• Unloved

    I’m not a creature who is loved the best, In fact, most say I’m an awful pest, It’s not my fault, I don’t mean to be, Nature made me as I am, you see, I love cats and dogs the most, You humans aren’t the best hosts, I like to flip and flap and jump…

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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 LOST. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word LOST in it somewhere? Here are your THWARTED stories from last week: EDC Writing: Thwart? I’m not having that! Ritu: Thwart is a strange word! “Th’wart is on…

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  • Daffodils – Part One

    I pick a pretty daffodil from the vase on the sideboard. But then they’re all pretty, aren’t they, Jenny? I gently stroke the soft silken surface of the flower and tears stream down my face. Daffodils were always your favourite. They were just coming into bloom on the day you were born. I was standing…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Yum!

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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – TRUST Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was SCARY. Keith Channing: Scary poems upset me in bed. Can’t sleep fearing I’ll wake up dead And if I…

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  • A Dose Of Flash Fiction

    Choices Fay couldn’t stop the terrible thoughts trampling through her head. She battled for calm. Think! Think! she shouted to her tormented mind. This was a matter of life or death. Well, almost. At the very least, it would change her life forever. She looked at her hands, at the objects held in them. The…

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  • It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is THWART. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word THWART in it somewhere? Here are your BREATHE stories from last week: Darlene: Help me. I can´t breathe. EDC Writing: Yes, breathe but not here. Kim Smyth: I…

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  • Music Memories

    When I was three, I loved watching Andy Pandy and wistfully yearned for a doll like Looby Loo. I sang Humpty Dumpty over and over, completely out of tune much to Mum’s dismay. I had teddy bear pictures on my wall and wore frilly dresses. For today’s three-year-old, it’s a little different and it certainly…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Who says romance is dead?!

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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – SCARY Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was FAKE. Keith Channing: Political cynic, 2020: Politicians? They really are fake. So many appear on the take. Not out…

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