Tag: writing
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The Interactive Hand-Written Letter
Christmas Day my sister stopped everything with the rustle of paper. We all stopped eating waiting to find out what she was up to.
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the glass translucent
Poetry wise, I’d never want the glass too clear, So obviously, so much so you’d easily know, What I’m saying.
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ink blots
Words penned as if from drops of rain, clouds whispering their misty motes of pain, dissipating through my inspiration. Ink blots on the tear dripped paper.
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The Creativity Thing
I have been inspired by Meredith Lewis’ Advent Calendar and today’s most so which is on creativity Meredith’s Advent Calendar. This is my best response… I can still hear her voice in my head. Although long ago she would have sent away mine, unfortunately. She had spend the last 45 minutes describing her failed novel…
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Version Control
It began as an easy and fairly innocuous job. The only downside was that it had to be finished by Monday. But I was just the technical writer and my role was secondary. Or so I thought. The content was being emailed to me by another person. A communications document for a new software implementation.…
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On His Poetry
I still don’t know how the poet began. I do know I loved songs as a child. I still can remember the church hymns from even before I went to school. I can remember nursery rhymes. I can remember even the pop music (Van Morrison’s The Way Young Lovers Do!). But when it comes to…
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Who Wrote This?
If I was able, I would tell it all But my feelings are forlorn And with thoughts so small I write until the pen is worn. And once or twice maybe even thrice I receive wisdom in that night Words beyond trite thoughts and mere caprice, I look down and wonder at what I write.
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Write, Rewrite, Then Don’t Rewind : Writing Out Loud #4
I paid my money didn’t I? I should be able to take my choice then? No, not when NYC Midnight have their flash fiction competition. One thousand carefully chosen words, a genre, a scene and an object chosen at random. Forty Eight hours to write it. And on Saturday 15th July, the email arrived. Genre:…