60103 Smaller, squarish, going nowhere soon, The Flying Scotsman pants and gasps burping steam. Wednesday afternoon commuters interrupt bad-tempered waiting – We are sorry to announce… (They aren’t, you know) – to smile and photograph. You’ll never guess… Passengers peer past the 15.36 Pendolino to the 1923 A-class locomotive, gleaming, glossy, the world’s most famous […]
Flowers, for me? 100 words
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 […]