Freedom and Misery

Is that a nest He longs to face the window What sort of bird would build such a roost A Continue reading →

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 →

The 80’s

Fighting for rights, respect and equality For years and years Here’s what some women had to say back in the 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