Trifecta ~ No Exit Door

In good humour, I see this week, Trifecta, despite being jokingly labelled ”potty mouths”  by Tara publicly on Twitter…..anyway, announcing the challenge> “a 33-word example of personification,  the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals (http://literary-devices.com)….when the wind howls, the

Picture It & Write ~ Innovation

Picture It & Write this week is prompted by the image below. Click for more They all dutifully filed in. “Sarah!” Shouted Big Mac, at the end of the table, except no-one called him that: “you too, git in here!” Sarah

Friday Fictioneers ~ The End Of The Investigation

“Why does he do that?” “Wassat boss?” “You know what. Why does he leave clues about the next victim?” “Dunno boss, kind of his trademark…I guess, why?” “Why? You have the chief Inspector on this investigation with you and you

Carpe Diem Haiku ~ Yesterday

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be…but today’s prompt is Yesterday, so I will give it a go. Some of the haiku below are taken from real concrete situations of mine, so have meanings that though transferable, have been personal

Carpe Diem Daily Haiku: Fireplace

nude by the fireplace she glows in my memories of when she made flames dance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join Carpe Diem Daily Haiku

For The Love Of Haiku Challenge

skyweb catches dreams even the biggest dream is a castaway one day ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. For The Love Of Haiku… a challenge

Haiku from the Wind

the wind speaks a leaf falls by Semprento  

Daily Post @ WordPress ~ Special Photo Challenge: Inspiraton

I live next to a magical forest, that lends me its moods and views, and through which I walk daily to let my creativity take flight among the tall trees, for each step brings a new angle, word, colour or

The Unbearable Utopia of Progress

When Taliban Tom settled down in his chair in that sweltering humid Bahrain evening, his beer in hand, we didn’t know he was going to make copper history. Taliban Tom worked in Saudi Arabia with me, across the border. He

Going Green

”آب از سر چشمه گل آلوده Water is muddy at the fountainhead” We adjourned for supper at the one table by the tram tracks, at the restaurant of one table. The table was slightly rickety, but then the whole city was,

I Am Not Alone!

~~~~~”I am not alone,” he said aloud~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To himself, stepping on the velvet sand~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~”I am not alone,” he growled, the sea~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Of silver shimmering into the beach~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~”I am not alone” he whispered as the seashells sighed~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Drawn back

Sauna Haiku

  never go to the sauna at the same time as your boss -she may not undress  

Where Is She Now?

Where is she now? The girl whose picture I found? Posing just after the last snow Fresh, in  her Yakutian meadow ~*~ What were her dreams, back then? Among the flowers that only bloom in Spring? When she posed so

Aurora Borealis Haiku x 2

In the northern skies the mysterious aurora borealis have started – the northern lights, here in Finland, in my native Scotland and in Latvia.  Ideal for 2 Haiku…   lights of northern skies science can explain it all -but witches

Haiku 16.10.12

echoes of summer splashes still loosen leaves from trees father frost bides his time

Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong II