The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: miscellany
Secret Abuse #99wordstories
This week’s #carrotranch prompt is May 9, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about two who cankeep a secret. Is the secret between them or is one keeping a secret from the other. Who … Continue reading
Extraction Reaction #blogbattle
This month’s #blogbattle prompt is Extract Extraction Reaction ‘What do we have, today?’ Guy Nocollogist, dentist to the stars, pulled on his Dior rubbers and smeared the antiseptic wipe (Bug Death by Chanel) over his palms. ‘Oh you’ll love this … Continue reading
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Another Useless Sacrifice, Perkins? #writephoto
This week’s #writephoto prompt is Lou Tenant and May Jerr admired their handy work. Normally these doyens of the paperclip counting brigades would have eschewed hard work and anything that might generate a callous but in times of conflict heroes … Continue reading
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The Right To Protest #writephoto
Bit late this week, but this prompt led to this contemporary piece The Right To Protest ‘What do you think you’re doing sonny?’ Constable Jimmy Strength crouched down to the same height as the chicken. ‘You one of those road … Continue reading
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When You’re A Heel You’ll End Up in Hell #99wordstories
Another prompt from the Carrot Ranch May 1, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about high water. Hell can be involved, or not. Is high water a new drink? A crisis in nature or … Continue reading
An Atom A Day #poem #poetry
At school they said: ‘Geoffrey, Be whatever you want to be. There’s an infinite range of possibilities in me. Which must be true as I’ve itemised How atomised I am. I have 6.5 octillion atoms Dotted all round and about … Continue reading
Hot Hot Hot #limerick
This week’s prompt is face and I’m up onto my soap box First I wrote this For all those running the human raceAnd remaining intent on upping their pace:If you don’t stop bleatingThat we’re not overheating,You’ll never again show your … Continue reading
Kingston To Donkey Wood
Another day, another walk. This one is a section of the LOOP. The London Outer Orbital Path and is reasonably signposted. The LOOP, as the name suggests skirts around London and in total is about 150 miles. It’s a brother … Continue reading
Posted in London, miscellany, walking
Tagged Bushy Park, deer, history, London, LOOP, River crane, walking
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Painting The Town Hall #99wordstories
This week’s prompt is April 24, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about the color of hope. Who is in need of hope and why? How can you use color to shape the story? … Continue reading
Miss Quoting #limerick
Sometimes the prompt is just too hard – quote Some people who you’ll find quotingwhat clever people have wrotingThink themselves smartBut they’re just a pain in the artAnd deserve to receive a good boating….
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