Tag Archives: Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt

Too Fierce That Heat

I was hurrying my fastest While the sun was shining its fiercest But my body was doing its utmost My efforts to resist I tripped I stumbled I fell And from amongst the grasses I heard Hobland’s church bell toll … Continue reading

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Men With Bags

This is a matter wrapped with delicacy That’s why I approach it with a certain hesitancy In the park are men with dogs and plastic bags Yet if asked to attend their own toddlers They have to be nagged 39 … Continue reading

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Our Garden

At the bottom of our garden Is a piece of waste, triangular, a gore Hadn’t been tilled since the last war “If we move our fence, we could make that ours” My brother said, “Oh yes, lets” And thus was … Continue reading

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That’s Ruined My Date

Dressed to the nines Picture perfect for a sexy beast Exactly right for a royal feast Pelting down the lane in the rain With slippers splashing in the puddles Mud splattering up to my middle And now I’m late for … Continue reading

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No More Ranting

Rosie climbing the hillsides Puffing and panting No more ranting Not got the breath 14 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Breath

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Mistress Trap Almighty

Confide in Mistress Trap Almighty? Rather I’d take arsenic nightly She’s the biggest blabbermouth Can’t stick to facts Truth with her is stretched on a rack Confide in her that your cat has fleas Huh, she’ll spread those words on … Continue reading

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That Carefree Wanderer

Climbing through the hedgerows Careless and carefree Rambling over gardens Keeping them weed free Dark green leaves without a wrinkle In the shadows, see it twinkle That’s our precious periwinkle 30 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Periwinkle

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That Arrogant Piece of Silvered Flesh

That Zem, yea, him That jumped up arrogant piece of silvered flesh Thinks himself above the rest Forgets that under our skin we all are brothers Forgets that above us there are yet others Call them Gods, or Techs, or … Continue reading

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For The Love of Fair Lady

Roger’s idea was fantastico, magnifico. Hidden away while his neighbours tucked their gifts behind bushes, into hedges and under the shed, he later crept out to scoop a basket of delights. A gift for Jessica when next morning she called. … Continue reading

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When Personal Space Was Forgotten

During the pandemic When every wanted item was scarce We didn’t complain Those items would be in the shops again Except for the toilet rolls Where personal space was forgotten And the in-aisle fighting was fierce 36 words written for … Continue reading

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