A partially finished written work, which attempts to use a humble meal as a catalyst for talking about endings. The plate, plated, vitals laid out to please the eye, to satisfy the stomach, but what of this breakfast, just another humble Full English ready, or should we look closer. 2 sausages shoulder less soldiers guarding … [Read more…]
I was born, not like you, but one day I was not here and the next day, well I was. My friends, who I have known for as long as I have been alive, have told me that I was born after a fire, and that the blaze killed my parents who I never met. … [Read more…]
Education promotes a belief system which in turn supports the ruling class. Geography In the UK, the education system tells us there are seven continents in the world: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America. In the Russia, the education system tells us there are six continents in the world: Africa, Antarctica, … [Read more…]
This is a less than 500 word dialogue, a imaginary argument between people, if you lived in the UK, you may meet, may indeed be your friends. I hope that the characters feel real and that the dialogue flows. I have tried to avoid “he said”, “she said” type writing.
This piece is a very short work in loose poetic form, it was written during a creative writing course I attended. At the moment, I feel very close to the subject matter, and whilst it is naïve, it has resonated. and everyone is crying,and she is near me,and we are in the room,and her snot,and … [Read more…]
Go inside the mind of a patient whose heart stops for 10 minutes, which gives the patient the chance to make a shocking discovery that reframes their life. Include supernatural elements, but do not dare use the phrase “the light flashed before their eyes,” or any other near-death experience tropes. The steps down to the … [Read more…]
Present Tense The coach driver announces on the tanoy “We have errivez at ze serrvice stob, we will be herre forr zirty minutes, can all passengerrs blease leave the coach and be back at one zirty” Slowly the passengers file off the bus, some smiling at the driver as they pass, others in the midst … [Read more…]
Background Tiglath Pileser (TP) we meet him during his coronation in 1120BC (3141 years ago) he is 22 years old. He is being coronated in Caleh as the new Assyrian king. His father Asshur Risk Ishi (ARI) won back Caleh from the Babylonians and restored Assyria onto the map as an independent state. ARI had … [Read more…]
A sonnet for our times, 19, nineteen attempts, seeds plantedWorld Unknown, Hume Anity, Negligent?Carried, Harried, Incubated, Nuturated, Allowed19, readiedhumans consume, plan but fan, your places ready20, twenty by TwoWake Hope Optimist, Worry Halt Ominous21, 20 won?twenty one greater than 19verily algebraic calculations, inflate, negate, triangulate21 > 19 when 21 < 20 when 20 < 19 … [Read more…]