#MLMM – Page 2 – Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie

May 4, 2021

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in #challenge, flash fiction, fun and games, inspiration, life as an author, Poetry

Wordle #239 Morning did nothing to shake the cobwebs from last night’s dream.They had decided to exhume my mother-in-law.The piquant reminder followed me around.My wife seemed to be in with the fallout,cooking crepes for breakfast. Mother’s favourite.Friday, late afternoon, I skipped work.Sat in the park, beneath the cherry blossomsI watched that age-old chase, boys after…

#MLMM ~ #Sunday Writing Prompt:

May 3, 2021

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, #dreaming, #short story, exploring, flash fiction, inspiration, life as an author, Poetry, sharing interests

Floating free, surrounded by light,I found a tiny planet that drew me in.I walked for miles before finding a living being.Tiny, like the planet. No more than four foot tall.Asking where I could find a bed for the night,He pointed down the road to a small yellow building.I’m not what you call tall, five foot…

#MLMM ~ #Photo Challenge

Apr 29, 2021

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, #Magic, exploring, frustration, Poetry

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie The land melting, sliding overLike a waterfallA small mill paddling backwardsTrying to maintain a grip on steady landLike so many of us who have paddled backwardsTrying to retrieve our stepsTo right some wrong, in order to do better.When paddling forwardIt seems to me, the world is paddling backwardsSoon it will go full cycleWith…

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #362

Apr 22, 2021

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, #Dark, #Romance, blogging, flash fiction, frustration, inspiration, Poetry, sharing interests

My lantern lit, each day I sit, I waitMy work clothes damp from hands that gropeMy mask must stay until he comesGone this past year. A plan, he said,a house to build that must be secure,safe from hands that grope, eyes that seeThen I will ask you to be my wife, to live freeVanished from…

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie ~ #Poetry

Apr 19, 2021

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, blogging, flash fiction, inspiration, Poetry, sharing interests

MLMM Sunday Writing Prompt, April 11/2021 – FREEDOM HERE, in this grey worldWith my God given freedomI dance, to bring colour to this dull grey world.As I go through my routine, I realise how hard it is to changeThe stubborn hold on this grey matter.My feet bleed, my heart grows heavy,I cannot stop, I must bring…

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie ~ Wordle #236 #Poetry

Apr 14, 2021

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, #dreaming, exploring, flash fiction, haunting, inspiration, Poetry, sharing interests

The mournful sound of seashell held to the earBeing carried upward by memoryCold arms, the odour of sea saltStirring the motion as he rocks meWhispering how he no longer thinks of his life as a lonerI feel his brass buttons press against my chestAs he promises, this will be his last trip at seaOn his…

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #235

Apr 9, 2021

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, #dreaming, flash fiction, inspiration, Poetry, sharing interests

I feel the trespass, my mind invaded.Slow, sensual, my thoughts rearranged.The months of waiting disappear like a bad storm.Life’s elastic wonders spring backOpium hazed days linger.My palate full of unexplained sensationsA cascade of delight, the body surrendersThe gesture from mind screaming for more… © Anita Dawes 2021

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie #361 #Poetry

Apr 7, 2021

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, blogging, flash fiction, inspiration, Poetry, sharing interests

Photo Challenge #361 Striped socks, feet held close together Almost in prayer, wondering where to go Camera ready, campervan still to be found Small globe of the world. All of this doesn’t help. Old words on tape, tell of a story long lost Time past of adventures, what to do? Travel or paint. Time to…

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie ~ Photo Challenge #360 #Poetry

Apr 1, 2021

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, #Dark, #Shadows, flash fiction, frustration, inspiration, mystery, Poetry

There are days when I feel like a wild dog Ready to devour anything that gets in my way I am the silver back gorilla, king of my own urban jungle I am expected to have eight arms Like the octopus, to get the workload done I try blending in like the chameleon I feel…

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #234

Mar 31, 2021

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Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes

in #challenge, #Shadows, flash fiction, frustration, inspiration, Poetry

I stop to listen to the oracle Who speaks to me of greatness Of a person trying to enter my life Walking the line, fighting their way Through the layers of time I consider the day I let the good times bleed away Now my tears are empty. I have a tendency for the melodramatic…

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