Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
Sparkling Tinsel
Adorning The Tiniest Tree
A Star Of Tinfoil
Cast From Tinkerbell’s Wand
As The Tin Man Found His Heart
Christmas memories (of Christmas trees, homemade ornaments, Sunday nights with The Wonderful World of Disney, and our annual viewing of The Wizard of Oz) inspired by Linda’s SoCS challenge to use TIN as our prompt.
And by Frank’s Christmas Haiku Challenge
Happy Holidays to all that Celebrate.
to fly is a gift
an eruption to behold
till gravity speaks
in its imperious voice
and stills the music of flight
That (this) darn cannon was still on my mind this morning. So my tanka offering is a mash up between yesterday’s story (and word prompts) and today’s. Cheating? Maybe. But I woke up with it half formed in mind and it needed to be finished! Check out yesterday’s Flash Fiction for the companion story. It explains the cannon 😉 https://tinastewartbrakebill.com/2018/12/07/buon-viaggio/
So thanks again to yesterday’s prompts at WOTD (eruption) and One Daily Prompt (gift)
And today’s prompts from One Daily Prompt (imperious) and Linda’s SoCS (musical)
he lives for today
to exist in the moment
a mirror image
of who he once was, could be
an instant captured, pending
It’s tanka time! Thanks to the following for the challenging but fun prompts! Check out their sites for details.
and
Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge (exist/today)
and
Putting My Feet in the Dirt (a mirror image of who he once was)
Once upon a pumpkin
The harsh weight of the blade fell
Oh! Jack O’ Lantern!
Whimpered the zucchini squash
Am I to be the next slice!
Halloweeeen! inspiration from dversepoets and FOWC
Just a reminder that Stalin (as well as some other really really horrible people) was fond of using the phrase vrog naroda or “enemy of the people/nation” to describe anyone who didn’t agree with him. Those people often ended up dead or in labor/prison camps. Let’ s hope we’re on a better road than that.
In the meantime, I offer my gratitude to journalists for all the vital work they do.
I also wrote a tanka. It’ s not my best work, but it’s from the heart 😉
Ode to the Dense Speculations & Fools
Dense Speculations
Nurture the Lie of Fake News
And Starve the Free Press
And Too Soon, Fools We Become
If We Lack Will to Resist
My opinions are mine alone but I do want to add my Writing Prompts thanks to Ronavan Writes and Putting my Feet in the Dirt
