16 Aug 2019 27 Comments
in #WritePhoto, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Flash Fiction, Jack Frost, Journey, Sue Vincent
Sue’s #WritePhoto prompt this week:
I saw him leaving this morning.
Jack Frost.
He shouldn’t be here right now. It looks like he took a detour on his journey to distribute his icy gifts to the world.
And there’s no frost, left in his wake. He knew it was meant to be summer here, not icy winter.
That must be why he’s taking his strides in such a forlorn manner.
Weary Jack Frost lost his way.
He must be getting old…
09 Aug 2019 42 Comments
in #WritePhoto Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Photo Prompt, Sue Vincent, Within
Sue’s #WritePhoto prompt this week.
Let Them Come On A Bear Hunt
They're going on a bear hunt, they think they'll catch a big one
What an amusing idea, this'll be fun
Who's this?
A pack of Japanese tourists with cameras?
We can't mute them, we can't ban them, we'll just have to listen
Clicky click, clicky click, clicky click
They're going on a bear hunt, they think they'll catch a big one
What an amusing idea, this'll be fun
Who's this?
A pack of German tourists with towels?
We can't mute them, we can't ban them, we'll just have to listen
"Bier?" "Nein." Bier?" "Nein." "Bier?" "Nein."
They're going on a bear hunt, they think they'll catch a big one
What an amusing idea, this'll be fun
Who's this?
A pack of Indian tourists with tiffins?
We can't mute them, we can't ban them, we'll just have to listen
Silence. Oh. They're eating.
They're going on a bear hunt, they think they'll catch a big one
What an amusing idea, this'll be fun
Who's this?
A pack of English tourists with sunburn?
We can't mute them, we can't ban them, we'll just have to listen
"Got any aftersun?" "Got any aftersun?" " Got any aftersun?"
They're going on a bear hunt, they think they'll catch a big one
What an amusing idea, this'll be fun
What's this?
A cave. A dark, dingy cave.
What might be within?
02 Aug 2019 34 Comments
in #WritePhoto Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Destination, Little Red Riding Hood, Photo Prompt, Sue Vincent, What If
Sue’s #WritePhoto prompt:
What if the weather had been different that day?
What if the fine fog was getting denser and slowly creeping out of the woods?
What if Mother decided that it wouldn’t be safe for her daughter to set off into the woods to deliver a cake to her unwell mother?
What if Little Red Riding Hood refused to go the required destination, scared of the creepy fog?
What if Father or Mother decided to brave the fog instead?
Would the wolf still have followed?
Always a lot of ‘what ifs’…
26 Jul 2019 37 Comments
in #WritePhoto Tags: #WritePhoto, Aflame, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Etheree, Photo Prompt, Sue Vincent
Sue’s #WritePhoto prompt this week:
It
Is not
Only the
Sky that's aflame
Right now the whole place
Feels like it it burning
A heat that's unbearable
Making us feel like we're melting
We always ask rain to disappear
Right now I think we'd welcome a downpour!
Ritu 2019
19 Jul 2019 36 Comments
in #WritePhoto, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Clarity, Flash Fiction, Photo Prompt
Sue’s #WritePhoto prompt this week:
The waves gently lap against my feet as I stand at the water’s edge. Looking across at the calmness of the waters, it is almost impossible to believe that these very waters were where I lost you.
I want to lash out at the ocean. I want to cause it the same hurt it has caused me, but I can’t.
For this same spot, the place where I last saw you, is the same spot I have come to all my life, to seek solace and serenity.
That day, you had waved to me, as you pushed your boat out. “Get the coals going, my love. I feel a big catch coming today!” Your smile still burnt on my retina.
Who was to know of that freak storm that struck, capsizing your boat? These same waters, so ferocious, huge waves crashing over you, as if they were trying to swallow you whole. The waters so dark, masking all that swam within. Which monster had been stirred up to cause so much grief?
And yet, now, you caress my feet, soothing me. I can see straight through you. Your clarity allows me to have now fear. There is nothing hidden.
Why must everything be bittersweet in life?
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