Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. We have waited so long, and now, we are here: this is our playground, the tree-lined streets, the old canal, the lovers on the crumbling benches... Silent, beautiful walls smile at us, radiating a warmth perceptible only to those who have penetrated the city's secret... … Continue reading Playful #TheDailyPost
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South #TheDailyPost
Not sure how to participate? Down South is your secret garden, and I hold the key, Thus, I live in fear, of the jealous gods, of the cruel demons, For they cannot approach the magic gate: You can imagine their fury, they cannot suffer To see this simple mortal, enjoy the Forbidden fruits, … Continue reading South #TheDailyPost
#DailyPrompt: Secret Admirers #WritersWednesday
In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Secret Admirers." I do not need a sign, I know where this came from and it is charming, unexpected, seductive... But there is no time left, even for us, to reflect on the living when we, both, have long gone. Image: Ruth Bernhard – Female Nude with … Continue reading #DailyPrompt: Secret Admirers #WritersWednesday
#DailyPrompt: Shape of Your Year
Inspired by today's Daily Prompt: State of your Year... She stopped near the girls' cave, noticing the sensors were still on. "They are so careful, now they have learned..." she told herself. Soon they would depart, for the long journey... It had been a good year, at long last she'd cracked the code, and the … Continue reading #DailyPrompt: Shape of Your Year
#Writing space (Thursday’s Musings) #amwriting
The desk is littered: photographs of the sublime Italian model he worships, another of himself in the Dolomites with two small children - now young adults - a postal card of Paul Klee's "The Saint of the inner Light", various requests for donations (well...) and more... And what about this new work? Stalling, wandering, disrupted … Continue reading #Writing space (Thursday’s Musings) #amwriting
#AtoZChallenge2015: Pulchritude
Pulchritude is synonymous for (great) physical beauty. The Wikipedia article defines beauty as a "characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology, and culture. An "ideal beauty" is an entity which is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture, for perfection. The … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge2015: Pulchritude
#AtoZChallenge: Myths #WritersWednesday
For those of us who were lucky enough, in our childhood, to have parents who could, and were willing, to spend time reading us stories, some of those stories have stayed with us forever: they illuminate our lives, draw a smile at a chance encounter, or a tear, at the sight of a disaster which brings … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: Myths #WritersWednesday
#FiveSentenceFiction: Entrance
From the valley we take the well trodden path, the symphony of Spring following us all the way, to the beloved border that marks the start of a steeper climb. There, the meadow gives way to a rockier ground, and the line of small trees, alpine oaks and pine, becomes visible, just under the cliff. Many … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Entrance
#DailyPrompt: Someone Else’s Island
What will you need sweet angel? Let me guess, and first of all, what you never leave home without, your faithful AK47: this will take care of imbeciles... I will add the ammos of course, nice and tidy... all carefully packed around that beautiful leather belt we bought together... Then there is that sharp knife … Continue reading #DailyPrompt: Someone Else’s Island
#FiveSentenceFiction: Envy
The moon appeared, a moody silvery face half masked by grey clouds, just above the trees. The young woman moved slowly through the quiet house: it was still early, perhaps before seven in the old clock time: she knew where to find her love, the writer, who must have been at work for a good … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Envy
Of Glass & Paper 