Faint light leaks from the manhole grate, a golden coin that will be lost when the last radioactive rat dies. … More
Tag: TWT
TWT-Quit Your Fuss
Quit your fuss! Barbed wire insults are not necessary when an unassailable wall of words has been built between us. … More
TWT-Stifling Summer
This week BulBul’s Twenty Word Tuesday Challenge asks us to take a “Turn.” Join us. Summer’s porous fruit barely begins … More
TWT-The Brown Fairy
Today’s Twenty Word Tuesday word of the day is-Opium. Visiting France, I discovered that many famous writers of bygone times … More
TWT-Story
Waterfalls are story webs, wisps of silvery thread spinning the yarn of generational streams, resifted through the earth’s eroding palms. … More
TWT-March 30th, 2021
Topic: Colors Granny cut multi-colored squares by lamplight. Invented a pattern bouncing me; a jigsaw of joy I wrap myself … More
TWT-A Nod to Hope
Prompt: Hope Hope is a thing with feathers hopping a fiery hoop before a springtime swim towards the horizon, heedless … More
TWT-The Bitten Bride
White webs of crinoline cling to concrete, cradling the wobbly legs of a bride bitten by the fear of forever. … More
TWT—Driving Delusion
Prompt: Fantasy Toes shovel sand amidst the ocean’s endless highway. Unscalable cliffs shield our lucky combinations; I press the window … More
TWT–Alpine Sting
Prompt: Wind Beware the föhn. Bows branches in your mind, wailing eerie pain. See the shadow of him; a spot … More
TWT-Seasonal Creep
Prompt 26: Spring “Back aching?” “Switch positions?” “Never.” My seasonal creep lifts the mattress, metal coil blooms crocus purple underneath. … More
TWT-How the Heart Burns
Today’s Prompt: Heart “Lemme teach you ‘bout love.” Grandpa scissored. “Love’s diarrhea. It’s unexpected, unstoppable and unclean.” That VDay, I … More
TWT-A Custom Cut
Today’s Prompt: Memory Sliced or Diced?Up to you.Mince pleasure. Portion pain. Welcome to Custom Cut Memory Chain; Bring us your … More
TWT-The Deeper the Fall
Spring in his step, the bachelor makes the most of each fall, drilling ever closer to love’s molten, magnetic shield. … More
TWT-The Main Events
Prompt: Piece Piece of pink ribbon unspools across today’s sky; black cord snakes through the bed. Craving color for calendar’s … More