If love was rain Check the forecast. Again. Unseasonably damp or drought? Incantation for precipitation. Then, ah -refreshing, quenching, fresh. Plashing, plopping. You know -green shoots, petrichor, yada. Stand barefoot, gasping and drenched – torrentially triumphant. Drinking it deep until – there’s floods, cancellations. Driving drizzle and damn – now the roof leaks. Drips […]
Empty landscape – 100 words
Empty landscape Wind turbines rolling lazy in front of layered sky. Alto stratus, rainbowed crystals and morning mists retreating to the river where smoothed rocks chatter and turn. Stretched shadows from black bales, winter feed for cattle still cropping, hoof-deep in mud by the trough, flicking flies from rumps. That gate, its weary post […]
After the storms – 100 words
After the storms Flashes rupture blanket gloom, rumble sets my snaredrum soul to rattle again. I strain for a door-kick direction, a boot drop, curse call clue. I sense waves of acid fury rippling towards me and I clench for the inevitable explosion and the weary fall-out of cleaning and meaningless apology. Flashes […]
Beach body
Beach body Sand dune hillocks undulate then redistribute as the storms pass Scratchy grasses poke unruly in the valleys, on the crests. Looked down on, from that cliff, golden sands luxuriate, languid, between frothy blue and the carpark. Closer it’s dog poo bin and vacant life preserver stand; pebbles and fag ends; spiteful pebbles […]
A mother’s roll – 100 words
A mother’s roll Mum to be New mum Gina Ford mum Breastfeeding mum Mastitis mum Formula mum Working mum Sign language mum Baby-led weaning mum Playgroup rota mum Guilty mum Swimming lessons mum Neurodiversity assessment mum Fight their corner mum Single mum Shouty mum Sleepover mum Leave the office on the dot mum Scout […]