Esther Chilton

  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – MOP Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was CASH. Keith Channing: A singer called something like Donny; Was cute, and his voice was quite bonny. He wasn’t…

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  • A Poem For Friday

    When Will It End? Branches stab at me, Fingers uncoiling, reaching out, I push past them, panting, When will it end? Voices fill the air, Guttural, gathering momentum, Someone sees me, I shiver, When will it end? Lights fill the forest, Footsteps thunder, coming closer, Shouts shoot through me, I scream, When will it end?…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is SECRET – as suggested by Lance Greenfield. Thank you, Lance! So can you tell a story in five words, using the word SECRET in it somewhere? Here are your EYEBROWS stories from last week: Sarian Lady: Eyebrows show surprises or disappointments…

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  • Coming Home – Part One

    “I’m not going in there. Not if there are great, big, ferocious tigers,” Gemma cried. Eight-year-old Abigail tutted at her younger sister and shook her head. “Tigers, indeed. Of course there aren’t any tigers. It’s a garden, not a jungle,” she said, folding her arms. Sarah tried not to laugh. Despite her bravado, Abigail didn’t…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I think I’ll go for the full-fat version…

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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – CASH Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was FIFTY. Keith Channing: For a while, I believed my friend Trevor; I thought I could go on for ever.…

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  • A Poem For Friday

    Ghostly Woes I am a ghost and my aim is to scare, Sending shivers, chilling all those who dare Enter my deepest and deadliest lair, Alas, I’m not very good. As a lad, I couldn’t wait to be dead, To walk through walls, but I always hit my head, The world’s worst ghost is what…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is EYEBROWS. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word EYEBROWS in it somewhere? Here are your DUST stories from last week: Keith Channing: Dust? I need an alethiometer! Trent’s World: I’ll stay home and dust… Ritu: Dusting…

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  • A Valentine’s Tale

    With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, it’s time for a special love story. My thanks goes to Murray Clarke for sending this in: Roses are Red By Murray Clarke Violet, ninety-six, stared thoughtfully out of the window, a tear in her eye. The other senior citizens in the room were either asleep, reading or watching…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    It always helps when you use the correct spelling…

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