he’s Sun, rising his head
breathing blissfully
as he looks out and around
he begins to stride out
over oceans, mountains and lakes
turning from east to west
later, it’s evening
now it’s her turn
and she’s Selene
forever… perhaps
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Image credit: Ompragash Viswanathan @ Unsplash
For the visually challenged reader, this image shows the sun rising over the horizon lending its golden glow to the water.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #269 photo prompt.
My Goodreads Reviews – click next to them
Dark Butterflies: Poetry and short stories of mental health by Jude Itakali
Poetry Treasures 3: Passions by Kaye Lynne Booth and Robbie Cheadle
Beneath the Deep Wave (One with Nature Book 2) by Andrew McDowell
Simple Pleasures: Haiku from the Place Just Right by Elizabeth Gauffreau
Misty the Cat… Unleased by Dave Astor
The Korpes File Series – Short Stories: Vol 1 by J. I. Rogers
Some Day I’ll Fly Away by Linda Dutton
Broken Ties (Realms of the Mist, #2) by Jude Itakali
Natural Selection (Dawn of Humanity #3) by Jacqui Murray
The Moons of Autumn by Colleen M. Chesebro & Jules Paige
The Enchantress by Michael Scott
Neema the Misfit Giraffe by Robbie Cheadle & Michael Cheadle
Creative Gems: Volume 3 by Andrea Benko
Fascinating Facts about Famous Fiction Authors by Dave Astor
A little nod for us in WP, since we like to write, read, post and blog!
Jude Itakali – Tales Told Different – https://judeitakali.wordpress.com/
Kaye Lynne Booth – Writing to be Read – https://writingtoberead.com/
Robbie Cheadle – https://roberta-writes.com/ and https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/
Andrew McDowell – https://andrewmcdowellauthor.com/
Elizabeth Gauffreau – Fiction Writer in Poet’s Clothing – https://lizgauffreau.com/
Dave Astor on Literature – https://daveastoronliterature.com/
Jacqui Murray – https://worddreams.wordpress.com/
Colleen M. Chesebro – Tanka Tuesday – https://tankatuesday.com/
Jules Paige – Jules Pens Some Gems – https://julesinflashyfiction.wordpress.com/
Darnell Cureton – Fictionista – https://darnellcureton.com/
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© Ayr/Gray
The four vampires – Joan, Francis, Scatty and the Old One, the two gargoyles plus the red-head woman had been having a whale of a time for several weeks in that wonderful chateau, although some of them were becoming rather restless.
Georges, the manager, was also becoming a little fraught; he had been walking around the market earlier, where he happened to look up and who did he see, these two gargoyles were watching the game of boules just behind the high wall next to the chateau: I admit this crowd are more than weird, they are completely loopy but what can I do? (he thought).
Francis were still very happy reading all those beautiful books in the library, but he was not alone; Joan had read ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ by Charles Dickens and it was the second time too, but this time she felt it was less interesting and she read it half-heartedly now; instead she was looking out from the window, daydreaming about something else.
The Old One had been wondering what to do next – another movie or maybe Joan, or even the red head woman, could play Scrabble with me.
But the red-head woman had other plans.
Scatty had joined the two gargoyles on the tall wall; she watched the game for a bit, ‘boules, I can watch or not, not my favourite though, but look at this… admission is just 10 euros, shall we go?’ – the two gargoyles started to grin, ‘why not?’
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Posted for The Unicorn Challenge, a magical challenge hosted by Jenne Gray and C E Ayr, where they provide a photo and we, in turn, provide up to 250 words.
Di of Pensitivity 101 – Thursday’s Three Things Challenge: ALONE, HALF-HEARTED, DAYDREAM
Denise Farley of GirlieOnTheEdge
Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt: ADMISSION
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she’s young
she’s pretty
and it’s almost Christmas she’s waiting
on the train
but soon she’ll be home
there will be packages and presents
she will be thrilled
and soon
she will be brimming over
but only when
she’ll get off from the train
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Image credit: unsplash?
For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a young girl looking out the window of a train carriage. She is wearing headphones over her ears. The girl is around 5-6 years old.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #268 photo prompt.
At Full Moon, the Moon’s face is fully lit up—give or take a tiny bit.
©Steffen Thorsen/timeanddate.com
‘Do we remember what we did… that beautiful day, and night, when we saw the Harvest Moon,’ said the Raconteuse, – while Mimi said, ‘of course, it was us and Jenne,’ as she clapped her hands, – then the Bartender said, ‘later we came home where we found our silver boxes and our little lockets.’
Mimi held up her locket, while the Bartender held out her hand, ’I made it into a ring, nice, isn’t it?’, as the Raconteuse gently opened the small box; but then the Bartender froze for a moment, as Ms Storme lunged at the box, ‘give me a look, won’t you?’
‘Wait, just a moment,’ said the Raconteuse, ‘there’s no locket, but here’s a letter from Jenne – she says she’s gone to pastures new, also Mr C. E. Ayr, and the two of them do the Unicorn Challenge, jolly good,’ – ‘I would agree,’ said the tall, thin man, who winked.
He continued to pose a question, while the Gatekeeper looked on, and Hūnga barked; ‘my idea is that Ms Storme should take over the reins, what do you think?’
Everyone seemed to be happy with that, so that was that; Ms Storme and the tall, thin man suddenly needed to be elsewhere; while the Gatekeeper and Hūnga, will be elsewhere too, and later they will look up, since there’ll be a tiny nick over the moon.
‘And as for me,’ said the Raconteuse, ‘I’m going to dip into this book, in fact, it was partly written by me.’
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Di of Pensitivity 101 – Wednesday’s Three Things Challenge: POSE, FROZE, CLAP
Denise Farley of GirlieOnTheEdge
Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt: DIP
More #SixSentenceStories
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So very happy to be included in this wonderful poetry anthology.
🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
Devised by Colleen M. Chesebro and Robbie Cheadle
Amazon.com LINK
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The Silver Locket
authored by Chris Hall
writing as Holly Atkins
the stone wall is high
there’s a forest beyond
and there’s a doorway
almost always closed
but this time it is open
shall we go in… yes?
we must be careful
is there anyone around?
but no, there’s no-one
the double-doors clang
we’re trapped…
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Image credit: Ani Adigyozalyan
For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a stone doorway in a wall. Through this doorway, we can see trees of a forest.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #267 photo prompt.
‘Are you going to open that?’ said Tom – as the red-headed writer, aka the Raconteuse, nodded her head; she was about to gently rip the parcel but then she heard the wonderful car, as the three of them turned to look at the street.
‘Looks like she’s back,’ grinned Mimi, ‘we can always adapt, but it is so much better when our Bartender is here,’ as they watched the beautiful car glide around the corner, ‘and look who also is there – it’s the Gatekeeper and lovely Hūnga.’
The tall, thin man and Ms Storme appeared from the Manager’s office, both of them looking rather smug, but Tom muttered to himself – she’s hardly an angel, but he said, ‘how nice to see you, my dear,’ as he smiled radiantly, using his best actor voice.
But now there was much merriment since Hūnga bustled in, closely followed by the Bartender and the Gatekeeper, while Mimi said, ‘it’s certainly busy now… drinks everyone?’
A little later, the Raconteuse began to open her parcel, ‘okay, I’m doing it,’ – while everyone crowded around, even Hūnga… ‘so, it’s a box, small oblong and clearly silver,’ she looked up, ‘ah, I know this… and you?’ staring at Mimi and the Bartender.
‘Do we still have those?’ – ‘well, mine is on my dressing table,’ said Mimi, – ‘mine is in my bathroom,’ said the Bartender, – ‘and mine, my original one, is still here in my big bag, so the fourth one has been given back… mm.
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Di of Pensitivity 101 – Thursday’s Three Things Challenge: ACTOR, ANGEL, ADAPT
Denise Farley of GirlieOnTheEdge
Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt: EVEN
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no slouching
reading, writing, numbers
all so important
rubbing on the board
cleaning quickly
I stare out, longingly
trees, birds and the sky
in the distance
I can hear the cars
sorry, what?
and yes, of course
I am the teacher
not the pupil
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Image credit: Mesut çiçen @ Unsplash
For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a young boy – 7-8 years old, with a cloth duster in his hand, erasing something off a blackboard. In the background, we can perceive the environment of a classroom.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #266 photo prompt.
The red-headed writer, aka the Raconteuse, was been on that long, long, wonderful train, but now she was keen to arrive back to New York; she’d been listening to the two guys talking about the executor of the will and how much money they might inherent; she was still grinning as she left the train, it seemed that their late uncle had a lovely long life.
She’d been mulling in her head as she’d begun to execute a plan and a plot, as she was sitting in a taxi as it made its way to downtown New York; she’d tipped the cab and then walked across and along to the small alley.
She was ready to greet all the Proprietors, as she walked down three steps to the door; she opened the SSC&B, hearing the tinkling bell; Mimi and Tom appeared through the double doors and both of them smiled although their hands were full.
‘There’s only us here at the moment,’ said Mimi, ‘the Bartender has gone on leave with her fancy car, and the Gatekeeper with his gorgeous dog have also gone somewhere; but the tall, thin man is around somewhere – and that new woman, Ms Storme, well, she’s a dark one.’
‘Look, on the table next to the bar,’ said Tom, pointing, ‘this is for you: it’s a small parcel, it arrived yesterday.’
The Raconteuse dumped her big bag, and then stared at it, and stared again; she looked to Tom and Mimi, ‘hmm, that doesn’t look good.’
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Di of Pensitivity 101 – Thursday’s Three Things Challenge: EXECUTOR, EXECUTE, READY
Denise Farley of GirlieOnTheEdge
Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt: PARCEL
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it’s almost Christmas
and trees are running zigzags
bark is peeling gently, buds are opening
and the showy lilac and mauve are vibrant
it’s almost Christmas
and the jacarandas are singing
as this is the southern hemisphere
and joyful music blossoms around the streets
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Image credit: Pixabay (free for use)
For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a road that is surrounded on both sides by trees, the branches of which meet in a canopy over the road. Light from the sun is filtering through the branches and illuminating the road.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #265 photo prompt.
