Tag Archives: humour

Thursday photo prompt – Twilight – #writephoto

Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 21st June and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round up – Wings #writephoto

The photo for this week’s prompt was taken from my back doorstep. The multitude of bids came over, wheeling and calling… a black and vociferous crowd that stayed overhead for a good ten minutes. There were far too many to … Continue reading

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Busted #midnighthaiku

Hide the evidence Wear an air of innocence Hope to pass unseen…    

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Mozzie

I am a small mosquito And my task is not the best… To be a nuisance all my life And be a perfect pest. It isn’t really all my fault When deep within the night You wake to find I … Continue reading

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Nut (roast)

We all know the dangers Of sun tan and burn, But sometimes the hard way’s The one way to learn. Though doubtless he’ll brown Like a nice piece of toast, At present my son Is a bright, beetroot roast. Unusual … Continue reading

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Who is Tallis Steelyard?

Reblogged from Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes: Today we welcome Tallis Steelyard to our blog. He has kindly come along with another of his lovely stories.   This image is a painting by the great Frank Frazetta, an artist my … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Wings #writephoto

Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 14th June and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round up – Knock #writephoto

The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, at a time when I did not document our travels as carefully as I do now, at least outside the pages of our books. The adventures of Dorset … Continue reading

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Maybe…

It’s been all sticky, hot and torrid, Now, the weather’s downight horrid; All we’ve got is clouds and rain.. The English summer’s back again. The roses glowing in the sun Have lost their petals, one by one, Weighed down beneath … Continue reading

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Guest author: Angie Dokos – Cocktails and Distraction

Once upon a time there was a young woman with a passion for writing. When her oldest daughter was a senior in high school, they developed a plan to write, edit, format, and publish a book together as a project. … Continue reading

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