Complimentary therapy Hello there, You look amazing, that sparkle in your eyes I feel so much better when I see you I know you don’t think it’s much, but what you’ve achieved is astonishing not many people could do that you should be proud it’s so funny – and clever. You made me properly LOL! […]
Impertinent insects – 100 words
Impertinent insects All it takes is one bright day when premature spring warms the roof and I hear buzzing, see a dark flitting at the edge of sight, a flicker of flying filth, dark dot clusters spotting surfaces. That itchy zoom-past and you know peace is impossible. Nature’s design has a place for everything, I […]
International Women’s Day – 100 words
Worm Moon – 100 words
Worm moon There they are under warming soil and roots, wriggling and writhing their way up to turn pointy faces or bums (you can’t tell which) to the eponymous moon. But they’re wrong. Lunar worms are lavae of American beetles spotted waking from frost by the Naudowessie people each March. Their North Dakotan neighbours call […]
Man shops – 100 words
Man shops A man makes his living from pretending to be someone else Lots of someone elses Impossible to tell if he’s any good because all the someone elses are alike A type, perhaps He’s popular, though Probably swagger, cheekbone angles, an insouciance sewn onto a leather waistcoat Not many men could carry that off […]