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  • Peacock Spy & Peacock to the Rescue

    The Peacock Spy The white peacock strutted about the yard; through its eyes he peered and counted sentries, saw a cage where a boy huddled; ten yards to the gate and three guards at the entry. “Did you see him?” inquired his brother, elbowing Flair, his connection broke–damn. “I can rescue him without help, brother.” Phaedron laughed at the… Read more

  • Captive Dragon – Writing 101 # 14 & Friday Fiction with Ronovan Writes

    Captive Dragon Stars shone, thousands of candles in the sky, their light outlines a chocolate dragon tied up. Too weak to struggle, her scales too dry, no helpful wave nearby, her wounded guide, her captain, draws near. Rescue’s in his mind. In night’s blanket he hides; his mind’s open to her–connection made–their pain’s entwined. “The earring,”… Read more

  • Pic and a Word Challenge – Gateway: Hero’s Bane

    Hero’s Bane* At Hero’s Bane the blood runs cold and stone walls rise on either side of the defile. At Hero’s Bane, blood soaks the ground. Forgone the lives that enter that mountain pass while an army encamps in the vale below. Narrow is the way so a few can hold an army off if… Read more

  • Beautiful – Writing 101 #13

    Beautiful – Writing 101 #13

    Beautiful You’re beautiful; yes you reading these words. No matter your race or creed or color, or whether you bend your gender, these words are meant for you. For I see your splendor, reaching out bright hands towards the whole world. It stuns me that so much beauty contains all that you are without overflowing. Young,… Read more

  • The Great Pretender – A Daily Post Sonnet

    The Great Pretender A knock sounded, he donned his father’s cloak, pulled the cowl down to shadow features six and ten years younger than the man the bloke came to fetch. He smiled at the simple fix, waved to his sleeping father who needed rest not another stupid meeting with fools. They saw his glowing eyes, assumed the… Read more

  • Light Your World

    Light Your World I light a candle for those who’ve died, hold it ‘gainst the night’s dark, lift it to shed light on grieving faces and spaces that told of losses never replaced. Hold your light, hold it tight, lift it high and light your world. Chase shadows from corners and burn out hate, set… Read more

  • Not Quite a Review – Writing 101 #12

    Not Quite a Review – Writing 101 #12

    Not Quite a Review: Quantum Computing the Ultimate Question It uses qubits not bits to encode information; quantum entanglement done the right way makes it work; error codes keep it from crashing but any movement could disrupt entanglement, damage code, ’cause your qubits lose communication and data, thus killing calculations. No answer to the ultimate question: life, the universe, everything–that… Read more

  • One More Time – A Daily Post Sonnet

    One More Time – A Daily Post Sonnet

    One More Time One more time, once more around the dance floor. A second chance for heartfelt words to linger. One more time, for three words to open doors. Sung so eloquently by the singer. One more time, a meeting made and we’ll meet by candlelight and dinner where two hearts in their separate cages beat;… Read more

  • Missing Peace

    Missing Peace

    Missing Peace “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, don’t you fear,” said the pastor quoting words so true. Peace He left but peace the world never got not when hating hearts lift guns, spray bullets.… Read more

  • If we were having coffee… Writing 101 #11

    If we were having coffee… Writing 101 #11

    Coffee Break If we were having coffee…I’d sip tea. Any fruity, herbal, variety will do. I’d tell you I’m working on three things: editing, writing and poetry. If we were having coffee…I’d sip tea, maybe cinnamon with some stevia. I would tell you that editing may be the toughest thing I’ve tackled since trivia. If we were… Read more