Guest Writer Spot

If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive.

I have a returning guest this week. Susan Batten is part of The Writers Bureau’s writing club and produces some wonderful pieces, whether they’re fiction, poetry or non-fiction. She’s a very talented writer so it’s a pleasure to have her back.

Life Choice

I don’t iron any more – it’s a chore.

I buy just what I need from a store,

and I never log on – it’s a bore,

so I don’t know what Bluetooth is for.

But the summer is sweet

as I walk down the street,

and the birds sing the same as before.

I need no fancy gizmo to cook

and I get what I need from a book.

To check on the weather, I look.

My flowers grow from cuttings I took.

But life is as wide

as the colours inside

a rainbow of light on the brook.

My friends are all people I know,

I believe you will reap what you sow,

and after a “high”, there’s a “low”.

The best stone is one you don’t throw.

When the clouds sweep the sky

I’m convinced I know why

we are free to enjoy life’s great show.

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Image credit: Pinterest

8 responses to “Guest Writer Spot”

  1. 😄 Great write 👏👏👏👏👏

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    1. Glad you liked it 😊

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  2. Love it! Thanks for the introduction, Esther

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    1. So glad you enjoyed it 😊

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    Loubythesea61

    …and what wonderful life choices they are. It’s always such a treat and a pleasure to read Susan’s work – skilful, humorous, dramatic, soulful, incredible, powerful. I’m always impressed and her feedback to her fellow writers is always valuable. Thanks Esther & Susan 🙂

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    1. She is rather good, isn’t she? I really enjoy the way she approaches her work. Thanks, Lou.

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  4. Beautiful! This could be called an “Ode to Life!” I love all of it.

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