Drabble Wednesday is back again, after missing last week, with three creepy offerings... Harbinger The dirt road led nowhere special. To an overgrown lot of nondescript dry grass and weeds. Yet an old car sputtered down the rutted lane, the man driving with a white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel. He hit the brakes, and... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to another Drabble Wednesday and today I have three murder drabbles for you. Enjoy. Image by brands amon from Pixabay Fascination Death. One singular moment in eternity. A release for some, a fight for others. Yet… it joins us all. Doesn’t it? I always thought so. It waits for us, chasing our heartbeats with every pounding... Continue Reading →
We're talking a break from the penguins today with some unrelated drabbles to feed the darkness...Enjoy. Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay Last Dance Among the stark gravestones, indigo obscurity wafts against the voluminous moon, and the sweet strains of forgotten melody play on the hush of wind. Diaphanous light shifts, and a silver grey meld of ethereal substance... Continue Reading →
Here's today's poem. Image by Noel Bauza from Pixabay Winter's Fjord Within the icy flowShe haunts my dreamsHer beloved faceSinking beneath the watersWhy did she leave me? Consumed inside the nightAshen pyre on the riverScorching embers taking flightI see her face within the waterHer soul sailing out to sea
So for Day 17 I have the prompt, parallel. I started out attempting a ghazal, but ended up with something interesting but not quite a ghazal (I screwed up the rules a bit as I was writing). But I liked it, so here it is. Image by Quang Nguyen vinh from Pixabay Parallel The axis of the world... Continue Reading →
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