Sssslithering, ssssliding, sssslinking ’round tox-ssssick tree. Shiny apple offered; foe friendship ~ flattering, falsssse. Forked tongue a twissssted tale teller. Laden with loathssssome liessss; sssserpent’s sssseditious charm. Shedding sssscum-sssscaled faux-ssssparkle sssskin, bedazzling innocentssss to wanton, wicked wayssss. Sssstrike! Hsssssssssssssssssssssssssss …. ~*~ Early last year I wrote a series of 14 poems prompted by a prolonged … More Viper
“Would you read something to me before we turn out the light,” asks my sleepy niece, Amy, as I tuck her into bed. “Please.” With her parents off on a well-deserved long weekend, Amy’s pulling an all-nighter at our house, something which doesn’t happen often, but which she loves because it means she can help out with the horses in … More Bedtime Story
The pain is deep ~ You put it there. Not that you knew it, You were simply sailing Your oblivious sea And I, being an innocent, Was caught in your toxic Wake; my life line The place in my Soul you Could not reach. * I forgive you. I forgive because Drowning in the pain Of you hurts only me, … More Forgiveness …
Daily Prompt: 32 Flavours ~*~ Vari-coloured gelato Tempting every taste bud. What to choose? Wha’d ever you want! It’s a vacation. It’s Venizia … On the Calle dei Fabri … A minute from our hotel. Gelato twice a day. Molto bene! Molto delizioso! Nuff said! Yummmmmm …. ~*~ Honestly … ice cream will never taste the same again. … More Gelato Fantasy
Daily Prompt: Too Big to Fail Tell us about something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail (and tell us why you haven’t tried it yet). ~*~ You ask what is too big to fail? Life. Life is too big to fail. To live from the heart; To be free of emotional encumbrances … More The Heart Knows
Daily Prompt: Cut Off When was the last time you felt really, truly lonely? ~*~ The narrows of divorce, As listing ships passed In dark of night By treacherous shores, And fog upon the weary heart And mind prevailed. Only the faint beacon of An off-shore light Guiding me to a safer shore. I, the Captain of … More The Narrows of Divorce
Daily Prompt: Cupid’s Arrow ~*~ Thou art the breath of fresh air I hardly Knew to breathe when First we met. Healing of heart to my broken one; True in nature, and kind. My light revealed in thine eyes. My voice awakened in thine ears. My frozen feelings thawed by thy gentle warmth. My truth, with thine, reflected in the nurturing … More An Ode to My Love on Valentine’s Day
Daily Prompt: First Light Remember when you wrote down the first thought you had this morning? Great. Now write a post about it. ~*~ No rhyme nor reason To night’s restless sleep, Tossing and turning. Shroud of weary waking Weighs upon me heavily, Slumber’s dreams drowned In ether and remembered no more. T’will be a … More Weary Waking
Daily Prompt: Burnt ~*~ Gone, but not forgotten Ashes of another time, Things missed but not Lamented. For, should I die tomorrow I would leave you all Anyway to your fate, Whatever that might be. I’m sorry I could not Save you, but in my Heart you will ever live As a glowing memory. No … More Why even go there?
Daily Prompt: Play Lexicographer ~*~ My dream come true. A word to call my own. Playing with the alphabet. I’m in the danger zone. A brainstorm of confusion Puzzling my thought. A word game I alone can play Culled from all that I’ve been taught. Got it! “Lexinaffle: ~ verb ~ the inability to dream up a new … More The Writer’s Danger Zone
Shedding Light on the Family Tree 