How comes TJ has so many wonderful photos in his collection, that are always so stylish?! For our challenge this week, he has given us ‘window sill’ for our prompt this week. Mine in the front room has recently been decluttered as my sister informed me that it wasn’t really the place for hair brushes and random bits and pieces!
The clutter has gone,
My special plant pot sits there
cheering up the room
You are never going to guess how this story ends up. I thought it was brilliant!!
For Linda’s Stream of Consciousness post this week, the prompt words are ‘this’ and ‘that.’ We gain bonus points for starting and finishing with one or the other of these words too.
This is quite an exciting time for me at the moment. It has been suggested by several fellow bloggers and some of my family that I really ought to collect some of my poems together and publish them. Well, I don’t really have the foggiest idea of publishing and even less about self-publishing, but I decided that I would look into it. After all, when I finished NaNoWriMo I had an account on Createspace just to see what the process was, should I decide to publish the book I wrote at a later date.
Anyway, to cut a long story short (I am going on a bit), it is almost finished. In fact, I just made an alteration when I proofread it, and as soon as it comes back I am ready to go! I have got a fabulous cover (more about that when the book is ready) and have finally sorted out the formatting. My dear blogging friend Erika was talking about this just a couple of days ago for her new book and I was itching to say something then about mine but wanted to keep it secret until it was ready.
Of course, I am so excited and have blabbed now! My own poetry book (well rhymes), does that mean I am going to be an author now?! It is going to take a bit of time to get my head around that!
This week for Sacha’s Writespiration prompt we are asked to write about nostalgia that hurt. For obvious reasons this poem is a little more serious than my usual ones!
I thought my life was over
The day I walked away
Ten years down the drain
Nothing left to say
I gave you everything I had
My heart, my love, my soul
But, you had never loved me
Just wanted to be in control
The day that we got married
You said that I was fat
Just two guests at our wedding
It was over in 10 minutes flat!
Then you became possessive
And wracked with jealousy
Stupidly I was pleased
Thought it meant you cared for me
I always wanted children
You said you wanted none
Yet an affair I found out later
Had produced your eldest son
I really tried to make it work
But I became so trodden down
The final straw was knowing
That your wife had come to town.
I left your life with nothing
But a few clothes that I packed
And the freedom to be me again
And to never, ever look back!
It’s Friday, it’s Springtime (ahem, for some of us), and I have got a plethora of posts for your delight. Please go and visit these wonderful blogs as you are sure to find many more delights lurking there!
Wendy of the Rock This post made me laugh, I could totally relate to it as well, sadly!
Like Mercury Colliding I just loved this. Kat wrote the perfect haiku for it.
Annette’s Place This is a lady after my own heart, and I enjoyed this.
Wild Daffodil Daffy is so clever and creative and this is just one of the many brilliant things she has made.
So there you have a real mixed bag of goodies to keep you going! Enjoy!
Happy Friday!
A great prompt for Hugh’s Weekly photo challenge with ‘under.’ I thought I would share with you a photo of Roxy under her hoodie!
I thought it looked cute on her but she hated it and acted as though it were a straight jacket, walking oddly and trying to get it off.
Sadly, it lasted less than 10 minutes!
I’ve hardly had time to blink, and it is Wednesday again! Time to unearth a wacky, weird or wonderful word and give it an airing.
The word I have chosen for this week is to me, a wonderful word despite its meaning! It has that quality to it that makes it funnier, the more it is said with derision; or at least, I think so!
Grotty. This is a second-rate, shabby kind of a word, a down at heel dive, or a sleazy shithole of a place. It’s cheap and nasty, grimy and well, pretty grim actually!
It is the kind of pub you go to where you wipe your feet on the way out! (I have seen my fair share of these over the years)! The tatty old threadbare carpet, and the crusty old curtains that are well past their prime. The chipped woodwork, and stained surfaces that you really wouldn’t want to become too well-acquainted with. The good old spit and sawdust kind of a place that is a mainstay in most towns, that despite its appearance is usually a fun place to be!
This one I did on Al’s suggestion based on the prompt words for Ronovan’s weekly haiku challenge
There was a young stripper from Dorset
Who was busting right out of her corset
She flashed as she danced
As her boobs were ‘enhanced’
How she wished that she’d reinforced it!
A very special day is here
Because it doesn’t happen much
Cupid gets to play again
Deciding whose heart to touch
Every four years it comes around
For some it is quite thrilling
Getting ready for the moment
Hoping that their partner’s willing!
It takes a lot of courage and
Just a little bit of planning
Keeping so many secrets
Leading to misunderstanding
Making sure the moment’s right
Now what was I going to say?
Oh my God, I’ve lost my nerve
Perhaps another day
Quitting now is stupid
Really, it has to be tonight
Sitting here together
The setting is just right
Under the gleaming moonlight,
Velvet softness of the sky
Will you marry me I ask?
Xcitement fills the air
Yes, I was hoping you would ask me
Zealous cheering everywhere!
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