crispina kemp

My Little Bro

Posted on April 1, 2023 by crispina kemp

Image by Thach Tran on Pixabay

Recalcitrant
Defiant
Pig-headed and stubborn
(aren’t they the same thing?)
Trampling through the delicate gardens
Of other peoples’ feelings
Never listening to warnings
He’s been told
Told in cursive, italic and bold
Told in asides, whispered and loud
He’s been slapped, pounded and bashed
With punishments I’d deem harsh
But does he listen?
Does he care?
Lost in his own world
Doesn’t want to hear
He remains plain unrepentant

69 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing prompt: Unrepentant

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CCC229: Desolate Tibbs

Posted on March 30, 2023 by crispina kemp

When Madelaine
Best friend of Tibbs
Transitioned to non-animate
When she ceased to breath
When she no longer moved
When the men came along
And carried her out
Tibbs hung about
Where would they take his dear friend Madelaine?

Seeing Tibbs sad and hungry
Tom next door offered fish on a dish
But Tom didn’t say
Where Madelaine might lay
Yet Madelaine’s soul called out to him
Told Tibbs where to find her
Where he should go
And there he remained
In the churchyard

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged #CCC229, Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poem | 16 Comments

Crimson’s Creative Challenge # 229

Posted on March 29, 2023 by crispina kemp

Here’s how it works:

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE

Here are some suggestions:

An answering photo
A cartoon
A joke
A caption
An anecdote
A short story (flash fiction)
A poem
A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
An essay
A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:

Your creative offering is indeed yours
Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it
If you include Crimson’s Creative Challenge as a heading, WP Search will find it (theory) by ‘Searching’ in the WP Reader (fingers crossed)

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN

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Tuesday Treats: Early Spring Opening

Posted on March 28, 2023 by crispina kemp

Some of the delights seen on our walk 1st March… enjoy

1st March 2023

And finally, the remains of last year…

1st March 2023

Hope you enjoyed! More spring flowers next week

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Sunday Picture Post: Beneath a Heavy Sky

Posted on March 26, 2023 by crispina kemp

In like a lion, out like a lamb, so they say of March. Our March came in cold and wet. But on the first day we did manage to get out for a walk…to Burlingham Woods.

1st March 2023

Seeking colour in the hedgerows

1st March 2023

Then, behold, there’s colour in the sky…

1st March 2023

It doesn’t last…

1st March 2023

But we’re not yet wet when we arrive at the first part of the woods

1st March 2023

Disappointed that the daffodils aren’t yet in flower…

1st March 2023

Yet the deeper into the woods, the more the flowers…

1st March 2023

And the sun appears. Maybe it won’t rain after all

1st March 2023

The next pic explains what this is

1st March 2023

I love this hazel glade, now hung with catkins

1st March 2023

We detour before taking in the rest of the woods… you’ll see why next Sunday

1st March 2023

Hope you enjoyed our little walk. We had our eyes on that sky, was it to rain or wasn’t it. It had rained earlier, when we first set out, but now the sun was shining.

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Sticky Spring

Posted on March 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

18th March 2023

The horse chestnut’s sticky buds are opening. A sure sign of spring!

Green, one of the titles from Maria Antonia’s #2023picofthe week

Oh, and I almost forgot…

I have a line!

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Message Me

Posted on March 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

image by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay

Royal Mail
Air-Mail
Snail-Mail
E-mail

Changes seen
Since those long-ago days
Of pen-pals
Worldwide.

Now my pen’s put away
Used only for cards
At Christmas
For weddings
And birthdays
Replaced by DMs
And tweets
Less to say.

37 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Mail

Posted in Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged Poem, Sammi's Weekend Writing Prompt | 22 Comments

CCC228: Hellabaloo

Posted on March 23, 2023 by crispina kemp

Hellabaloo has had her day
Left, abandoned to decay
No longer sailing with the other boats
No longer able to stay afloat
Hellabaloo, dragged ashore
To sail the wavy blue no more