fiction
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It’s a Frankenberry Monster Cereal Family Time … Again … Again … So Matt … (post post)
Note: revisiting this one from last year, my first Fall here in my role as the Brother Uncle Troll under the stairs, one who doesn’t eat cats by the way (sorry, I know that’s kind of random) as some tails might go, but looks to them, instead, as friends and for emotional support and as… Continue reading
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Cricket The Cat Poet – From Beyond the Lap (poem)
CRICKET’S CAT CONDO A Cricket Blog Blog Header: Hi and welcome to the Condo, I’m Cricket of said blog title and I write of just my everyday cat here, sometimes funny, sometimes scratchfelt, sometimes angry where I meowl to the cat heavens like I’m at a cat funeral, thoughts on getting older and sometimes stuff… Continue reading
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Kenny, The Yellow Fog (flash fiction)
Something from earlier this week at dVerse Poets …. “Björn here, trying to inspire you to write prose. It is always hard to find a good line to embed in a piece of prose, but after looking around this line caught my attention: The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes from “The Love… Continue reading
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An Impatient King (prosery/flash fiction)
A new “prosery” prompt at dVerse Poets from Sanaa, a 144 word piece of prose to include a chosen line from a poem, in this case, the line “The future gathers in vine, bush, and tree: Persimmon, walnut, loquat, fig, and grape” from the poem “Time and the Garden” by Yvor Winters. ////////////////////////////////////////// An Impatient King… Continue reading
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Simple (stream flash fiction)
From Sadje, one of my first friends at dVerse Poets I only wanted simple he said she said the chorus said with a “we” watching from outside the lines drawn while singing in tune over Greek pastries at that little place in the district that specialized in just that sort of thing, some sweet some… Continue reading
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Danger Will Robinson!! (haibun)
So this past Monday was a haibun prompt from Frank at dVerse Poets. The prompt is here and emphasizes “silver”. Haibun Monday 8-4-25: Silver (I did stretch things a bit for a haibun) ////////////////////////////////////////// Austin Road Elementary school, Mahopac NY, early 1970’s. In the back of the school sat the playground, some basketball hoops, a baseball… Continue reading
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A New Captain’s Chair To Cardan Four (simple post about a chair)
Finally got myself the new PC chair I’ve been wanting. The old one, though of sentimental value, really needed to be retired, not completely, but at least to a different corner of this room, a sort of studio apartment in my sister’s basement, it has a small fridge an air fryer and a microwave so… Continue reading
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Orange Quarantine (song re-visit)
Spent the weekend doing nothing (holy crap! really?! that’s new … shut up m’fr!) one new post and then just eyes and headphones down to some old stuff, a bit of a re-set if you will as it seemed necessary. Re-read a lot of old things just to remind myself that I wasn’t totally crazy… Continue reading
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Of Glasses, Old Men & Sisters (post-post)
So in the header for my blog here I do my best to give you an idea of what to expect if you decide to do some rummaging around some strange man’s attic or scream, after such, for help to anyone who might be listening on the front path three stories below to get you… Continue reading
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