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Warning for the young – 100 words

April 30, 2023 By Ellen

Warning for the young   Your hippocampus is grey and small and shaped like a seahorse (apparently) an insignificant brain blob but do not make the mistake of taking it for granted while it’s ever so easy to stuff with song lyrics, boyfriend biographies and bins out on a Wednesday for Thursday collection beware there […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, age, creative writing, forgetting, memory

Earth – 100 words

April 14, 2023 By Ellen

Earth A word like a grunt – our home Vowel grows in the throat Holding art and ears in its heart Our wet planet – they tell us it’s beautiful from out in space where you can’t see storms The rock under feet, homes, towns – solid, dependable, sedimentary Soil. Dirt. A filthy cocktail of […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, earth

Discrepancy – 100 words

April 12, 2023 By Ellen

Discrepancy One day I learned that my husband had been gay all along so when he said ‘I do’ what he really meant was ‘You’ll do to hide behind’. I know it wouldn’t be nice to be out in 1992 when even Elton’s closet had just closed behind him. But imagine how it felt to […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing

Mad dogs – 100 words

April 7, 2023 By Ellen

Mad dogs We heeded and now wouldn’t dream of giving the SPF a miss ‘Do my back’ Then flat out, limbs strategically arranged for even UV and welcome the warmth seeping through protective epidermis into bone marrow and weighing it down which is odd as we think golden skin somehow looks slimmer but hot heaviness […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, family, other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing, heat, holiday, rays, sunbathing, tan

Beads of joy – 100 words

April 6, 2023 By Ellen

Beads of joy When you died it was hard to see anything for the tears – not growing up, nor adventures. Only a bleak road ahead: Diminished, downcast. Without you in it and full of hard rocks and other painful surprises. I didn’t notice when it happened, but now, over my shoulder there are glints: […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, brother, creative writing, grief, Nathan Arnison

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