anders suddenly cried, “Stop, stop a minute, look at that in the main camera, isn’t it so beautiful!”
We gazed in awe at the magnificent skeleton flowing, turning in a slow-motion ballet in the stark, artificial light, even shorn of flesh we could see it was a species never previously observed or classified by any other person, but in the knowledge that possibly our photos would help by adding it to the long list of deep underwater wonders.
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Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge #47 #Haiku
Death lurks in shadow
till the light of life flickers
and is extinguished
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Silver, Gold, and Some Hard Cash
The themes for Issue 8 could stir emotions or raise eyebrows so I suggest might be worth a peek for untold rewards.
We’ve got a silver-themed contest with a looming deadline; six new themes for Issue 8: The Gold Issue; and an increase in our cash prizes.
There’s still one last chance to be part of The A3 Review‘s Issue 7, The Silver Issue. This month’s theme is SILVER THINGS, so make sure to get your sparkly work in by Saturday the 26th August. Click here for glittery inspiration and to submit. The issue will also include a story by guest flash-fiction writer Kathy Fish alongside the winners of the last 5 months of contests, and this month’s winners, too.
In other news… The A3 Review‘s founding editor, Shaun Levin, is launching a new online writing course, How to Map Your Book. The course is suitable for writers at all stages of a book project, so if you’re putting together a collection of short stories, you might want to…
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Ronovan writes #160 #Haiku
The guilty party
enjoys breakfast on the day
of execution
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Thursday photo prompt-sails- #writephoto
Motionless I stand
till my limbs dance in the breeze
reflecting the sun
from the offerings they bring
their daily bread I provide
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When the pen takes control. 