No Peace Today
yeah yeahwhywhat are you doing hereshift your bones old womanwho asked you along anywaymy spacego awaydon’t come backbet you can’t bark as loud as meI would have a gobut I came here for peaceand quietwell you’re silent anywaybut where’s the peacenot herenot todayI might bite youjust see if I don’tyou’re a menacethe authorities should ban […]
Man Called Stan
there was a young man called Stanwho bought everything fit for a manhe squeezed it all into placewhilst stuffing his faceand said I think I need a new plan he went to the estate agent on the hight streetand explained he needed more inches and feethis place was too smallit wouldn’t do at allhe hardly […]
Things I Cared About – With tongue in cheek
Love. I cared about love. It came in many forms from many different kinds of people. I gave as much as I could manage. Breath. Yours or mine, or ours together, knowing we get to see another day. Mouthwash is good. Imbalance. Not everything has to be the same. Imperfection, too. It seems I have […]
Gills and Fins – For children everywhere
oh to be a little fishswimming from afarminding my own businesswhen they put me in a jar they took me to their homeand then they had their teabut what I really want to knowis where’s the food for me dying of heat and hungerthey returned me to the poolI loved the fresh waterand I found […]
Ruby’s Prompts 2024 Week One Prompt one — ‘Read or Die’
Brewed in the land of Macbeth, Fraser’s form slid from the cauldron, a messy mixture, at best. Trying to describe it, takes some moxie, but I’ll give it a go… Inside the head, there is a jungle of twisted leaves and thorns, signs of ‘No Trespassing’, and dangerous swamps and traps. Hidden under the skin […]
Ten Ways Not To Write Listicles – Excitement does not wait within
1 Don’t read rubbish like this 2 Stop getting excited by the ‘content’ word, and only allow your writing to be described as writing or the genre or sub-genre that it is. (See Clive Thompson’s great examination of ‘content’ here) 3 Remove the words ‘digital marketing’ from your vocabulary 4 Stop clicking on ‘click bait’ 5 Consider […]
Making Fun of The Self – On talking whilst alone
Some might think I talk a lot less living on my own. Maybe I do, but it seems otherwise to me. I constantly ask questions of myself and the inanimate objects within the room. And I have full-blown conversations through the window with the birds, the cats and the occasional rat crossing the lawn. The […]
Nine-and-Three Quarters Things I Do Every Day – What else am I to do?
Just pausing to poke some fun at myself…… Breathe — as long as I remember to take the meds and attach the headset at night Moan about something — I don’t think I’m very good at it, despite working at it for so long — I could just go on and on and on explaining […]
I Want To Be – Not yet certain
I want to be me, but the me which is only occasionally me wants to be me too. Problem. I want to be left alone, but only when I don’t want to be with you and all of them too. I want to be younger, with the knowledge I have now……but everyone wants that. I […]
A Handful of Words – For your amusement
Abundance — A rival form of dance to that of Morris Dancing, often performed with food items as props (real meaning — plenty, large quantity). Ajillytea — A type of hot drink valued by older people for improving their movements (see also ‘Mohbillytea’). Annasteeja — Where people now store their tea bags, named after the first person to […]