Tag: play
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Swing
#NaPoWriMo Day Two Today’s prompt was to write a poem which transforms the natural world into an unsettled dream-place. I have loosely followed this prompt and combined it with #WorldAutismAwarenessDay, which is also today, creating a poem from the perpective of a child with autism. I hope I have done some small justice to what…
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A Card Game
Lounged on the veranda on a dewy night; Conman v marine (and conman’s hand is terrible… He tends to be a sober player, right?) He’s entirely lost; a jester (allegorical…) Can the air magic him an anchor in this lough?! Not now that he’s imbibed; he’d need quite the miracle. So a hundred times he…
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Adventures of Princess Dragon-Slayer
I wield my sword as dragons snooze, While hitching the hoop of my gown, I hold steady on my stiletto shoes, And cut the blighters down, Behind comes a cheer from the crowd, The animals bray, bark and bleat, They hoist me high above town, And parade me all through the street, In my sedan…
Serena Malcolm 