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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Day Thirteen

March 31, 2012by Vanessa Matthews Leave a comment

Yesterdays story came along nicely thanks to a picture prompt I found on Kellie Elmore’s blog . I know what that picture did for me, but I wonder what it […]

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Day Twelve

March 30, 2012by Vanessa Matthews Leave a comment

Yesterday was a lovely day glittered with silver and gold… No not a lucky day on the lottery, but a lovely at spent beside the sea writing my latest poem […]

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Sea in Silver

March 29, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 29 Comments

The sea, a silver mill pool Awash with memories sweet and salty Of holidays and happy times Lost loves and worried wives Lives. Drowned out, torn asunder By fierce will […]

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Day Eleven

March 29, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 2 Comments

Where do you begin when you have to trim 500 words off your story to ensure it meets a competition criteria of a maximum of 400 words? A question that […]

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My side of the bed

March 28, 2012by Vanessa Matthews Leave a comment

My toes are dipped in sunlight My heart beats smooth and soft My neck sits on a feathered nest My head is held aloft My favourite place to curl up […]

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Day Ten

March 28, 2012by Vanessa Matthews Leave a comment

Wow, we are finally into double digits on the day count. It’s been a tricky week in which illness and the needs and demands of family life have taken their […]

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Empty Skin

March 27, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 2 Comments

Empty skin when I reach out for your hand Empty skin when I hope you’ll understand Empty skin when I feel my heart hurt Empty skin when I need to […]

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Poetry

Day Nine

March 27, 2012by Vanessa Matthews Leave a comment

Well poetry translation it turns out is fascinating, who knew?! I’m pretty confident my entry won’t win me any prizes as this competition is strictly for the super clever and […]

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Day Eight

March 26, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 2 Comments

Well today I am a little excited as one of the daily poems I publish on my blog got featured in two online newspapers bit.ly/h62dmW and paper.li/XhabirDeralla/… which for little […]

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Picture Prompts

March 25, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 2 Comments

I thought I would post a picture that might prompt you to write your own short story or poem. I have entitled this image ‘The View From My Window’ and […]

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