-
14 June: RDP’s Enthralled
Heat Heat, and the air refuses to flex.The plants are bruised green, and invisible birds cry outas the sun curdles the sky. Heat, in planks of sunlight,and not a shadow anywhere, and I’m enthralled by the soundof ice cubes in lemon tea. Written for Ragtag Daily Prompt “enthralled” Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems…
-
13 June: dVerse Quadrille “Present”
She Pronounced It “on-wee” I know a woman who doesn’tlive in the present. She fillssentences with fripperies,complains her wearied lifeis glittering emptiness, saysshe suffers arm in arm withfretful boredom. She onceused the word ennui. Goodness, I had to look it up. Written for Lilian’s Quadrille prompt on dVerse Poets. This week’s word to include is…
-
13 June: Out Like a Lamb #thewildness
Day 13. Write a poem about the changing seasons and how they affect the behaviour of wildlife. In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb A snow-haired lamb, bornin a month that blows in like a lion,escapes its thick woollen coat, pulls black boots on to match its noseand runs off, up the hill…
-
12 June: Midstep #thewildness
Day 12. Imagine you are a nature guide. Describe a walk you would take with your visitors Mid-Step Foxgloves and lupins,towers of antennaegrabbing at the sky. Wild poppies, are the envy of red. A chalk stream moveswith the universe, and an oak,stopped mid-fall, waits,hunchbacked. I grasp a handful of cow parsleyfor Granny’s silver vase. Written…
-
11 June: They is They are (#rdp)
They Is and They Are She was given the wrong name tag, and for the rest of the evening, everyone called her Jake. Written for Sunday’s Ragtag Daily Prompt “label”, gender-fluid and non-binary gender labels. Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023.
-
11 June: Sunday’s Soapbox #thewildness
Day 11. Write an essay on the importance of protecting local wildlife habitats. Sunday’s Soapbox at Speaker’s Corner (284 words, 2 minutes of your time) Let me put it this way – the loss of one species within an ecosystem, whether plant, insect or animal effects them all. Protecting one protects them all. And us.…
-
10 June: Field of Daisies #thewildness
Day 10. Describe the texture and scent of wildflowers you encounter on your nature walks. A Field of Daisies White and bright as shiningpassion. It wraps grassy breathin silk, and I’m in heady pastures of spice.A mantle of clove, of air and light,as if every star was born here, to fledgeand fly by night. For…
-
9 June: for Unicorn Challenge (flash fiction)
The Rise of Crows She knew something was wrong in her head when they started perching on the windowsills, and on the roof and fence. Crows, thick as blackness on the overhead lines. One two three four … six twelve twenty on the clothesline. Like worry beads. Crows in the field crawing at the cows.…
-
9 June: Who’s the Bird #thewildness
Day 9: Create a dialogue between two different species of birds. Who’s the Bird A magpie lands on the branch beside a robin. Hello, says the robin.Buzz off, says the magpie.I was here first, says the robin. You buzz off, and tone it done – my littles are napping. Are you here for my babies?…
-
8 June: A Thursday Door
Bushboy (Brian Dodd) shares photos of doors, but not just any doors. Spectacular doors from his journeys. Dan’s Thursday Doors opened the door on this. I love doors of all sorts. I’ve trawled through my holiday snaps and found a few to share. This door photo is of the side door to our village church. Photo ©Misky…
It's Still Life 