Hour 11 — The Peoples’ House

Beth A. Fleisher Hour 11   Prompt 11:  Write a poem about or set in a place you have never been to. It could be a real concrete location, or something more metaphorical, imaginary or fictional – somewhere over the rainbow comes to mind.  …

Prompt 12 Hour 12. Faithchep

IN THE PAST. In the old days Mats were weaved with care And the land Never was bare With clans living as one without scars In the old days Conflicts were very scarce There was peace and love Even to homes on hills above In…

Prompt #10: ZZZ oops!

The needle on the record player glides across the 45 as my eyes close to focus on the music. My mind continues to race with anxiety as it seeks inspiration from the calm tones of Cat Stevens. While Moonshadow plays I can’t focus. It is…

Rules of Wealth

If you want to be rich Don’t gamble If that is your wish Don’t grumble   You may win a hand Once in a while It is not a rule But you may try   The other day The other man won a lottery His…

H12: Inside and Out

“…not meant to be perfect,” she mumbled at me, As I hoed out the weeds from around the tree. But in my mind, it was a perfect planting, From start to finish, or someday would be. So I kept digging for the ideal, the end…

Hour 9 – C-virus

Sitting in my cottage, just home from the store A strange heat started to radiate from my core. With each spoon of my porridge, the lethargy got worse I reached for a bottle of meds then zoom called a nurse. Random thoughts flew through me,…

As Beautiful As Burning Fire

The autumnal colours spattered through the copse Leaves releasing musky essence of each vein’s blood Overhead stayed upon the branches no wind to pare them Were locked in Elven arrangements As might reindeer be to snowy travel Beautiful season it worked its way deep into…

Hour 12: Surprise

When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke “It came as a great surprise to me.” “I had no objections.” “It came as a great surprise to me.”   Surprise It came as a great surprise to me When I saw the flower on the tree….

8pm – twelve – Music & Wine

music & wine words, secrets, hopes, dreams a warm hug, a quick kiss whispered words a soft caress comfortable silence yet electricity in the air — tilted glasses nectar of the vine, deep conversations feelings, heavy & astute blurring the edges thoughts tumbling in my…

Ideals and Music

Music and Ideas create something no other would dream of doing. They create something from the soft breathe to the loud thundering yelling. Music has power even without words. Storytelling and music have been together since the beginning. It creates thoughts from dreams and nightmares….