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#napowrimo #writing #description #colour #2025 what’s with the pen ? they’ll ask me why not a brush or a camera , they say its true the brush, with its spectrum of colours can capture the brilliance of any given day and the camera can capture a moment in a heartbeat, freeze frame much better than…
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I Dreamt up a sandwich last night with layers of cheese and tomato red filled with layers of fun made from wholemeal , brown not white herby cheesy granary bread But Alas, i found myself eating my pillow under my head trying to eat it up in one so i’m heading to the kitchen to…
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Beginning 30 days of writing was a bit of a slog trying to think of a verse thats new My fountain pen and laptop fighting to produce some writing for this log but collated thoughts, some new some old smashed open the writers block that grew with pieces imagination, fun and bold
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#Writeclub #Cliche The scribbler sat at his easel, reading between the lines. It seemed like a literary masterpiece – but instead of a rose-petal sonnet, he’d opened a can of worms. His girlfriend wasn’t talking – something serious had to be done to repair that bridge he’d cross that bridge when he got to it….
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#Writeclub #Napowrimo #Nature #Life #Water with a nod to Mark @ Writeclub for the prompt. I A small cloud went on a wonder from the west down to the east II A Small Seed was planted by a child helping her mum and dad III The small cloud watered the spot where the small seed…
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#Syntax #Poetryclub #Food #Potato #Mash Here you go – You’ve been waiting for that time when the bubbles around the spuds disappear The water goes diving, Normally the spuds would be heading for the oven but not today Numbers of spuds become a single thing with the help of the masher and a bit of…
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#writeclub #napowrimo an early one, written in the wee small hours in the morning with thanks to EM Williams @ writeclub for the prompt How do i live with myself ? Its tricky My shadow blends in to the Sudden darkness of night, only appearing in Exceptional circumstances Like when the bedroom light is on…
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Short Sighted Cow-herder made the mistake of collecting these cousins of the king of the jungle There were a few perks the cows were kept safe and the mice kept away from the cheese But when night-time fell these kings they would scatter to anywhere else but where they would matter
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#socs #page It’s the quandary of any writer – professional or otherwise brace yourself – a blank page if you have a prompt – well that’s a start but if you haven’t – you’re falling on that part of your mind that invents and creates inspiration from the things around you what’s that bird that’s…
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