Always Open

Shaking his fist at the moon, he rises up out of the sludge, the shitty slime. Oh sweet Copernicus, king of Continue reading →

Care Home Time Traveller

“Ok Daddy, can I bring teddy? “Yes Patricia but you must hurry, we need to get in the shelter.” Patricia Continue reading →

Portrait of a Day

  Portrait of a day A walk in the rain all of life beautiful and mundane shopping as distraction from Continue reading →

Poisonous Magpies

Lawyer’s wigs, or shaggy ink cap “Looks like a squid.” The wisdom of children, priceless. More valuable than the tainted Continue reading →

Into the Woods

Today’s prompt turned into a continuation of a short story meant as flash fiction a couple of days ago. Something Continue reading →

Dubious

I’m dubious that my day will get better than this.        Copyright John de Gruyther 2017 https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/dubious/#like-254786w

The Dancer in the Window

They’re always riffing on your pain The same song over and over again A guitar lick or a dirty trick Continue reading →

It’s not Black and White

I want to share with you a little about my personal relationship with Poppy Day and my yearly poppy related Continue reading →