Tag: hope

Flash Fiction, tutto e niente

Finally

Tina Stewart Brakebill

The house was quiet.

Finally.

The loud click of the lock had echoed in her mind for just a moment as she shut out the last of the stragglers. But the constant stream of words had stopped.

Finally.

No more kind-hearted souls urging her to “eat something.” No more obsequious parishioners offering her sympathy and prayers. No more polite policeman asking stupid questions. No more of his exacting demands for unattainable perfection. No more of her internal screams of anguish. No more.

Finally.

She gazed out the window. His final view offering her an open road to the future.

Finally.  

PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook

The attempts at unblocking my writer’s block seems to be have channeled me to the dark side! Thanks Rochelle and Sandra for the inspiration for this 100 word ode to revenge or maybe regret or possibly hope. The reader can decide. Visit her site for more info on the Friday Fictioneers challenge. 

19 September 2025

 

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

at first blush

Tina Stewart Brakebill

at first blush hopeful

till the bruise stains the bounty

the blossom endures

Rory McEwen (British, 1932-1982)

I recently visited an exhibit of Rory McEwen’s paintings and I was blown away. His work is magnificent. I was really caught off guard by how much emotion a flower or a leaf or an onion (!) could convey. If you ever have the chance to see his work, take it! When I read today’s SoCS prompt word (BLUSH), I immediately thought of him.

 

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Aug. 2, 2025

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, tutto e niente

Flashback to Hope

Tina Stewart Brakebill
Fandango’s Flashback Friday — July 25th

This was originally posted on 7/25/2019 as A Change is Gonna Come (Hopefully).

Sadly, my feelings of being “uninspired or depressed or lethargic” also are like a bad flashback. Anyway … here’s to hope

The world spins around

Bringing a spark of new hope

As fuel for the flames

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I’ve been WP MIA for a couple of weeks. Between the heat and the constant rain and the general state of our world, I’ve been uninspired or depressed or lethargic. “Whatever” has been my go-to feeling of late. Ugh. But I’m trying to lift myself out of it. So thanks to  Sue’s beautiful photo challenge for giving me a hopeful image to go along with the spark of hope coming out of Puerto Rico.

I’ll leave you with my title inspiration-Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.”

Peace.

Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, tutto e niente

Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall

Tina Stewart Brakebill

I must vent, he roared.

Cracking open the window,  

he cried as he fell:

What about the price of eggs!

Now, he’s the one cracked open.   

Today’s three words for pensitivity’s challenge are:
UPLIFT
VENT
WINDOW

Sadly, I could find no uplift. Maybe tomorrow.

Three Things Challenge #M980

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

until

Tina Stewart Brakebill

casting out the trash

until, the vessel empty

we usher in hope

Photo by Disha Sheta on Pexels.com

 

Welcome to pensitivity’s daily Three Things Challenge.
Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly.

TRASH
USHER
UNTIL

 

Three Things Challenge #M974