Tag Archives: Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt

Curse Those Clouds

Posted on July 19, 2025 by crispina kemp

It isn’t a large lagoon It’s not always there Sometimes the shingle slips and fills its basin Sometimes the tide lets rip To shuffle the stones in its spiralling turbulence This morning I grin to see it Expecting the rising … Continue reading →

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Here’s Not A Pretty Tale

Posted on July 12, 2025 by crispina kemp

Rosa, a pleasant girl from along our street Dainty, petite and oh so sweet That’s the setting, now for the tale Lost both her parents, house up for sale Had to leave before yet she’d grieved Headed south to the … Continue reading →

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Above the Door

Posted on July 5, 2025 by crispina kemp

Above the crypt door: Whether vast or crammed be your cave This tiny grotto is your grave 17 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Grotto This shell grotto together many other incredible shell models can be seen at the … Continue reading →

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Afraid to Smile

Posted on June 28, 2025 by crispina kemp

Wonky teeth, afraid to smile, teenage face an utter disgrace Sweating otherworld monster dentist arrived in all haste Impressions taken, device fitted: an orthodontic brace 25 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Brace

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I Bet He Thinks Me Just A Child

Posted on June 21, 2025 by crispina kemp

He lived next door to my best friend That school holiday I hoped would never end Many the reasons I found to visit Hoping he’d be at home that day But he worked, and worked away Wheat-white hair and ice-blue … Continue reading →

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Too Fierce That Heat

Posted on June 15, 2025 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on June 7, 2025 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on May 31, 2025 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on May 24, 2025 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on May 17, 2025 by crispina kemp

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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