slapdashmonuments
Joined Ficlatté in September 2014
232 stories, 1 challenge, 1 prompt, 230 comments, and 37 friends
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Inspiration hits with a flash, stories written on the go. A rumble of laughter and the tale is heard only in echoes. The wind blows me in a new direction. Whom shall I visit next?
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As it Was in the Beginning (2/2)
The details of my enterprise--my private toil--
You abused me each night, satisfied I was loyal
Savv…
Published 8 years ago.
As it Was in the Beginning (1/2)
---And this is the time when you send me back
Back over the junkyard, across the track
And under aba…
Published 8 years ago.
The Lilacs and the Tarpit
The lilacs blow along the banks
Not far from barrels, tubs, and tanks
They wave so gently in the bre…
Published 8 years ago.
The New Pickles!--A resumation and hexhumation
Well the new pickles of the litter got along great with me, we played tag and price and code and dea…
Published 8 years ago.
The new pickles! --An Enthusiasm
Dear Dairy,
Today was an awesome day! !
You know that carton of pickles in the back of our fridge, …
Published 8 years ago.
Ultimate Goal
But no, I’ll stumble on, on trembling legs,
In hopes this seething street leads me to rest,
And dr…
Published 8 years ago.
Finishing Line
The end I seek, I cannot see from here
I do not know exactly what I’ll find
Or even if I can suppres…
Published 8 years ago.
Sonnet: Rhymes first, poem second: Shakespearean
Title: The Spear Not Shaken
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I know your voice; your words are passing Sweet.
They cloy the …
Published 8 years ago.
Sestina: The Dashed Line (2/2)
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The cars soon sensed their venerable cable
Was slipping in its grip, as sky turned pitch.
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The …
Published 8 years ago.
Sestina: The Dashed Line (1/2)
From peak to lodge, too tightly stretched the cable;
It glinted in the dying light of fall-
Fresh su…
Published 8 years ago.
Friendship Anxiety
I hope that I can find a proper manner
To make new friends and treat them as they’d choose,
So they …
Published 8 years ago.
Downstream
As water flowed, it washed me all away:
The elements that made me what I am;
My hopes and visions,…
Published 8 years ago.
Gray Blind 4
With one socked foot, Rachael pressed against the glass door tentatively, listening hard. Her eye wa…
Published 8 years ago.
Gray Blind 3
Rachael's eyes could not focus. Where was the glass wall? Where was the bathroom door? It all appear…
Published 8 years ago.
Gray Blind 2
Her faded blue jeans--faded through use, not by chemicals at a factory--seemed to be slit into strip…
Published 8 years ago.