Sloop John B

Sloop John B ….. by Jim Adams

newepicauthor's avatarA Unique Title For Me

Am I able to write another post today?  Don’t bother trying to answer, as that was a rhetorical question, because I am going to take this one home.  There is a plenitude of prompts for me to chose from and I will try to dabble in all of them.  Covering multiple prompts in the same post might compromise my writing, taking me off topic, but it also affords me the advantage of writing about different topics.  I try to nurture my posts and let them breathe in the oxygen, so they can develop into a story that I can be proud of.  If I write something that is too radical, I may have to suffer penance later because of that.  From day to day and night to night, I never know where the prompts will lead me.  I write using Microsoft WORD, so I don’t have to worry about running…

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #90

Welcome to Week 90! PROMPT FOR THIS WEEK The word ‘compromise’ is just a theme. It need not appear in the piece. There is no harm if it does appear, or a synonym. The choice is yours. FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS Write a post on your blog, and link it up here with a pingback, … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #90

Fragrance

Fragrance ….. by Leonard White at lensdiary

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Exploration Challenge #89 from Reena Saxena -Haiku Prompt
You could write a story or an anecdote with a haiku as part of it. A Haibun or Alternating verse and poetry, of course works.https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/reenas-exploration-challenge-89/

A subtle fragrance
so easy to capture with
senses heightened

He sipped his glass of wine and breathed in the spicy aromas emanating from the kitchen. Contentment washed over him as his senses were continually assailed with the fragrance of domesticity. Good food, good wine, and a perfect wife. Life was good.

She liked a clean and orderly house. She vacuumed, she mopped, she dusted, she polished. She liked the clean fresh scent of lavender that cleansed the floors, the scent of pine in the bathroom cleansers and the assorted fragrances of the pot pourri placed strategically around the house.

He loved to be close to her. Her subtle perfume stirred his desire and he would hold…

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Myths

“This house has been deserted for more than a decade. You’ll need to clean cobwebs before any investigation takes place.” “Who waters the plants? They all look fresh.” “That is the story in local circulation. The house is believed to be haunted.” “Oh, those caring souls in there must have green fingers.” His sarcastic voice … Continue reading Myths

Keep Learning

Keep learning …. by VJ Knutson

VJ's avatarOne Woman's Quest

Tyrannical,  my father’s reign; the ensuing understanding of relationship dynamics twisted.  Violence and threats peppered with “I love you”, as if one was synonymous with the other.  I cowered with the rest, shame a heavy weight.

Oppression dictates
warped sense of love, intimate
nightmare – relearning.

(For Reena’s Exploration challenge #89.  Relationships have been the theme of my dreams lately – thus the reversal to childhood.)

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Sneaky Snoopy

Sneaky Snoopy hangs on to every word I use as an alibi to escape that boring dinner   sets up Dad against me just because I ignored him (Snoopy) in the ball   Sneaky Snoopy will show up on my window sill as I prep and preen for my play date   I might … … Continue reading Sneaky Snoopy

Disappeared

digital libraries bring so much at our fingertips but joy of fingers brushing accidentally on the book covers shy glances exchanged before moving away exchanging books meeting again to return those -Disappeared forever… https://katmyrman.com/2019/06/04/twittering-tales-139-4-june-2019/