Things I’d like to say to an octopus, by Britta Benson

Maybe a bit random, but that’s how my brain works. Things I’d like to say to an octopus You’ve been around much longer than my kind. We’re merely amateurs compared to you guys. What can you expect from modern creatures with only one heart? Seems a bit silly really. One heart, one brain, two arms

Love, or: Elephant

Here’s my response to my own guidelines on The Skeptic’s Kaddish weekly poetry challenge, W3. You can read the full prompt post here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/09/07/w3-prompt-19-weave-written-weekly/ Love, or: Elephant My love for you, non negotiable. I was yours, long before I felt gossamer fingers, toes, stroke my soul from the inside out, and even after that midwife

Avian lifestyle advice for earthbound mammals, by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt. This week, the word is ‘Avian’, with a word count of 29 (https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2022/09/03/weekend-writing-prompt-275-avian/) 29? Quite enough. Avian lifestyle advice for earthbound mammals Let heavy minds become volitant. With a little help, they will soar. Allow hearts purposeless flutters. This will strengthen all wings. Imagination defies gravity.

Boots on the ground, by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to this week’s W3 prompt, set by Steven S. Wallace. This week, the challenge is to write an ekphrastic poem inspired by a picture Steven took. I did not manage to copy his photograph onto my blog, so I chose an image, similar in spirit, I took a couple of years ago.

A brief history of everything, by Britta Benson

A brief history of everything Summer wants to leave. Days long to be shorter. Trees look within, ready to shed what doesn’t serve, withdraw, rest, dream. Some, for a while. Others, forever. This transition, no big deal. Just a brief history of everything.

Each fail, by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to Fandango’s One Word Challenge ‘Fail‘ (https://fivedotoh.com/2022/08/28/fowc-with-fandango-fail/). Short and sweet. Just popped out like that. I mean, hey, ‘fail’, what’s not to like? Each Fail Each fail provides useful information: Elimination of yet another path not to take, confirmation of cakes not to bake, or perhaps just the realisation, that some things,

Look!, by Britta Benson

Here’s my response to Fandango’s One Word Challenge, FOWC. Prompt word today: ‘Look‘. You can read the full prompt post here: https://fivedotoh.com/2022/08/26/fowc-with-fandango-look/ Look! Looking, isn’t seeing. Hearing, not the same as listening. I looked at you and you seemed fine. I heard your voice, and thought you were okay. Sometimes, things feel so similar, that

Discover, by Britta Benson

Just a bit of fun today. Discover!

River, by Britta Benson

Just a little observation, today. About a river. River River doesn’t know how far she’ll have to go before she can spill into the all. She’ll reach that mouth from which she can escape into another at exactly the right time. River does, what river must at the speed of water. Obstacles, simply challenges, points

El Real Alcázar de Sevilla, by Britta Benson

This week, Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing prompt is ‘Alcazar’, with a word count of 76. (https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/weekend-writing-prompt-273-alcazar/). I instantly knew what I wanted to write about! My first trip to Andalucia in 1999, my very first encounter with this type of architecture and beauty. I was mesmerized. It really did feel as though I was put