Ah felt this one. I often get annoyed at myself for not stopping enough and taking in the beauty around me. Well written and love that image!

Lol…hahahaha…yeah…who is cutting bread into circles? I wasn’t sure exxactly if it was a muffin or crumpet….i was edging towards crumpet…because…they are a different level of scrumptious! Glad I was clever enough to spot that haha! You’re welcome!

Oh my, Hayley. This is…raw and brutal in places to read. Proper bleeding out on the page/screen writing. My own experiences of addiction and it’s hold ring many truths…even if I’m coming from a different angle. Brave and courageous writing…Well done for writing, sharing and working through this all!

Crikey this was incredible. You packed a lot into so very little (haha, I hate always saying that about micros…but it’s true) I was left with more questions in the end but…i found it thoroughly disturbing…but written so expertly. I hope this places for you – I think it’s excellent!

Oh…love the description of the rain…as a big fan of rain as you know…but how much pure beauty and elegance you put into what I assume is like an English muffin or crumpet being toasted and buttered…such delicious writing…then that suckerpunch ending. Well bloody done!

Beautiful writing…and just saw your comment to Kenny! It does read like you like spring…but even if you don’t…it’s beautifully evocative of what spring is for a lot of people. I love how you ended it because I think for many spring is that welcome gateway after the harshness of winter that means Summer is coming.

I…yes…this one made me really kinda teary eyed. Such elegance though…such deftness in how you, in not even that many words, brought their age-old friendship to life. So much sadness and beauty in one story. Wanna know something weird. One of my first drafts/ideas for that particular challenge, was for two friends, an ancient eagle and an…[Read more]

Stunning. Sexy but not disgusting. Beautiful in its way and just brilliant use of an acrostic. This was one of my favourites…though that’s always going to be hard to decide from your mammoth collection of eclipse-inspired ones! Also…that guy has an inspired level of upper body strength and a killer core lol. Tal, fin.

This is all kinds of beautiful sadness. I love how much you get from what many would see as a simple pen. For any artist, a pen or paintbrush or whatever, is not really that simple…and if you have a favourite one…one that feels “right” in your hand and is with you when you write stuff you are proud of or that’s important…it is so much more…[Read more]

Thank you, Dana! I hoped that would come through…the fighting against it. And appreciate your kind comments!

I’m glad you enjoyed it…less glad you relate to it…at least it feels like we’re not alone eh? The snowballing thing was an afterthought. I had the original piece…then I did my “tweaks” but it felt so hurried in just one stanza…which is why I thought of it working like a cycle and then all these different extras coming through with each…[Read more]

Thanks, ROCK! Appreciate that. Totally agree. Sometimes people’s hate is born of something horrible and unpleasant…and can be understandable I guess to an extent…but it’s when you let it rot and fester, I think that’s a problem. Appreciate your comment!

Thank you, River! Appreciate that a lot! It was originally going to be a one stanza thing…but then I started adding lots of weird stuff to it…so felt it would work better as a cyclical sorta thing. Thanks and well done on this new place! Loving it already!