Category: flash fiction
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The Sunday Whirl ~ Wordle 518 ~ #Poetry
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I watch the yellow leaves of autumn fallingOn coming winter, carpets the land with new colourMy phone rings, down the line I hear the bad newsLate last night our pastor took a new journeyOne not planned. His wheels hit a patch of oilSending his car over the bridgeOur small village gatheredOut tears mingled with the…
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#Keepitalive ~ #Whatdoyousee ~#WDYS ~#Poetry
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For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a view of the setting sun over a body of water. In the foreground, you can see wooden steps leading into the water. Gray clouds are drifting in the sky. The grey clouds don’t bother meI sit here most morningsContemplating the dayThis time I wondered if I…
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#FFFC ~ Heads ~ #Poetry
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Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #134 For the visually challenged writer, the photo is of woman sitting on a chair in front of a bathroom sink and putting on a head on top of her body. Wurzel Gummidge comes to mindThat loveable scarecrowReminding me of the many headsWe all must swap on a daily basisThank God for…
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MLMM ~ Photo Challenge #381 ~ Poetry
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Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie The old screen legendsThe heroes I worshippedAt Saturday morning cinemaThey had ten minutes to jump on the lightTo enable them to return in a new formOr be trapped in this wastelandTo play out their old roleJohnny Weissmuller, swinging through the treesRoy Rogers on TriggerSo many heroes played out in my fantasiesgave me hours…
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MLMM ~ Wordle #256 ~#Poetry
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Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie How can a page from a story run through my grey matterTake hold of the back of my neck to have a gorgonize effectI heard the doorbell ring, decided to ignore itI knew it would be my old pal, LuckyGoing on about the strange landmarkHe found on a map he picked up in…
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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge X 2
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A Rainbow Sky Step into the futurePeople wait to greet youUnder a rainbow skyNew life begins… Playthe gamelose your lifespin, try to winshadows watch your timeold souls play beside youthe game is rigged, know the trickright hand shake the dice, left hand throwtrick the Gods of what they think they knowthe left-hand throw is meant…
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Eugi’s Weekly Prompt ~ Journey ~ #Poetry
Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Journey – Sept. 2, 2021 I had been walking for two hoursThe road ahead looked longMy feet had moved a lot of roads behind meI didn’t seem to be getting anywhereThe road kept stretching,like soft coloured bubble gumfaces were beginning to formhands held out towards mebegging, pleading for helpI didn’t dare look…
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The Sunday Whirl ~ Wordle 517
I believe a filter for the brain should be available on the NHSI have met a few people of late that could do with oneI must admit, I was right on this occasionThe monkey cage was filthyI could sense their hunger as they huddled in the cornerTrying to get away from the coldIt is never…
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MLMM ~ Wordle #255 ~ #Poetry
Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie I could see his blue sweatshirt was tornThe pain inflicted shone on his faceThe vulgarity of it tore at my heartThere grew a longing to helpI noticed white feathers drop beside the young boyWhich told me an angel was watching over himAn old saying popped into mindTrouble follows troubleIs there a way to…