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Monthly Archives: May 2012

Inspiring Blog Award

May 30, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 8 Comments

Yesterday I was delighted to receive word that I was being nominated for an Inspiring Blog Award by the very talented and lovely poet and author Bobbie Ward I am incredibly […]

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Procrastination

May 29, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 8 Comments

I’m trying to read but the words begin to bounce playing truant on the page as I attempt to pin them down I shift a little to the left and […]

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Evensong in Shadow

May 27, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 36 Comments

the early evening sun cast light and shade across the wild flowers making magic before moonshine the air so warm and still that every birdsong and bee sting could be […]

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Carousel of Irony

May 26, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 30 Comments

it’s curious how it turned out maybe the carousel sped too fast or perhaps dusk played tricks on the lens but the irony of the photograph is that the lines […]

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Hayley’s House

May 25, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 6 Comments

This piece was written in response to a Free Write Friday prompt in which American author and poet Kellie Elmore asked us to write about a moment spent at someone […]

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Words and Pictures

May 25, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 3 Comments

This beautiful ‘Quoto’ was custom made for me by Kellie Elmore using my words and an image selected by Kellie from We Heart It. Kellie has a selection of her […]

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Bitter Lemons

May 22, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 10 Comments

I can feel it squirming inside this seed of retribution and I loathe myself for it Knowing the green eyes through which it seeks to destroy   As it bubbles […]

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The Journey – Orange Prize/Grazia First Chapter Competition Entry

May 21, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 9 Comments

The following is a recent competition entry submitted for the Orange/Grazia Magazine First Chapter Writing Competition which closed earlier this month.  The first paragraph of the story (shown here in bold itallics) […]

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mother of life ~

May 20, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 1 Comment

Reblogged from tornadoday: love was the message of goddess to flora a poem to wrap with the essence of green longing for comfort – lakota lay silent and swore there […]

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Uncovering Eden

May 19, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 43 Comments

Perhaps I was saving myself for someone or something that deserved me more than you but you kept on digging, deeper and deeper turned me over, until entrenched in my […]

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