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Showing posts with label 2024 Prompt #24. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2024 Prompt #24. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 June 2024

'Only Children' by Rachel Burrows

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“They belonged to your father.” Delusion… or dementia now? I was unborn when he joined up — five when we met. But there had been twins in th...

'My Love is Lost on the High Wind' by Jac Morris

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Dandelion seeds scatter. My love makes a wish. Too late I kiss her silent - by summer she’s gone on the high wind, giddy for adventure. In a...

'The Yard Sale' by Angela James

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Everything must go. Neighbours pick through our memories. Bargaining too because what we had was not actually priceless. I send the items ou...

'Still Beautiful Even When It's Over' by Val Harris

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Summer lies, smouldering in October’s hearth. We rake it in, piling the worst of it, the regrets, losses onto the pyre. Set to flames the pa...

'Paralysis' by Jennifer Mungham

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“That tickles!” Molly shrieked happily. Snatching back her hand with pouting lips. She had shrieked louder when the lorry plowed into her si...

'3 Sons' by Scott MacLeod

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“Happy Father’s Day, Dad.” “Thanks son, same to you. Have you heard from your boy?" “Not yet.”  “I bet you hear from him by the end of ...
Monday, 17 June 2024

'Amateur Gardening' by Laura Cooney

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Vanessa didn't let people walk over her. The mud and blood circling the drain bore witness. “No more trouble from Linda,” she confidentl...

‘What’s In A Word?’ by Scaramanga Silk

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"It is what it is." Sue could sense the familiar outcome to this week’s Pub Quiz.  “Cliff's lot haven’t lost in months! Gits.”...

'PAUSE FOR REFLECTION' by Ruth Follan

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The water is still. Lovely Lucy reaches down to the surface. Below, her dark twin lifts a translucent hand. Their fingers meet in a dazzling...
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'My love is lost on the high wind' by Jac Morris

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Dandelion seeds scatter. My love blows wishes skyward. Too late I kiss her silent - by summer she’s gone on the high wind, giddy for adventu...

'Life Changing' by Allison Renner

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What would you do for ten thousand dollars? She wore a smile; I played it cool. Not desperate to support my kids. I thought it was a joke.  ...

'Childhood Dream' by Mariella Angela H. Olden

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"I want to be a doctor." A neurologist, treating heads and spines. A surgeon, cutting my skin to stitching hope to heal another’s....

'Croutons' by JP Richards

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“Croutons make a salad.” I stated this rhetorically, trying to picture pieces of burnt bread folding themselves into a bowl of lettuce. ‘How...

'The Way Things End' by Melissa Flores Anderson

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You started this. You sent the first message. You told me you caught feelings. You asked to meet. You wanted to kiss me. You said you could ...
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'Only the Brave' by Jaime Bree

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Only the brave dance at midnight. No one went out after dark. The moon dimmed months ago. We became cowards. But, the music inside me needed...
Sunday, 16 June 2024

'Moon Jellies' by Judy Darley

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I walk beside the Marine Lake, treading from light to shade to light. The pool brims with high tides and errant waves, salt, small fish and,...
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'Morning Glory' by Nina Miller

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Please rest your weary head. You worked so hard to catch the rising sun. You opened your petals following its light. Warmed roots in rich so...
Saturday, 15 June 2024

NFFD 2024 Prompt #24: Burning the Candle at Both Ends

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  Prompt #24: Burning the Candle at Both Ends FIRE prompt E Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 20...