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The Little Cat House
Every morning and evening, Fern visits a little cat house where kind humans leave food and fresh water. Over time, the cat house becomes a gathering place for all sorts of animals.
The Sun-seekers
The moon was deep yellow, hanging low in the sky. The stars twinkled as they always had. For a moment, you could imagine that everything was the same as it always had been. But the heat told you it wasn’t.
Ode to Rachelle
addition to Rachel's
Rachelle
A quick thank you to our superb Rachelle.
Sweetcorn
Dinner time was turning into a battlefield.
It Was a Dark and Broomy Night
Eight Seconds
Router problems 2!
The saga continues
To Jess Wheeler - The Sparkler in Our Midst!
A loving tribute
XOXOXOOX
To the Amazing Heather Wickham
An Ode to Sandy Jean
In recognition of my beloved friend
The Magic Man of CollectivelyWrite.com
A tribute of gratitude to Tim Margetts
Rich in Friendship
A loving tribute to Katharine Folkes
An Ode to My Friend
A loving tribute to Rachel Gosling
Formula for Success
It's much easier than we have been taught
It's Always About Attitude
Motivation has many forms
Mostly
How life changes with time
The Tale of Edric Wolfbane – II. The Great Fire
The legend continues.
Coffee on the router
I was woken by my husband at 2pm the other day to tell me he’d got the router a little wet.
Autumnal Joys
Double Tetractys shape to reflect the poem's words. Inspired by a recent Tim Margetts Challenge
Diminished
Nonette used to illuminate the message of the poem. (Inspired by a previous Tim Margetts Bi-Weekly Poetry Challenge)
Mine!
Toby Tales 6
Independence or Not?
a poem in Dorsimbra format
Clothes Horse
Inspired by the Poetry Challenge this week!! (The last word of every line creates a quotation)
Awakening
Thanks to Diane and Rachelle for this Dorsimbra format.
Seven Breaths
Lying in the sun with Peter
A story I wrote a couple of decades ago, recently unearthed!
Backburn
The spaceman in the photograph
There appeared to be a figure behind the child. It was wearing an astronaut costume, along with a helmet. Was it an illusion?
Heaven on Earth
Thanks to Diane Kenel-Truelove for teaching me this Dorsimbra format.
Up and Down
Special thanks to Tim Margetts for suggesting that visual form can add to a poem's enjoyment
Autumn's Beckoning Pathways
A Dorsimbra: The Dorsimbra exists to make the poet demonstrate skill across three contrasting styles -- formal meter, free verse, and blank verse while still producing a poem that feels whole. It must have exactly 12 lines, arranged as three quatrains 1) a quatrain of iambic pentameter rhyming abab 2) a quatrain of "short and snappy" free verse, and 3) a quatrain of blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter). The final (12th) line is the same as the first line.
The Tale of Edric Wolfbane - I. The wolf
A bardic song of heroism, legend and truth from England’s shadowed medieval past.
Pandora's Box, Part 22
The final chapter!
Pandora's Box, Part 21
Epimetheus reaches the cottage in the woods at last, but his welcome is not what he hoped for.
Pandora's Box, Part 20
Epimetheus and Pandora each seek answers to their future.
Six Frights
Reading Glasses
my story
Five Steps
A little flash fiction for the season.
Pandora's Box, Part 19
There is a new visitor to the cottage in the woods and Aurora faces a momentous decision.
Pandora's Box, Part 18
Pandora returns to her palace, believing she has finally killed Aurora.
A Day In Time
Slowly but Shirley
determination
Middle Wallop Ghost Walk
Pandora's Box, Part 17
Pandora has tricked Aurora into tasting a poisonous apple. The world falls into decay. Can she be saved?
Howling in A Flat
Toby Tales chapter 4
Drop
The Great Humbling of Cupid
An epic tale of jest and woe set in the realms of the gods of yore. And so, with the conclusion of the Olympian Summit, our tale of one brought low, then redeemed, comes to a close.
Autumn’s gifts
A stacked haiku in praise of autumn.
Pandora's Box, Part 16
Pandora reached Aurora's cottage, but will she gain entry?