Mimosas in Bloom

Thanks to Joshua Elliott for sending us this lovely image of his Mimosa tree in bloom

May 25, 2025 0

Poetry marathon

There is a 24 hour poetry marathon going on today. This includes prompts once an hour and you are able to sign up for the half marathon or the full thing. Our own Patricia Harris has been in the half marathon for a few years now.

Next year we will put the sign up for the marathon on the blog for the interested. It is not for the weak of heart.

May 17, 2025 0

poetry by Patricia Harris

This is from her upcoming book Ars Poetica

May 16, 2025 0

poetry by Friday

WILL THEY SEE

Will my kids read them
My stories
My poetry
The random collected quotes
That may help them later in life
I don’t know
I hope one day they will

May 16, 2025 0

Art from Day one

those who are paying attention know that we are running a MerMay challenge and we got our first contribution from the challenge. It even came with an explanation of what the artist was doing …

Day 1 of sea-worthy responses to prompts. Clams. I thought what if the clams in the linguine grew legs and attacked?

From Jessica Raney

May 3, 2025 0

NARCISSISTIC TERROR By Friday Vash

He was sweet in the beginning
Many times throughout the relationship, too
But more and more
He accused her of cheating
Of not loving him enough
Constant beradement
So much name calling
Taking all her money
Her confidence 
Her self love
Everything he could take
Long fights until dawn
Outside the house 
The best husband
The kindest
Who wouldn’t hurt a fly
One day he is so high
So drunk 
He throws her against the wall
Straight out of a bathtub
She call the cops
He even tells them she deserved it
She made him do it
He is out of the house now
She can have peace?
No
Brace for the rest of her life
Because the injury was major
His friends constantly asking
Coming by for things she doesn’t have
Even cutting power lines to the house
Limping for rest of her days 
Constant bullshit from all sides
Leaving town
Leaving her home is the only way for peace
For happiness
Why must people be this way?

May 1, 2025 1

our MerMay Challenge

We gladly finished our PAD challenge last month and decided that we enjoyed it. So we decided to try another challenge. Can you join us ? all creative endeavors are welcome!