Tag Archives: Friday Fictioneers
THE LEANING TREE
1952: With girlish glee I measured my adolescent growth by the Leaning Tree. 1955: Four inches taller but I still walked straight as I passed under the Leaning Tree. 1956: My sixteenth birthday pictures were taken under the branch … Continue reading
DANGER IN TOMMY’S TODDY
Glistening ice causing lacy trees Freezing fast in frigid breeze. Street light shining for those still out Shows way home for a gadabout But Tommy struggles to get to the gate Too much drink has made him late, He lays … Continue reading
PRDT-Xa MISCALCULATES
BREAKING NEWS: PRDT-Xa designed amazing technological advancement which can function robotically as a giant keyboard – translates all keyboard characters – even Khmer’s 74 characters. It will not be useful in America since it will not be fully developed for … Continue reading
FIRST RESPONSE
I sit and look across the lake. Lights are beautiful. I snap a still. Then decide to do a video. Beautiful as it whirls….. What’s happening? The ferris wheel crumples to the ground. “Oh, Wow, what a shot! Reporters will … Continue reading
BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE GET OLD
NOTE: I question whether this is in poor taste. I am not being cynical, making light of a problem, nor being humorous. I am exaggerating, but I am recognizing that this kind of problem exists. We need more medical research … Continue reading
“YOU OLD GOAT”
PHOTO PROMPT © Randy Mazie “Summer visits, six years to nine, climbing apple tree, goat’s milk, making butter, feeding the goats, playing with kids,” I chuckled as I wrote. Old home site memories. No buildings remained. The grave stone was a … Continue reading
OFF-SPRING OF THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD
See that silver, sleek, streak whizzing by – that’s ME – an offspring of the Little Engine that Could. We snicker at the “Greatest Generation” trains down at Central Station. That Little Engine huffed and puffed to pull two … Continue reading
DANGER ZONE
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson About a mile upstream, there was a fish’s school A thousand little fishes learned a brand new rule. Always stay together and help each other out And never ever swim in danger under a water … Continue reading
COFFIN NAILS
Donna sighed as she began to clean up the coffee table. Coffee table? Looks like a cigarette table. She wished Bud would control his anxieties by drinking coffee instead of smoking cigarettes. She was scared. For thirty-two years he had … Continue reading
AN AGED LOVE
Why do I come? Why do I continue to sit with you. Why did I spend time with you every day although you did not know me or know that I was there? Then you were bound to the bed, now bound … Continue reading
