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Category: Writing Club

  • Poem: My Spam Folder

    The volume of emails coming into your inbox Is often alarming, I think you’ll agree. Thanks heavens we’ve all got our spam filters working Or else we’d be drowning in a spam email sea. My spam filter roots out the dodgy and scammy The grifters, the venal, the thick and the strange; So I’ve braved…

  • Poem: The Usual Routine

    Every morning, seven-fifteen Sydney showered, short but keen, Ate his breakfast, washed the bowl Listening to some rock and roll Flossed and brushed his teeth with care, Cleaned his glasses, combed his hair, Donned his shirt and tie and suit, Pulled on each well-polished boot; Grabbed his briefcase, coat and hat, Left the house and…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: V is for Volume

    Well, there’s volume as in sound level. What is the sound? Is it loud or soft? What effect does it have? When is it happening? Is it a good sound or a bad sound? It could be the sound of someone breathing, or someone mowing their lawn at three o’clock in the morning.

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: U is for Unusual

    This week – the prompt is U is for Unusual. Unusual. Out of the ordinary. Something you wouldn’t expect. Strange. Different. Not normal. It could be something out of place… a window open when it shouldn’t be or a door closed when it should be open. Maybe it’s somebody who shouldn’t be where they are,…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: T is for Track

    This week – the prompt is T is for Track. As a noun, there’s track as in a footpath, a track as in a running track, or track as in an individual song an LP/CD.  Animals leave tracks through the woods or in the snow. Railway tracks criss-cross the country, and it used to be…

  • Short Fiction: The Same Every Time

    I turned my car towards the hotel with some trepidation, to be honest, even though I knew exactly what was going to happen. I didn’t want to go there at all, and if I thought I could have got away with it I’d have gone straight past and ignored her, but I knew she’d have…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: S is for Stand

    This week – the prompt is S is for Stand (or stood). So, you can stand as in literally ‘rise to’ or ‘be on’ your feet.  It’s also a way of saying someone’s height – Journeyman Tom stands 6’ 7”. Your hair stands on end. It can mean ‘to place something’: on the top table…

  • Short Fiction: A Letter From Jane Austen To Her Brother

    My dearest Edward, How timely is your wonderful invitation to come and stay with you a while in Hampshire! I am in sore need of a prolonged rest with little to disturb me, for I am quite beset with all manner of communications which clamour for my attention, hence my tardiness in replying to your…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: R is for Rest

    This week – the prompt is R is for Rest. There’s rest as in repose or taking a break from something – having a rest. There’s rest as in to put something down for a short while – rest your hand on someone’s shoulder… or rest a burden or a piece of work on something……

  • Poem: A Blind Date? What Were You Thinking?

    Why am I doing this? What shall I wear? Do I have time to colour my hair? What about nail varnish? Heels or flat shoes? Dress, skirt or trousers? Why can’t I choose? What shall we talk about? Where will we go? Why am I bothered? Why didn’t I say no? What if he’s awful?…

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