Flowers, for me? Oh, how lovely, I’ll get a vase Optimistic tulips on juicy stalks Peach-skin roses and irises with perky up-dos One-eyed narcissi and peony pompoms Don’t forget to change the water Well-behaved calendula and carnations calling for clean white linen Kindly stocks play an overture Oh, how lovely! They’re lasting well Painstaking tissue […]
Boundaries – 100 words
A train to meet – 100 words
A train to meet The road into town is a gift of misty valleys, glinting lakes and ‘Look, there, over the station!’ ‘What? Oh, yes’ Clouds of dark swirl together, apart, together twisting grey to darkest black shape of a cobra, shape of a heart a murmuration a boomerang of birds. ‘What kind? Where do […]
I – 100 words
I ally ambler baker blogger borrower boss Brit buyer carnivore chef child cleaner climber cook copywriter Cumbrian cyclist dancer daughter debtor depressive diner director divorcee dog-owner drinker editor employee employer enemy enthusiast entrant essayist Facebooker feminist friend gardener girlfriend graduate hater heterosexual hiker Housekeeper introvert journalist landlady liberal lodger loser lover manager mother motorist mourner […]
Change is now – 100 words
Change is now Her menopause drove her mad, she couldn’t cope, poor old thing. They nod like the bobbing penises on a jogging squad of naked bigots and say ‘ah, that explains it.’ Hot flushes – outrageous cliches. Whisper it: The Change. You’re damned right it’s change – a furious excoriating tornado of change. […]