young dragon
was living in a deep forest
he pottered around there
and life was so good
but a problem
then reared up
poor dragon
he hadn’t expected that
such a great tragedy
it was cold and wet
freezing, but what
could he do?
young dragon
fled and flew into a cave
it was dry and warm too
and he mostly dozed
but then he sniffed
is it spring?
dear dragon
then flew down, back to that forest
he skipped and jumped too
his dragon wings
were beautiful
life was good!
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Oh
wow, this
is my moon.
She is always beautiful
from very thin to full
and often she’s so, so clear.
You’ll find her from north to south,
but we have only seen her lovely front.
However, now we have seen her wonderful dark side,
and we believe that she’ll start to sing a melody.
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Image credit: NASA @Unsplash
This image is of the dark side of the moon and you can see the earth on the horizon- setting. Artemis II crew took this picture on April 6th.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #339 photo prompt.
Of course, I’m a big girl – and I’m a beautiful one, too. You see, I’m Clarissa, and this is Jennifer, and we’re the two best layers in this farm.
There are quite a lot of us around this place, and we’re all free. Free to peck in many nice places. There are walls and gates around the farm, and that is sensible. And we’re all kept in our coops in the night-time. It’s too scary otherwise, since there are foxes.
Now there is Floyd?
He’s the rooster, and a pretty good one.
He must cry from morning to night.
He’s very, very noisy, but we’re all happy about that.
It’s early, and it’s time for us to lay.
Jolly good, we’ve done it. So now it’s pecking time.
But what are these little things?
Piggies?
Do we remember those?
Maybe.
But we’ll just ignore them.
Let’s go back to pecking.
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150 words
P.S. Clarissa and Jennifer were real hens, and Floyd was a real rooster. They had lovely lives for many years in our yard!
Photo Prompt © David Stewart
“Ooh, gosh, what a wonderful spread, and we haven’t even got to the table yet.”
“Awesome isn’t it?”
“I’m just craning over several tables to see what people are eating. No, I don’t think it’s rude. I’m just wondering what I might choose.”
“I’m going to call that waiter… rather attractive, isn’t he, don’t you think?”
“Ah, we should also think about wine.”
“Hmm, definitely a bottle of wine, and that will be fine.”
The two of them went quiet for a couple of minutes.
The waiter appeared.
Then soon everything was sorted.
“Now all we need is a selfie!”
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers
Genre: Fiction
Word Count: 100
so roses are red
such a cliché, isn’t it
still this is off white
it’s very pleasing, lovely
although this is a painting
and this is it? that’s right
so clever, I’m really impressed
that’s beautifully done
and what is his name, do tell
he was called Vincent van Gogh
🌹🌹🌹
Image credit: Jay Sadangi @Unsplash
This image shows a window with rusted borders. The window is divided into four panes. Behind the bottom two panes, a beautiful bunch of white flowers is visible.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #338 photo prompt.
The two boys had been peering over one of the back gardens where there was a large shed. They could see something interesting, and they really wanted to see more.
“We could go around to the front and knock.”
“Or we could just bunk over the fence.”
And so they did. And luckily the shed wasn’t locked.
“Ooh look, it’s a tiny train on the track, and everything else.”
“Such detail.”
“And perfectly to scale too.”
The two boys looked at each other and grinned, and then they stared some more.
“That little train is immaculate.”
“It’s in the proper colours, like British Rail.”
Then an old man appeared. “Oy, what are you up to?” But then he grinned. “Okay kids, I’m happy to show how it works, and you can watch.”
The two boys grinned back.
“This is going to be fun!”
“And you can call me Uncle Bill.”
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150 words
Photo Prompt © Lily
Well it’s not published quite yet, but I’m sure it will. Shall I read some to you, and you can listen? And maybe you might make some comments?
See, I’ve printed all of this out, and it’s in my binder here. I will open it at the start.
I’m quite pleased about the very beginning. It flows rather nicely since the main protagonist, well, she’s pretty feisty and she has some large and heavy keys, and that’s the crux of the whole story, even at the first paragraph.
Oh, you’re going out? Not ready to listen to what I’ve written?
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers
Genre: Book Excerpt
Word Count: 100
I will drink coffee
and you will drink lovely tea
but she drinks wine, gosh
that is rather radical
yes indeed, what a woman
“Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.”
let’s slide closer to her
look, she talks fast and loudly
very funny though
she’s so, so dry, isn’t she
and we know her name, don’t we
― Dorothy Parker
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Image credit: Andes Beltran @Unsplash
This image shows someone holding three cups and the cups are made in the image of a woman’s face. The expression on the three cups are slightly different from each other.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #337 photo prompt.
Photo Prompt © Ted Strutz
But is it art?
What do you mean?
Well, it’s not really real.
Sorry?
It has been generated with software.
It’s not surreal, no. It’s very realistic.
Now that I understand. I could munch some fruit in there.
That bit of banana is beautiful, isn’t it?
And that mug of coffee looks hot.
That old photo looks interesting too.
I like the way that artist is working outside.
It’s called en plein air
Ooh, impressive.
You know there is a market for buying crypto-art?
You don’t say?
Yep, it’s called Non Fungible Tokens.
Well, all I can say is… blimey!
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers
Genre: Fiction
Word Count: 100
Chicago, Chicago! What a wonderful city. We know it’s called the Windy City, but from here in this lovely hotel it seems blissful. Such a gorgeous view. We can see for miles and miles. All those striking skyscrapers. What a joy!
So we crane our heads at those views to see the river. The river? No, we mean that huge lake. Ah yes, Lake Michigan. That’s the one.
Okay, so what are we going to do now?
Well, we’ve dropped our stuff in this very nice room.
I’m saying, food.
We could go to get a couple of Chicago-style hot dogs… Downtown Dogs?
Or let’s push our boats out, what about ‘Girl and The Goat’. It’s a very good restaurant, apparently.
Now you’re talking!
so let’s leave them there
since we know some good new facts
anyone else to go?
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Image credit: Alessandro Guarino @Unsplash
This image shows the view from inside a hotel room out of the window. High rise buildings present a calm scene. According to the photographer it is; Nobu hotel-Chicago; the city never asks to be let in. The bed is made and the room seems unoccupied.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #336 photo prompt.
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