Ekphrastic Challenge 13
Before Dawn, by Jan Price WHAT IF? JULIE RYSDALE We could have hauled our load up the stairs as high as we could go in that pretty pale moonlight. We would have dressed warmly for the chill ahead. And … Continued
“Winter is coming”
As announced on Games of Thrones, “Winter is coming”, but instead of walking icicles, we are threatened with extinction by bouncing droplets. I curse the infection, I condemn to Hell the prevaricators and politicos who have made our lives so miserable, and … Continued
Only In America
I was washing my hands and about to move to the blow drier when a woman burst into the restroom. I stopped in my tracks and stared. She was dressed in cords and carried a large canvas type bag. She had a hat covered in flowers with a tiny American flag stuck in the band.
‘Tis The Season
‘Tis the season to be quite jolly, rather merry and to take a break from the writing life. But then, there’s that itch at the end of one’s fingers, a keyboard tapping away by itself at midnight, or the pages of one’s journal aching to be filled and satisfied.
Time Needs No Command
By Ivor Steven Time Needs No Command The white moon has fallen lateA new daytime awaitsRollover out of dream timeRollover to the edge of timeLeave midnight’s caressing lullabyAnd discover the blue curtain sky It’s time to stretch and yawnIt’s time … Continued
To Russia With Love (Anna Karenina)
By Paul Brotheridge The first thing agreed upon Is disaster Although no-one actually Spells this out. Russians find clarity Uninteresting, Sell vodka cheap, But charge the earth for Happiness. Anna has married a pedant. Even so, She might have survived, … Continued
Xmas in July
By Claudia Collins Nurse June Carson wheeled her patient out onto the backyard veranda of his Daylesford home, taking care to set the brake on the chair. The house, built high on the hill, had commanding views over the township, … Continued
Because I could not stop…
By Geoff Gaskill I went out walking and came home with a black bra. Well, I didn’t come home with it, but the mystery did. I found it on my walk one late afternoon and can’t seem to get it … Continued
The Other Side of Red White and Blue
By Ivor Stevens It was the fourth of July The party seems to be finished Wondering how long I dozed off for Most of my friends have gone A few bodies left, laying on the floor Best I have a … Continued
Camels Are for Life
By Adrian Brookes Sometimes, as a teacher you get a suspicion you really have helped someone on their way, if not done some outright good. Fifth-year English was the first class of a Friday afternoon. They were a good bunch … Continued