Tag Archives: creative writing

“Thistle do?”

Posted on 01/08/2011 by

I have decided I need another job. By that I mean an additional job – one that’ll take up my current days off. But I don’t want to nurse on these days, I want to try something else. (I am … Continue reading →

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Haiku-esque 9th February! 2011

Posted on 09/02/2011 by

Hazel catkins hang loose limbed in the biting wind releasing pollen.

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January hope

Posted on 19/01/2011 by

The incipient buds on the pink magnolia have a downy coat

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Alternative Nursery Rhymes

Posted on 18/01/2011 by

Over on Boa’s Chariot there’s a competition for revamped nursery rhymes. Here are a few of mine, some of which were written a while back, so probably don’t count for the competition! Lottery There was a crooked man, who walked … Continue reading →

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Rooks

Posted on 14/01/2011 by

Wind Ruffled Two wind ruffled rooks survey their flight paths from the roof ridge and side-ways step like black caped circus acts caught halfway between clowns and acrobats balancing against the breeze. They shout raucous ribaldry to their brothers at … Continue reading →

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Connections

Posted on 12/01/2011 by

I’ve been thinking about connections and the way things across the universe link together since reading Kate’s Synapse post. Like a ripple her empathy with this blogger has connected with others, and thus re-connected with him. In turn Kate’s post … Continue reading →

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New poems from old?

Posted on 09/01/2011 by

To follow my last post’s challenge I selected  this poem from the Oxford Brookes site: Big Band Theory by Sharon Bryan It all began with music, with that much desire to be in motion, waves of longing with Nothing to … Continue reading →

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A post a day for a whole year?

Posted on 08/01/2011 by

WordPress challenge to ‘write a post a day’ led me to this : http://www.pw.org/writing-prompts-exercises which looks interesting. I know I can’t post everyday… (I mean holidays for a start, usually without internet contact would mean ‘no post’) – but I … Continue reading →

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Parcels

Posted on 08/01/2011 by

An Unexpected gift A parcel in the post jammed in the letter slit stuck, too plump to fall on the mat and her heart jumps as it did on her seventh or eighth birthday and fumbling she pulls it free … Continue reading →

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Starling Haiuku-esque 4th January 2011

Posted on 04/01/2011 by

The flock undulates separates, reforms and swoops. Feathers brush the dusk. Birds lift together as if thrilled by night’s approach then descend to roost.

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