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
Tag Archives: #writephoto
The Economic Inevitability of Haystacks
This week’s #writephoto prompt is The Economic Inevitability of Haystacks. After retiring from the Scots Terriers (Motto: Always fear the dogs of war) Major Shirley Som-Mishtake RSVP, WTF Lefthanded and Bar took up farming Little Tittweaking’s Lower Bowel. In 2022, … Continue reading
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When Is A Door Not A Door? #writephoto
this week’s writephoto prompt is ‘Oh. Good morning. My name is Charleston and…’ ‘You’re not one of them Jehoshaphats, are you? Can’t abide them, trying to flog me a water tower, when I have a perfectly adequate cistern…’ ‘Do you … Continue reading
An Extraordinary Era – Gone, Never Forgotten
Of course, I knew it would happen but now it has and it’s unreal. Surreal. The Queen, Our Queen, My Queen is dead. I’ve not known anything else than an Elizabethan era. And now it’s a retrospective. It’s quite easy … Continue reading
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Losing His Religion #writephoto
This week’s #writephoto prompt is Godfrey Dankgutter hadn’t ever regretted his decision to become a Buddhist, even when his third plane of existence had turned out to be a dung beetle. He was one of the fortunate ones who’d avoided … Continue reading
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And A Terrible Time Was Had By All #writephoto
This week’s #writephoto prompt is fun and fluffy, though what about the response… The panel stood and waited until the interviewee settled. One, a woman with flamming hair and an unfeasibly black shield that made your eyes turn inside out … Continue reading
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A Wall? #writephoto
The weekly #writephoto prompt is Twas a dark and stormy night… Harold Pinstripe lifted his sword. ‘Quo Vadis?’ He’d developed quite a nice boom, which counterpointed his natural Dorset burr and made him sound more bull than buffoon. ‘Yer what?’ … Continue reading
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The Future Of Tradition #writephoto
This weeks prompt for #writephoto is this… The Reverend Ebenezer Pont consoled himself with the notion that he was doing his bit for Christianity. He couldn’t deny the last few years had been difficult: heightened secularism, scandals, financial irregularities and … Continue reading
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Sigh And The World Sighs With You #writephoto
This week’s #writephoto prompt is ‘Phil? Is that you?’ Helen Back adjusted her thick spectacles and squinted at the little hut. Slowly the figure Helen had seen began to unfurl. And kept unfurling until he loomed over the small slight … Continue reading
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Fishy, Dead Fishy #writephoto
This weeks prompt for #writephoto is this Fishy, Dead Fishy Doug Deep and Pete Bogge enjoyed their Sundays away from their wives. They spent many happy hours at Little Tittweaking’s artificial lake, Loch Smithe, casting their lines in the hope … Continue reading
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The Eyes To The Soul #writephoto
This week’s prompt is this Eyes To The Soul Millicent Tendency harrumphed. It was becoming an unconscious habit, like adding ‘like’ into her sentences and voting green. This tick was triggered by the front door bell, though ‘bell’ hardly did … Continue reading
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