tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16012579435961107392024-03-13T17:41:13.362-07:006 pm pyjamasmotherhood, films, books and everything in-between including chickens.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-151975426547842242018-03-02T07:53:00.002-08:002018-03-02T07:53:49.840-08:00Writing prompts March 1st<br />
And for the next one...<br />
<br />
The magic is in you<br />
but the leaves are drooping<br />
and I hear it falling<br />
through the gap that<br />
used not to be there<br />
when the magic was in you<br />
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<a href="https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/" target="_blank">https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-77388300642796321652018-03-02T07:47:00.000-08:002018-03-02T07:47:04.367-08:00Writing prompt Feb 22A late entry for this one. I've been reading more than writing and that needs to be addressed!<br />
<br />
The hoop<br />
<br />
The net hanging high,<br />
All hopes waiting there. Just breathe.<br />
Hear the cheers and leap.<br />
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<a href="https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/" target="_blank">https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/</a><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-24620567163614800952018-02-20T12:45:00.000-08:002018-02-20T12:45:13.388-08:00Writing prompt February 15th<br />
Time for another weekly challenge.<br />
<br />
Your reflection there<br />
Watching, waiting approval<br />
I see you tarnished.<br />
<br />
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<a href="https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/" target="_blank">https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-47761226234164737542018-02-08T12:48:00.000-08:002018-02-08T12:48:06.346-08:00Creative writing prompt Feb 8th<a href="https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/" target="_blank">https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/</a><br />
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<br />
Beauty tanka<br />
<br />
Don't touch she warned but<br />
I couldn't resist and so<br />
my fingers slid past<br />
and touched. As my skin shrivelled<br />
she fell silent and left me.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-88664126192591797482018-02-04T12:23:00.003-08:002018-02-04T12:23:52.353-08:00Creative writing prompt Feb 1st<br />
New competition for a new month. Time to get thinking. I'm really enjoying the challenge of these weekly writing prompts. It's good to get ideas down quickly and see where they lead to.<br />
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<a href="https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/" target="_blank">https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/</a><br />
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The light came upon him unexpectedly. He stopped painting and remembered he should have gone to confession. The light somehow commanded him to speak so with a grimace at the wall with its tired surface still exposed, he began. Gesticulating, tired arms outstretched, he tried to explain. His heart ached with the honesty that poured from him. Tears fell although they had no right to after all this time passed. The light didn't change, there was no flicker, no shift in the shadows cast, no choir, no incense. Perhaps it was all too late. He went back to the wall and continued painting.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-8693201994379385142018-01-25T12:54:00.001-08:002018-01-25T12:54:34.306-08:00Creative writing prompt January 25th<br />
Time for another run at creativity...<br />
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<a href="https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/" target="_blank">https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/</a><br />
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Wake me up when I'm famous she'd never heard him say, although he'd claimed at the party that it was his catch phrase. Wake me up, now that bit was familiar. He had never owned an alarm clock he'd said the night before the morning after. She imagined him being late for work in a few hours as she left under cover of darkness for the bus stop and saw a fox watching her from the hedge. Perhaps he would invest in an alarm clock now.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-25425585177943586952018-01-24T12:54:00.004-08:002018-01-24T12:54:54.196-08:00Creative writing prompt December 7thNow I'm trying to discipline myself to write everyday, these little opportunities are invaluable. It's hard getting back into good habits but definitely worth it.<br />
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<a href="https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/" target="_blank">https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/</a><br />
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Playing with form.<br />
Tanka.<br />
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57577<br />
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I ache for the sun<br />
and sky sighs the tree within,<br />
Lost now forever.<br />
Caught behind the cello strings,<br />
A moment of the blackbird<br />
darkly singing still remains.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-85587625153226646012018-01-23T13:33:00.003-08:002018-01-23T13:33:40.117-08:00Creative writing Ink prompt January 11th<br />
<a href="https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/" target="_blank">https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/</a><br />
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<u>You are so loved</u><br />
<u><br /></u>
The cross beds deep into the skin<br />
It tells of love and sacrifice<br />
The ink speaks with bitter tears and the pain of hope<br />
Of capable hands and hearts that overflow<br />
Of miracles and disbelief, anger and acceptance<br />
Belonging and reaching out<br />
Hands in the sky<br />
Hearts emboldened<br />
Eyes searching and spirit clamouring<br />
It speaks of beginning and ending<br />
Of compassion and wonder<br />
The cross lies deep across the skin<br />
You are so loved.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-87007637006108502018-01-23T13:17:00.001-08:002018-01-23T13:17:32.036-08:00Writing prompt January 18th<u>You Got This</u><br />
<u><a href="https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/" target="_blank">https://www.creativewritingink.co.uk/resources/writing-prompts/</a></u><br />
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<br />
You got this she told herself<br />
You got this he told himself<br />
You got this they told themselves<br />
Everybody's got somebody, somebody said<br />
Ain't that the truth?<br />
No.<br />
Nobody got me.<br />
Except me.<br />
And I've got this.<br />
It's mine.<br />
I'm not letting go.<br />
So go get your own.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-7774090692267570672018-01-22T12:50:00.002-08:002018-01-22T12:50:38.023-08:00I haven't posted in a very long time, probably not for a couple of years I reckon. I'm restarting now as I want to refocus on my creative writing and this is a good base to do it from as there are competitions that I can enter from here. I'm reading a lot more and being challenged by that. I'm also writing a ghost story although it is hard going and the motivation has to come from competition deadlines at this stage. Hopefully this will change as I get some of the old discipline back!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-44612719533210077062016-08-07T05:01:00.002-07:002016-08-07T05:01:41.617-07:00Blueberry StormcloudDays 6 and 7 for the poetry writing and I'm still falling back on the good old staple of haiku - and not even technically using the form correctly.... Perhaps just a generic short verse form would suffice. Still, it's quick and interesting and is a good way to keep writing, even in a minimalist way!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Blueberry</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">I hate blueberries</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">No berry should ever be blue</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">That is bubble gum</span><br />
<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Stormcloud</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple;">stormcloud come to me</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">raised eyebrows, smile curling now</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">at those who scatter</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">electric oxygen high</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">grey warning of shocks to come </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-21492922124872130212016-08-06T12:57:00.001-07:002016-08-06T12:58:21.870-07:00For the first time in a long time...I haven't written anything in a VERY long while! I'm just back from Paris so may well write something about that in a while but for the time being, Maria (<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2378533675754752363#overview/src=dashboard" target="_blank">https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2378533675754752363#overview/src=dashboard</a>) and I are writing poetry for this month using random words as a stimulus. I've missed the first five so here there are in one go - <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Charity</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Charity is dead,<br />when lying on the floor, she <br />reaches out in vain.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"></span><span style="color: lime;">Ink</span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">i stumbled across<br />a river of your light and <br />curious words here</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Mimosa</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">you shrink from my touch<br />frond fingers reaching in to<br />protect your beauty</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"></span>Rain<br />
some rain falls often <br />
on the plain but the rest falls<br />
on this sceptred isle<br />
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<br />
<span style="color: purple;"></span><span style="color: orange;">Happened</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">she wished for something<br />so fiercely that her heart hurt<br />but nothing happened</span><br />
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<br />
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: black;">It's just for fun but it's good to spend time thinking about words again!</span> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-47054371517097241932015-06-17T13:20:00.002-07:002015-06-17T13:20:43.649-07:00June poetry days - 15, 16, 17. <span style="color: red;"><u>Glue </u></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><u>Experiment </u></span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Your colour palette glues me to you</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Experiment with me and find my truth</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">My meaning is yours so tangle me</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">In your hands and catch my glitter</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><u>Statuesque</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Politicise these curves</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Drag me screaming</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Your cause is not mine </span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">Go create your storm</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">That teacup is calling you</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-56641359489541630862015-06-13T03:26:00.001-07:002015-06-13T03:26:31.173-07:00June days 12, 13 and 14!<u>Boxes Knife Ineptitude</u><br />
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Ineptitude hides me, boxing me in<br />
Hauls me by my scruff and shakes hard<br />
Stifles my breath and grinds my teeth<br />
Plucks at my skin and leaves a burn<br />
Ruins my hair and makes my face a joke<br />
But the knife slices me free and the box lies empty. <br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-36130826797278212352015-06-11T13:17:00.001-07:002015-06-11T13:17:17.930-07:00June poetry days 10, 11 and 12.<u>Joy Forest Boxes</u><br />
The box lies on the mat, fat and waiting<br />
It sits, ambivalent and pleased with itself <br />
While you circle it and wonder why<br />
Nothing has been ordered you think<br />
And that suspicion creeps fast towards you<br />
A joke perhaps or something more<br />
Something worthwhile that a forest fell<br />
And is still falling to bring mysterious treats<br />
To a doorstep far away<br />
In the hope of joy awakeningAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-85673977592827577592015-06-09T13:23:00.002-07:002015-06-09T13:23:38.685-07:00June days 8 and 9
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There's a haiku here, a sure sign of playing poetry catch up!</div>
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<u>Solitude</u></div>
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Solitude wraps me in a blanket and offers a broad shoulder
to cry on</div>
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<u>Newt</u></div>
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A scaled foot in weed,</div>
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The eye, watching you looking.</div>
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Blinks and disappears.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-89985117806004361482015-06-07T13:13:00.000-07:002015-06-07T13:13:05.201-07:00June poetry days 6 and 7 - Sunburn and SeaThe sea carries its sunburn lightly tonight<br />
Dipping beneath the waves to sail the sky<br />
For the waking of the other side of the world <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-13921518649462282282015-06-04T21:46:00.004-07:002015-06-04T21:47:10.961-07:00June poetry days 4 and 5 - behind already!! Indecision and Mindful<u>Indecision</u><br />
The indecision is mine<br />
The consequence yours<br />
I fight my troubled mind<br />
While you argue with yours<br />
If I turn away it is not in hate<br />
I have released you<br />
Accept it<br />
<br />
<u>Mindful</u><br />
Thinking about<br />
Creator God<br />
The planet<br />
The seas<br />
People all over the world<br />
Everyone in my community<br />
Everyone not in my community<br />
Just everyone<br />
Keep some room for me.<br />
<br />
Be kind<br />
Thoughtful<br />
Remember others<br />
Try hard<br />
Do your best<br />
Accept the reality of your situation<br />
Strive<br />
Be brave<br />
Love<br />
Live.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-25132979324295045282015-06-03T12:47:00.003-07:002015-06-03T12:47:44.897-07:00Poetry day 3 - Kettle
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<u>Kettle</u></div>
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Polly puts the kettle on when she is fed up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a mistake because as she slams the
dented red metal down on the kitchen table, hot water takes its cue and leaps
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She watches as the scalding stream
hisses towards her arm, bare to the elbow and waits for the bite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She could have moved but she chose not
to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She could have screamed but she
chose not to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mistress looked on
fast movements and loud noises with little enthusiasm although she was four
floors up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you least expected it,
she would make a comment about the running of the house and you would lose your
monthly afternoon off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Polly spends the
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I decided to try prose today. It might lead to something. Or not. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-5663485817022938742015-06-01T21:23:00.002-07:002015-06-01T21:23:43.794-07:00June poetry day 2 - studio
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I've never been a dancer but this is how I imagine it might feel.</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u>Studio</u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">the studio is hot and dark there but light right here</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">on go the lamps - bang - and the scene is real</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">feet scratch the surface padding powder puffs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">trailing damp as a sign that we are at work</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">music pounds a beat within though there </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">is silence without </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">movement is swift, contorted, full of painful lust</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">the twists, the curves and stretch</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">more and give more and keep giving</span></div>
<span style="color: #351c75;">
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<span style="color: #351c75;">more</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<span style="color: #351c75;">
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<span style="color: #351c75;">breathe now and smile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #351c75;">you live this.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">show them.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-71824814488322118982015-05-31T21:19:00.000-07:002015-05-31T21:19:31.948-07:00June poetry day 1 Heartburn<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>Heartburn</u></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">My heart burns for you,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">A twisting thing of sweetness.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">But bitter tendrils lash at the edges</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Of my dreams and nightmares,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">While you look away</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">And away,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Before that pretty acknowledgement</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">With the knowing nod and squeeze,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Leaving fleshy seeds scattered</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Like the split pomegranate lying beneath its tree.</span></span><br />
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This is the first of a month of writing exercises to get the flow starting...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-8470327517143377102015-05-24T08:01:00.003-07:002015-05-24T08:01:37.372-07:00Long time coming...So I don't appear to have posted in a long while. So much has happened! Okay, well the new Star Wars film has its second trailer and a name. Counting down to December the 18th when The Force Awakens. Please don't let me down, J.J!! Maria and I (<a href="http://mgoodson.blogspot.co.uk/">http://mgoodson.blogspot.co.uk</a>) have had sort of fun writing a two handed short story where we had to write 100 words each per day and keep it coherent. It almost worked! It was fun though. Collaborative stuff always is. I didn't post any of that up here, not sure why. I've got some inspiration to write something, anything once a week - just to round up what I have been doing and give myself an aerial view of my life. In the meantime though, there is a holiday to take, an assignment to finish and a new job to find. I will get on that soon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-17928895576767222872015-02-01T12:00:00.001-08:002015-02-01T12:00:21.157-08:00Poetry - the final day
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">This January's series of poetry writing tasks has been fun. I managed to work on a few new forms which I haven't been able to in the past and kept to one subject throughout; dementia. Again, this is something I haven't done before. As always, I should spend more time revising and editing my ideas but as usual, the time has just slipped away. Next time...</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Airbourne</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Soar high,
up so high</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Run free
forever,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Choose your
path – you can travel them all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Travel them
all, take your time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">All time is
yours now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Breathe
deeply, throw leaves in the air</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Crisp leaves
are airbourne, breathe the world in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Where will
you go?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Meet
friends, embrace your family</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Your family
is waiting for you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Go towards
them, you are safe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Be at peace
now, all confusion is gone.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-51917635594309581642015-01-29T21:24:00.002-08:002015-01-29T21:24:37.780-08:00Poetry penultimate day!
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<u><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Morning</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Dawn breaks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Announcing itself proudly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">While sweeping away the dark</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Birds trumpet the arrival</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">The air snaps with possibility</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Colours spread across the sky</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">The energy of a new day crackles</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17852470180990602675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601257943596110739.post-69594215958715516972015-01-28T21:25:00.000-08:002015-01-28T21:25:02.754-08:00Poetry day 28
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<u><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Stagger</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Once you
staggered towards me with a milk bottle in your hand,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>determined to close the space between us that
shoved you further from me with each passing second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I thought of
milk at school, passed round at break times – glass bottles and thin striped
straw stuck through the gleaming silver top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I thought of
mother’s milk, nurturing and necessary to grow that tiny baby into a real
person with thoughts, dreams, desires of their own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">I could
never know what you were thinking right then, I imagine you could not have told
me either,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">as you
stared through me, hated me and tried to glass me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter";">Dementia is
cruel.</span></div>
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