Hello again. I finally caught up on finishing my posts for last month, turned round – and it was mid April! So I’d better get underway with ‘this’ month. It’s been a busy time, the last month – birthday party, school fair, actual birthday, family trip abroad…and in the meantime, building work, and the tail …
Category archives: Writing
Free the words: before the power runs out
There are various writing prompts out there – I’ve even got a couple to try out before the month is up. One lesser known one is: write until the power runs out. By this I mean, before I get to 10 mins left of power on the laptop and I need to plug it in …
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Free the words: tanka
Stepping out Once upon a time – the story starts. Slow down the pace: Every now and then, Some words go out for a walk. I meet them, sometimes, off duty. ======== [Something new here – not haiku, but slightly longer. A tanka, another form of Japanese poetry. I’m enjoying the discipline of creating lines …
Free the words: villanelle
Timeflight The birds fly down, the curving wings unfurl. Though I would catch them, make them stay, The summer’s gone, the autumn must return. They say that time is hard to trap – to trick, We scrabble hard to hold it. All the while, The birds fly down, the curving wings unfurl. Some …
Free the words: six words
Lights low Calm restored – Leak stopped. ========== [A friend regularly puts up six word posts on Facebook, often on Sundays. I noticed that he got quite a few people adding their own six word compositions, and thought I’d try one too. I realise this may come across as an April Fool’s joke. If only. …