Tag: #FOWC
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An Apple for Miz Quickly
A Few Words About Malus Domestica ‘Discovery‘ the colour of its skin isan embarrassment’s blush.it bleeds rouge to its core. a stain straight into infinity,like some kind of forever.an unfathomable number. the bees,the moths,the maggots, they havetheir way with my apples, like bad boys who drink up,and leave without paying,staggering about on cider. but this…
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12 June: A Long View
A Long View the stars set the skyin black-fringe, like a stellarbroadcast of fireflies. the full moon, a watchful slow-rolling eye, it was a blemish on her mood. she was a small spell broken.she was a wrong word let slip. for #FOWC “blemish” and Miz Quickly’s This Would Have Been Something Else. Shared with @Miz_Quickly and @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay…
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Miz Quickly’s Loaded Words
Steep at the bottom of the hill where every rippling southeast breeze used to hit the creek bed straight-on, where that one-legged black crow used to nest until a cat got it, although a few years later a fox ate that same cat,and down there…
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More Advice for Miz Quickly
Once Is Enough, Quite Frankly I can’t recall who, but someone told me once (because once was enough, quite frankly) “The only thing that’ll happen if you stand in the shower holding a bar of soap is the soap will melt.” It was probably my mother. She bubbled over with things you only wanted to…
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A Not So Pristine Limerick
A Dirty Little Limerick There once was a car named ChristineHer owner kept her clean and pristineBut when she stopped on the tracksThe driver’s bowels went laxAnd Christine was more muck than clean Written to Fandango’s FOWC prompt: Pristine. Image from Unsplash by Courtney Cook. Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay #FOWC on Twitter…
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A Berserk Limerick
A Berserk Limerick There once was a young fella from CambridgeHis height was embellished with foam wedges.On water he walkedFloating rock to rockUntil shrinkage sunk his stride from seepage For Fandango’s #FOWC This was supposed to include the word berserk, but I couldn’t muscle it in, so it is what it is. Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay on…
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12 May 2021: Fandango’s #FOWC
Doin’ da Limerick There was a man from Adelaidewho asked the barman for a lemonade.When handed a Guinness,a barmaid who was a witness,said the man flew into a tirade. Written for #FOWC. I’ve always been intimidated by limericks. I still am. This is for Fandango’s One Word Challenge “tirade” and shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay and #FOWC on…
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: “Fish”
The Word Is Fish I grabbed my jacket – stood there inan irritable wind and silver-tip waves,there in that howling hour of low tideand slow seeping mist. The wooden doors rattledon the boathouse, a half-falling downthing painted the colour of yellow paper,and its damp timbers – a smothering scent reminiscent of a slight headache.And there…
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