When the pen takes control.

I looked at this photo and thought I might

see Alex and the droogs waiting there for a fight

hoping to find one of these cowards armed with a knife

and give them a beating within an inch of their life

rather than the courts giving them a slap on the wrist

and just a weekly session with a psychiatrist

Here’s how it works: 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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash fiction) A poem A newly minted proverb, adage or saying An essay A song—the lyrics […]

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #205

The present or the past and even the future brought to life

as with receptive minds we watch a transformation to heroes

and wonder at the crafting of such befitting stories

With a backward glance

each childhood haunt remembered

with age death beckons

I open the door and get a shock

my washing machine has run amok

whilst unloading it with barely a glance

it’s twisted my shirts, vests, underpants

but seems to have eaten just one sock

Photo by Nicki Geigert Protecting our environment and its inhabitants is everyone’s obligation. These books on endangered species (animals and plants…

Fur, Feathers, and Skins: 6 Photo Books On-Thin-Ice Species

Here’s how it works: 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 cartoon A joke A caption An anecdote A short story (flash fiction) A poem A newly minted proverb, adage or saying An essay A song—the lyrics […]

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #204

It was a cloudy warm evening in June

as we strolled hand in hand through the dunes

looking up at the dark clouds above

we decided that if we were to make love

we’d get soaked if we didn’t do it soon.

Bad luck or ill-wished

Hocus pocus is the cry

fingers are still crossed

Silently the old tree watches as his shadow lengthens

and shaking his once proud green headdress now no longer needed

but soon must fall to earth that he renewed may live again