The House of Chronos

photo by Chad Michael Ward Mlady Crumpet Chronos has been the reigning kingpin of her flower region for fifty years. Roses, peony, iris, gladiolus, geranium, tulips, and daffodils are her realm. When aficionados want the best, they come to the House of Chronos. Starting her career in the fields as a laborer, she learned the…

#MM — Sunday Writing Prompt — Barking up the wrong tree (long)

“Field of Wild Flowers” Edwina was a city born and raised woman who had dreamed of a bucolic lifestyle ever since she read, “Charlotte’s Web” as a child. Whenever she was feeling stressed she would imagine herself on a small farm, raising a flock of chickens, milking dairy goats, making her own cheese, cultivating a…

Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, July 3rd 2019, summer love

summer love Summer’s new romance — dove eyes twinkle with desire from endless kisses. Under umbrella, beach shadow creates a cave of hidden fumblings. Summer love, where sand is wet with longing under the big blue sky. School’s out for summer young lovers swoon, toes glisten with honey moon’s kiss. Roses’ sweetness competes with summer’s…

#MM Photo Challenge — To where my dreams play

– Gabriel Isak   stealth arrows lead me there to where my dreams play   NEKNEERAJ is the host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Photo Challenge.  Nekneeraj says: Use above image as inspiration for a poem or short story. I chose to write a lanturne form poem for this photo.    

#MM — Sunday Writing Prompt “The Bloody Carousel” (long)

WARNING:  May have trauma triggers in it for some. On the edge of our dimension sets a bloody castle. To some religions it is named limbo. For those who leave this life at a crossroads or nearing a milestone, the castle is a place where one’s strengths and weaknesses are put to the test. How…