Sarah is the host of Mindlovesmisery Menagerie’s Saturday Mix. Sarah says: Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 18 May 2019! For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out a Musette. The topic is up to you! Luckily, Shadow Poetry has an explanation…Good luck with your ‘Lucky…
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Anomaly
Image by Ylanite Koppens from Pixabay Sally, the visiting nurse, was on her way to meet a new client today. As Sally read through Mrs. Gates’ case file the night before, she learned that Mrs. Gates was a recent widow. Her husband, a retired marine biologist, had collapsed a month prior while doing pool maintenance…
Summer Cherry Picking
Image by fernando zhiminaicela from Pixabay Rutger was a high school science teacher in the thumb of Michigan during the school year, but during his summers he became a vagabond in Europe, traveling to wherever his Euro-rail pass would take him, many times on a whim. One of the things Rutger loved most was taking…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #87 — Traveling Day Train
Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge. Reena says: Welcome to the 87th round of reflections and looking both inwards and outwards to explore! I give you a choice between two pictures. You can choose any one, or write two separate pieces for both, and link up. Picture courtesy – Prachika Saxena Click clack…
Bait
Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay The fishing trawler was headed home from another day of pulling its nets through the water to catch any and everything. Dark clouds rushed in and nature’s bathtub began to churn. Norton, the first mate, called out, “Captain, there’s a small boat looks to be drifting 100 yards to our…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge and dVerse Lai form — Blind Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike by Carol Allen Anfinsen Axe’s bleeding edge Raised o’er outstretched necks To strike. Gene-spliced monsters fledge As architects pledge “Safe-like.” Evolution sledged On extinction’s ledge Blind shrike. A Butcher Bird, or Shrike is a predatory songbird, fearless and bold. It is a ferocious killer that will impale its victims. This lai form…
Saturday Mix – Sound Bite, 11 May 2019 — Escape (mature audiences only)
Clanking and clinking, she paced back and forth across the cold cement floor, feet slapping, waiting for the cheap tin plate of stale bread crusts and rotten fruit breakfast to scrape under the door. The last time she tried to jump on his back when he entered the room meant now she was affixed to…
Tao-Talk 