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Hard Rock Goddesses
Introduction I made the title singular just because it sounds better than what the plural would be. It seems that rock groups and rock and roll bands have been the domain of men throughout a lot of my life, but that is not the reality in music, give a girl a guitar and she can riff as well as any man.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 2 years ago in Viva
Stairs
Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there! He wasn't there again today, Oh how I wish he'd go away! The evening did not end well. We didn't fight but I was not sure when we would see each other again. These things do happen. It was late and I had to be going otherwise I would miss my last bus and I needed to be up early tomorrow for work.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 2 years ago in Fiction
A Plagiaristic Ode To Me Compact Disc Player
I've not done a Plagiaristic Poem for a while, and I usually use the sonnet, villanelle or acrostic forms, but I thought I would try an ode for the Vocal Ode To Ordinary challenge. I at first chose my Debit card but then noticed "This Is Soul" on top of my CD rack, and thought that would be perfect, choose album titles for the plagiarism and let it loose. I may follow this up with a piece based on my record player.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 2 years ago in Poets
Ode To A Dishwasher
Introduction The challenge refers to the form being an Ode but doesn't specify that it has to use the Ode format. Of course, I will make sure that mine uses an Ode format, here is the Wikipedia definition which should give you an idea.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 3 years ago in Poets
I Have A Problem With My Writing On Vocal. Top Story - July 2023.
Introduction Last December (2022) I published (slightly early) by thousandth Vocal post which you can read here. Now that had taken me 21 months to do so I expected to hit two thousand posts towards the end of December 2024, but, here's the problem.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 3 years ago in Confessions
Your Smile
This is a poem for a special friend who always makes me smile, makes me happy, raises my spirit,s and inspires me. πππππ Your Smile Is Just So Beautiful And It Brightens My Every Day Each Day I See Your Sunshine Smile Brings Me Colour, Dismisses Grey πππ Your Smile Always Makes Me Happy And I Love When I Hear You Laugh Words From You Always Make My Day Love Your Smile When You See My Cats πππ And Yes You Are My True Sunshine, My Wonderful Inspiration You Raise My Spirits And Feel Fine You're A Perfect Fascination πππ You Inspire These Words I Write On My Mind As I Say Goodnight πππππ
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 3 years ago in Poets
Finding Your Own Prompts
Introduction Sometimes I feel that I have nothing to write about and today is one of those days, so I end up writing a piece like this. People inspire me to write but at the moment I feel I am trying to knit smoke or nail jelly to my ceiling.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred 3 years ago in Journal
