Tag: Imagination
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The Superhero Diaries 1: Be prepared
I’ve decided to abandon my occasional series ‘Top Ten Tips for a wannabe superhero’, thinking instead of referring to pages from the secret files (that all self-respecting superheroes should keep for, say, the time they decide to start a blog and need something to write about). Besides, I have written four posts of top ten…
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Summer Storms
The air’s thicker… hotter… stickierThe sunlight is just getting through…Surreal darkness fills the afternoonAs the weather chooses what to do.The wind is slight and welcomeAlthough the breeze is hardly thereThe trees are braced, the birds hidden,They know what’s in the air.A distant rumble… A flash of lightAnd the sky is hiddenAs though it’s night.Thunder booms…
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The Lady, Emeralda
Visitors to the mansion seem to know folk they’ve never met…Dogs and cats stay outside as soon as the sun has set…Some say the chains that rattle belonged to Lady Smart…Others state the shrieks and cries belong to her ‘in part’…Guests who stay within the lodge see a figure dressed in green…Passers by see lights…
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The Open Sky
The crisp white clouds made the solid appearance of the blue sky even more striking. The rooftops on the hillside seemed to make the sky appear higher, further away, if that could be possible. The roads, pathways, walkways, gardens, steps and streams below seemed to be immediately within touching distance, they were so close, in…