Tag Archives: war

Remember…

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Paper poppies bloom, as fragile as the lives they represent. Every year it is the same, I try to find some way of saying what is in my heart and the words will not come.  I was not there, I … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction #writephoto: Old gods – Jane Dougherty

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

This tale is for Sue Vincent’s Thursday #writephoto prompt. For long years it had been a round tower, a holy place pointing to the heavens, where the ritual of prayer followed the mounting stairs, where chieftains of the lake conferred … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Marilyn Armstrong – Visions

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Over the years, I envied Christians. They always seem of all the things which for me are nothing but doubts. On August 30th, 2004, sometime between midnight and dawn, I had a vision in that peculiar space between sleeping and … Continue reading →

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Sight #Writephoto  by D. Wallace Peach

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The enemy showed up at the wall when autumn’s copper leaves twirled from brittle twigs and food ran shy. I slid my rifle from the borehole and dug in my pocket for a wedge of bread and wafer of dried … Continue reading →

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Self-destruct

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I was born into an era when fear and relief played equal roles in the minds of many. Fourteen years of wartime rationing had only ended a few years before and the memories of that bloody conflict were still fresh … Continue reading →

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#WritePhoto Who’s Watching? by Pamela Morse

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The soldiers scrambled down the rocky terrain and spread out to hide in ambush. They had a secret mission to intercept a courier who was carrying supplies to the enemy  general in the field.  It was uncertain when the delivery … Continue reading →

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Service — #writephoto The Tunnel by Frank Hubeny

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Wounded King Herman was on his deathbed. His sons were killed fighting the warlord Zutom who was overthrowing the independent city-states. His wife died with the birth of Charlotte who was by his side. General Kim was also there. The … Continue reading →

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I protest #InternationalChildrensDay

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I protest. I protest against the poverty and hunger in which so many children are forced to live by failing societies where greed is an economic norm. In the UK, alone, one in four children officially live in poverty… yet … Continue reading →

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#writephoto prompt : Arch enemy by Joelle Le Gendre

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“It’s just an arch, not a god,” Arthur said. During our 2 years of marriage, I’d learned to read the upturn of his right lip, the timbre of his voice, and the inflections attached to the ends of his sentences. … Continue reading →

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#writephoto : Man Made Sunrise by Raymond Roy

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

As I looked North across Hiroshima Bay from Nomi island Japan,  I had never seen such a sunrise. Eclipsed only momentarily by a white dove holding in its beak what appeared to be an olive branch. Continue reading here

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