Beverley Ridley

Joined November 2022

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Blue Eyes
Cerulean eyes; glazed, unseeing. One last kiss, placed on blue tinged lips
By Beverley Ridley3 years ago in Poets
How I read 100 books in a year
2021 was just around the corner and I was sitting staring at my phone screen with the Goodreads reading challenge page open. How many books could I read this year?
By Beverley Ridley3 years ago in Lifehack
The Warning
Times were turbulent in the aquarium. Born of the tank, Andrew did not know very much of the outside world. Occasionally a new fish, or rarely another critter, was introduced who had experienced life elsewhere. Andrew had once envied their adventures. And like all the young fish in this tank, his greatest wish was to someday live in the Big Tank.
By Beverley Ridley3 years ago in Fiction
Might Mountaintop
Stand strong in the face of inevitable change, Mighty mountaintop
By Beverley Ridley3 years ago in Poets
Hidden Wonder
Mist obscured peak Hidden wonders you gate-keep for courageous few
By Beverley Ridley3 years ago in Poets
The things he says wrong
Charming, when they met he had used the right words, but sometimes she notices he doesn't know correct terms. It started with the chicken
By Beverley Ridley3 years ago in Poets
Sorry, Pauline
“No, no, no. Mine, mine, mine!” Harry screeched in the high-pitched voice of a young girl. Then in a deep, masculine voice, “what’s in the box?!”
By Beverley Ridley3 years ago in Fiction
The Greatest Day of My Life
It was the most peculiar thing. I rose from my slumber and walked to the opening of my cave - as I once had every morning. But when I gazed out at the Mystic Wood that had always been my home, the world seemed remarkably brighter, the colours more vivid, the sounds more melodious.
By Beverley Ridley3 years ago in Fiction