Shell

Rain coated skin
Umbrella dripped
No shelter from sin
Grace stripped

Fingers spread
Shoots coil
In soft, dark, soil
Skin bled

Roots grew
A hollow tree
A place to be
To start anew

Free from darkness
The starkness
Of night

In a house of wood
There stood
A #raincoat of oak

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I went dark
I went cold
Not because I wanted to
But because I had to
—Needed to
The #eventuality that this would happen
Was not lost on me

Waters became muddied
Focus waned
Eyes fixed on a horizon
That was always out of reach

But my tides
They call me back
Lunar of a lost sea…

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Where the hell is it? Mother’s finger is always in my pocket. It’s all I have left of her. I dig my nails deep into my palm.
I swipe my security card and rush through the halls. Finger food and cold meats are laid out. I have to find it before the guests arrive. Mother hated parties.
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Mary watched the rain stream off his capotain and pool at his feet, rotting the already rotten wood. He smelt of manure, wet fur, and iron. Straw, flecked with red, clung to his boots like a second shoe.
“Shelter?” He asked.
She moved aside and let him in, locking the door behind them.
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hands
dimple the air

part shadow
part shimmer

they hover
reminiscing
the shape
of #clarity
before
it had a name

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Today, seek #clarity
Save yourself from feelings of disparity
Don’t begrudge
Another’s success
Though to trudge is hard
When the mind won’t rest

Some things are earned
Some are given
Others, learned
By those that are driven

But remember to enjoy the sun
And know—you matter to someone
#vss365 #poem

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The red vellum envelope lay on the doormat. For a moment Celia thought she’d dropped her own one. But this was addressed to Ruth.
“What’s that?” Came Ruth’s voice from behind her.
Celia shoved it into her coat pocket. “Nothing”
A storm gathered in the distance. Oh Ruth, what have you done?
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She walked in a state of hollowness. Her mind, blanketed. She was no longer in this world, so she was not a part of it.
She’d reached #nirvana.

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Abbie Greaves: 'I’m still surprised by the strands which join together and provide me with original entry points into a story' Abbie Greaves, author of The Silent Treatment and The Ends of the Earth, talks about her writing process. From finding inspiration to tackling the rewrite.

'Rewriting can be a total joy when you see how small additions can bring a whole manuscript to life' 💡

Author and former literary agent, Abbie Greaves, shares her three top tips for those in the middle of rewriting a novel:

I’m learning Latin too … ! But I’m right the beginning and trying to remember more than 30 noun endings depending how it is declined (it could even be 60 endings!)

You exchange friendship like currency
A transactional state of being
The rate of #conversion is never too high
when it comes to your flailing ambition

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There is a freedom wandering
round the narrow crevices of my mind
The channels grow tighter,
but #free thoughts find a way
to trickle through the barricades

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If you can be sure of nothing else in this life
Be sure of this:
It will come for you.
To hold your hand
To be your guide

Be not afraid
For #death is certain
Let its absoluteness
Be the reason
For your passion
Your purpose
Your drive

Let it be the reason you live without regret

#vss365 #poem

Old Father
Life-giving Mother
So much of your #time
Slips through our cracks
Life is a gift
Dipped in irony
The end is fated
We will always become
A part of your Unconsciousness

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Thank you Kate ☺️

Thank you. Yours too. The match going out made me shudder!

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I can’t believe I won this month’s competition. Thank you so much @cbcreative.bsky.social and @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social for such a great prompt! xxx

Whaaaa? Oh my goodness. I can’t believe it. Talk about chuffed.
It was such a good prompt! Thank you so much xxx

#WriteCBC task from @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social: Let’s revisit a classic. You’ve gone to bed and turned off the light, and as you close your eyes, you feel a warm breath come upon your cheek. Your senses are fizzing. There is a new darkness swarming in the corner of your room. What happens next?

The scent of sweet milk fills my nostrils. I look at the tiny figure, sleeping soundly beside me. The darkness shifts, watching, assessing. It’s time. I reach towards the boy. They say the first possession is the easiest, but I’m not so sure.
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