Monthly Archives: May 2010

• Perhaps someone, or something, or someplace just caught you completely by surprise. • Or something happened that you never saw coming. • Or you made something happen or created a situation that was a complete surprise to others. • … Continue reading →

The Sorcerer A weaver of magical spells, the wizard Tom Wellington Wells, designed a love potion which caused a commotion as Gilbert’s narration foretells. An ugly and cranky old dame, for those who sought love to inflame, made tea from … Continue reading →

A member of a quilting forum to which I belong contributed this to a long thread about the Festival of Quilts forbidding entry to people wearing backpacks. I no longer go to most of the quilt shows, simply because I … Continue reading →

This prompt was not a piece of cake:  I hated the picture!  Therefore, three senryu. Pow Prompt Picture  Wonky weird picture does nothing for me at all and where’s the dormouse? I hated the book  the image no improvement surrealism … Continue reading →

Writer’s Island Prompt 4 Imaginary Friend, 2nd attempt. In Granville, Basse Normandie, France, there is a centre for Thalassotherapie where a good friend is staying following a hip replacement.  Yesterday we took her out for lunch – her first time … Continue reading →

Imaginary Friend Mister Stocker, my sister’s friend had a seat at the table, on the end. Solemnly fed turn and turn about; if forgotten, my sister would shout. Like rabbit friend Harvey he ate roast beef and gravy, took up … Continue reading →

  Hooray, it worked.  Thankyou Pamela.

WORDLE The Elephant Story, part II The caparisoned elephant has left the room, A sapient animal, he capitulated to our request to vacate the premises, leaving us crumpled but undaunted. A futile visit, a mere glitch in the musical performance.

Someone on BigTent Poetry was talking about a prompt to write a canzone – an even more complex form than the sestina.  This reminded me of this poem, written to let off steam when in the painful throes of an … Continue reading →

First anything  Why are firsts so important when it’s how we carry on that matters? First communion, ceremonial hush and holy feeling from fasting hunger to feasting full.  First kiss and all the rest – I can’t remember mine that … Continue reading →

Writers Island Prompt 3 – a few lines of balderdash  A Major Key  There’s an elephant in the room. ‘Someone let him out soon. He takes up too much space and is stinking out the place.’  ‘Can’t let him out. … Continue reading →

  Sound Effects Pebbles crunched and whinged underfoot as he prowled through achingly bright patches of light, succeeded by whipping winds and draggled clouds streaming to darken the sun. Mewing, flapping gulls streaked across the pewter sky above his head, … Continue reading →

An everyday story of garden folk (with apologies to the Archers, BBC Radio4) I smirkles when chesesti refts  Birdsi galard unwyzdig sorst atanc for a daily coakinge. Moggey hunts Birdsi: galard gonrom. Moggey cortsup defuncked: nonnes humful . “Ophymn” Galard fretstr. “nymilgu giall moggey.” Surebre uninglut gobvess inomal flartati ronsom axiangli carbari. Moggey beweds, tatble drozed. … Continue reading →