I love the days of me and my girl In the sun watching clouds unfurl Or on the couch watch a favoured movie Laughing and loving being togetherly   I love the nights of my and my girl Playing the bend and stretch and curl Feeling the love between our skin Letting the cooling sweat soak in   I love the mornings of me and my girl Bedsheets and hair turned in a whirl Dizzy with dreams had of each other Of enchanted lands, l...

The world is out there But this room is a comfort The box glow keeps me warm And I feel safe here, inside Pictures from out there Make me paranoid, checking the doors I don’t want anything in here Giving rise to my insecurities   So don’t come knocking Cause I won’t answer I might say I’m going away But do I really mean it?   My world is encapsulated In the cotton wool of possessions Too much is never enough To ...

Try as I might, I have been finding it particularly difficult to rise to the latest JUWC challenge. The fact that both Tova and Roy have done such particularly good jobs with theirs has left me bereft of ideas. Every time I try to start something, it evolves into a very poor second to Tova’s wonderful entry. But the words she chose are absolutely fantastic. Some of them I’d heard of before and had even added to my vocabulary (such as rive, odious and usurp). Others I’d read ...

Beauty like a vacuum Sucks the breath out of me I can't look at her She's too bright to see Tangled dark on her head It's a sweet abyss I'm captured forever by her Brilliant, radiant bliss   Beauty like a dagger Piercing my skin Etched in the flesh of my heart A tattoo of my sin I can barely see her She's a flashing star I'm caught in her gravity Destined to circle her from afar   Beauty like a...

This is just a rambling little update for friends and anyone else who might stop by. In the Pink: As some of you know, I’ve been bitten by the exercise bug recently. Having successfully given up smoking and feeling so much better because of it, I went the whole hog and joined a gym. I’m pleased to say that not only has this been a particularly pleasurable experience, despite the muscle soreness, but I’ve also achieved a couple of things in fairly quick time. First of a...

Here is this little narrative, trying to push beyond the here and now, whatever the heck they are. My here and now, sitting in front of this keyboard, typing this very sentence is so utterly different to the here and now you might be in while reading this, neither of us could begin to understand the differences. To be honest, I sometimes wonder why we bother. Yet I want to be able to step beyond these places, even step between them. Maybe this is where peace lies. Maybe writing this will a...

Inspired by both DeathbyBeebles and Tova (and at both Tova and UDig's insistence), here is the next challenge for the JU Writers Club. The idea is to write a story in 6 words.  I know it sounds like a hard thing to do (and believe me, it is).  But not everything challenging is easy.  If you want to see a few good examples, check out Beeble's post here: http://deathbybeebles.joeuser.com/article/308581/My_Six_Word_Story It is a tough exercise, no doubt.  But here is ...

Be not afraid of growing slowly, Be afraid only of standing still.”   - Chinese Proverb   Yep, almost says it all, this does.   But I’m going to elaborate anyway.   I call this Bonsai logic.   Bear with me while I explain.   Everyone knows what Bonsai is, right?   It is a tree, usually, where it’s growth has been deliberately stunted.   The plants are usually grown in pots and are shaped by prunin...

She woke with a start, shook the remains of the dream she was having and habitually reached out and touched the wall. It felt warm. She sat up in the cot, looking across the annex to the kid’s empty beds. Groaning to herself, she swung her legs off the cot and stood, stretching up until she felt her back click. As she walked across the room, she rolled her head from side to side and then rolled her shoulders. She felt a little better for the light stretches. The kitchen bay was empt...

Hopefully, this will stimulate everyone’s imaginations. Some of my favourite stories are those that appear to be a glimpse into the future. Not necessarily science fiction as such, more almost alternate realities. For instance, you could rewrite an historic event from the perspective of here and now or perhaps a piece set in a future where, for instance, water has become more precious than gold. You could write a poem or a play about a typical day living in the 22 nd Century. It re...

Howdy friends, acquaintances and anyone else stopping by to check out my new ink.  For those of you who know me, I've had the last star added to my Southern Cross design just recently along with some more work on the compass rose I had done some time ago. I'm really enjoying the process.  The tattooist is Happy at a little shop called Mischief Moon, located in Surry Hills here in Sydney Australia.  Happy has a bloody excellent touch with the needle and is a down-to-earth good b...

He said he’d wait. He still remembered the conversation as if it were yesterday. “I’ll be waiting for you.” “Really? You’ll wait for me even after I do what I have to do?” “Yes, of course I will. I love you.” “I know you do but love might not be enough to get us past this.” “Of course it will. So long as we have each other, the world could stand still and we’ll still be fine.” “Oh, I’m...