Tag Archives: Scotland

The Oregon Trail – Six Sentence Story

This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – KNOT Click here to hear the author read his words: The Oregon Trail As I travel through the wintry Wild … Continue reading

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August – Six Sentence Story

This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – BAND Click here to hear the author read his words: August I spent August, as always, back … Continue reading

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I wrote a poem

Click here to hear the poet read his words: I wrote a poem I read a poem yesterdayit nearly broke my heartit spoke of lovers loved and lostthey lived too far apart I read a poem yesterdayit said she won’t … Continue reading

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Boiling a Frog – Six Sentence Story

This challenge is produced by GirlieOnTheEdge with the following simple rules:Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word – CONFETTI Click here to hear the author read his words: Boiling a Frog Walking on the beach … Continue reading

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leaving

Click here to hear the poet read his words: leaving it’s still numpty o’clockas the plane clambers awkwardlyout of Edinburghthe sun creeps from the Forthwhere the river meets the North Seashowing the three great bridgesin silhouette I smileknowing that this … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Rabbie

Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) January 25th is the birthday of Scotland’s National Bard, the much-loved Robert Burns.So today, once again, I pay tribute to the great man with some of his own words. Above all, Rabbie believed that all … Continue reading

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loss

Click here to hear the poet read his words: loss while in Scotland this summereven on those nightswhen the dark heavenssparkled with the eyes of a thousand loversI could not locate Orion this left me strangely unsettledfor reasonsI still don’t … Continue reading

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the colour of the universe

Click here to hear the poet read his words: the colour of the universe when you think about itthe colour of the universeis obviousit must be a complex mixof many things:courage and cowardicekindness and crueltypride and humilitycertainty and indecisionharmony and … Continue reading

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remember

Click here to hear the poet read his words: remember do you know what I remember bestshe asks me with her famous smileI feel it radiating through the phonewith her words that so beguile it is hard for me to … Continue reading

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How Very Scottish – Weekend Writing Prompt

A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend.  How you use the prompt is up to you.  Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like.  Or take the challenge below – … Continue reading

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