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  • 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,…

  • Poem: Heavy Metal Hero

    I wanna be a heavy metal hero; I wanna front a hard rock band. I’m all done with rap And all that pap I wanna show I’m in command. I wanna wear my hair all long and greasy; Want it wild and thick and all that stuff. I want it blond or black, I want…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: H is for Heavy or Heavily

    This week – the prompt is H is for heavy or heavily. This prompt can take you in loads of different directions: It can be as basic as someone or something is heavy. Why is whatever it is heavy? Is it an advantage or a disadvantage that it’s heavy? How does it affect your plot?…

  • Poem: The Fancy-Dress Party

    We’ve just had a fancy dress party – our family and some of our friends – It was really quite funny to see the grown-ups getting dressed up and playing “pretends”. My grandmother came as a teabag, and grandfather came as a bat, And Daddy turned out as King Arthur, while Mummy dressed up as…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: G is for Gold or Golden

    This week – the prompt is G is for Gold or Golden Plenty of opportunities with this prompt – golden opportunities, you might say… There’s gold as in precious metal – gold bars, gold jewellery – new, antique or ancient, gold thread, gold teeth, gold filling, the gold earring that pirates are reputed to have…

  • Poem: Building A Wardrobe

    My uncles came to stay with me when I got my new pad; They came to do some DIY for which I was quite glad. They put me up some pantry shelves and stood back with great pride; I watched as jars and bottles slowly slid down to one side. I bought a rotary washing…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: F is for Flat

    This week – the prompt is F is for Flat. You can go anywhere with this prompt. There’s flat as in smooth and level with an absence of lumps and bumps, whether that’s a landscape or a surface or a sheet of paper, the sea – anything like that, and obviously there’s the verb to…

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