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  • Poem: All The Things I Couldn’t Do

    A week ago today I got a tax rebate. A tax rebate? Well, that’s just great! A week ago today I got a tax rebate And this is what it said. It said: Don’t spend it on the spot, Don’t blow it on a yacht, Don’t buy yourself a plane, Don’t go insane, Don’t journey…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: M is for Money

    This week’s prompt is – M is for Money. You can go anywhere you like with this prompt. Modern or pre-decimal or ancient money? If everyone is using pre-decimal currency, that would instantly let your readers know that this is not a modern story. Wage packet or salary? Wage packet is a good way to…

  • Poem: My Neighbour’s Security Light

    My neighbour’s security light shines in my kitchen. It’s saving me electric, but cooking is fraught: With the light going off at inopportune moments My food never tastes quite as good as it ought. I reach for the mixed herbs and, plunged into darkness, I put a good handful in my bolognese I give it…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: L is for Light (or lights)

    This week – the prompt is L is for light or lights. So you can have light as in illumination – ‘Put the light on!’ And think of what words can go before light to make different forms of illumination: daylight, moonlight… and also think about where the light is coming from – the sun,…

  • Short Fiction: Dedication Is Key

    Dedication, that’s what it took. Personal achievement, relationships, success – dedication was the key to all of them. As he drummed into his children, you had to work for what you wanted. Year-round he trained, measuring, timing, perfecting his technique, straining to get the best out of his muscles and sinews, heart and lungs. He…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: K is for Key (or keys)

    This week – the prompt is K is for key or keys. Is it a single key or a bunch? What does the key unlock? A door? A box? A padlock? What’s the story once the thing has been unlocked? Or is the key for a clock, or a tin of sardines or a car?…

  • Poem: Jumping Frog

    Jumping Frog woke up one sunny morn, Stretched upon his lily pad and gave a little yawn. He said to himself, ‘It’s such a lovely day, I’ll hop off into town and so I must be on my way.’ He hugged his toy dog Spot goodbye And set off on his travels underneath a clear…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: J is for Jump (or anything to do with jump)

    This week – the prompt is J is for jump or anything to do with jump. There’s jump as in literally jump up and down, and so you can have athletics events – high jump, long jump, triple jump… racehorses can go over the jumps and there’s jumping jacks and jump jets… And then there’s…

  • Poem: What’s Within

    I iron creases from a shirt and think about my skin: You see it creped and wrinkled; you don’t see what’s within. You see my shoulders rounded; you see my face is red; But you’ve got no idea what’s going on inside my head… I don’t want to do the ironing, wash the curtains or…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: I is for Iron

    This week – the prompt is I is for iron. This prompt can open up lots of areas for you to explore. There’s iron as in the metal – think of all the things that can be made from iron: gates, railings, pans, the trivets on a gas hob, waffle irons, branding irons, golf clubs,…