Tag Archives: Life

Spring – Em- #writephoto

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Em walked down the avenue, the fresh leaves of the spring bringing a small smile to her lips. The green leaves, the soft chirps of the birds around her was bringing a newfound joy within her. The spring did great … Continue reading →

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Guest post: Award winning fiction from Kaye Park Hinckley

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Sue Vincent

2018 WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD IN RELIGIOUS FICTION THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE CORN: MEMOIRS OF A SCOTS IRISH WOMAN Kaye Park Hinckley Love and hate, life and death, trust, betrayal, and the ‘always hovering’ choice to forgive, … Continue reading →

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Dreaming

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I dreamed you last night. You were the heart that listened to my fears, Comforting the pain with tea and tissues And attentive ears. You were there with me as I faced them, Slaying them one by one, with logic … Continue reading →

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Rather, a Neanderthal?… Stuart France

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* If it were true that we had evolved and progressed and were still continuing to do so… Continue reading at Stuart France

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Flowers…

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

  There were always flowers. Orchids pinned upon a mother’s breast, All lace and diamonds. Long black gloves And painted lips, As she left, laughing. A child who watched As the door closed. There were flowers… Yellow tulips, Cellophane and … Continue reading →

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A Vice Called Cant… Stuart France

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Use every man after his desert and who shall ‘scape whipping…’ Hamlet, Act2 Scene 2 * Hail, eternal plodders, hail! Stretch-out, stretch-out the tedious tale… Continue reading at Stuart France

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Saving the World To Lose It – Wallie’s Wentletrap #writephoto

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

They said he asked for me often; that his prayers were full of my name, the mock self-portrait I had given crumpled at his heart. He wept often—it was his weakness, the illness. He cried for me, but it was … Continue reading →

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Have you danced today?

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I came across the Nietzsche quote, remembering that I first read it years ago in his Zarathrusta, a book much in fashion in my youth. I was struck even then, armed with too few years and too little experience of … Continue reading →

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Pure #midnighthaiku

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Tears from heaven fall A momentary message Of loving bounty * A deluge pauses Magnifying purity Twixt earth and heaven

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Roses and Stone – Wallie’s Wentletrap #writephoto

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It was all that he had left. All that he had left of a memory. For a moment he sat, turning the stone in his hands. “This is ours, Ellan. Ours forever. Mrs. Coleman said she’d give me some cuttings … Continue reading →

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