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Continue reading →: 39. Fire-starters: Write about building a fire.Starting from the ground Dry, hard, combustible Add your kindling Something light that catches sparks Then your small bits of fuel Little sticks if you prefer Something to get from the kindling to the bigger twigs To transfer the energy across Conduction convection and radiation Atoms bubbling inside Snap crackle…
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Continue reading →: 38. Puzzle: Write about putting together the pieces of puzzles.We live in puzzling times Like these Very Puzzling Indeed. With Fake news And Fake views Something doesn’t feel quite right In this lockdown bed at night. Is it the fear The unknown Or the knowing. That keeps one feeling Whether uncertain Or suspicious or Hurting.
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Continue reading →: 37. Frame It: Write a poem or some phrases that would make for good wall art in your home.Wine’s first kiss. He sits there silent As a tone He tips his nose A sensory home A nod of the head To unlock the secret; Art within/ The mellow Dulcet tones Ring through his mind Like cats on heat His neurons tremble All this wine to reassemble With the;…
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Continue reading →: 36. War and Peace: Write about a recent conflict that you dealt with in your life.Continuation again of the Shadow Story: Chapter 3. Jim had recently finished one his ‘romantic’ flings with a gal named Susan. She was a real character as they like to say around the strip. There wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do to get her hands on money or her drink and…
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Continue reading →: 35. Sounds: Sit outside for about an hour. Write down the sounds you hear.
A continuation of my post number 29. Chapter Two. The city soundscape of Las Vegas is one like many others apart from the lack of bird song. You have the constant hum of traffic from the distance, intermittent honking of angry drivers trying to get to their destination in frustration…
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Continue reading →: 34. JewelleryIt was the only one of its kind. And she knew it. She had dreamt of holding this ring all of her life. Since she had seen it in that wedding magazine as a child in the salon waiting for her mother’s hair to be finished. It had been in…
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Continue reading →: 33. Re write – take a poem or short story and rewrite itShe came The same way she left & another will come & another will leave; Slowly / when no-ones expecting it When I become tired of waiting Like waiting for the love effects/ A long wait/ a slow wait The heart is open But love doesn’t just fly in To…
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Continue reading →: 32. Professor. About a teacher that has influenced you.
An old businessman Once Twice Thrive A failure The upwards swing And the downwards spiral All in good time will his lessons be learnt To avoid the waves of up and down One must paddle past the rough to the calm One must learn to walk the middle path The…
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Continue reading →: 31. Shopping
Money is the root of evil The money god watches over Omnipotente in his gaze Controlling all with a haze In sleepy suburbs, the proles Do lay in cheap shod linens Afraid to say That life is woe with food to eat As others without shoes upon their feet Walk…
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Continue reading →: 30. Good vibes. What makes you smile, what makes you happy?
“We made it” he exalted. Turning as he did to take in the view of the surrounding mountain range. His favourite girl by his side. “We did it mi love”. They hugged atop that unnamed peak, kissed and then held each other while taking in the view around them. Their…






