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The Dishwasher Dilemma. Top Story - March 2023.
Introduction Dishwashers are just a part of any normal household like microwaves, washing machines and televisions, but I am old enough to remember not having some of these and I still don’t possess a microwave. As I write this I am doing a Windows Update on my Laptop Computer prior to my holiday in Alnwick (in a flat overlooking Alnwick Castle where some of the Quidditch scenes were filmed for the Harry Potter films) where I will be visiting The Poisoned Garden and Barter Books, but this point on this is to chat to you about the situation with my Dishwasher.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Journal
Conversations With The Beast
This story is for the Vocal "Tall Tail" Challenge which you can read about below: I was led on the floor which was where I felt most comfortable, he put the television on and switched it on to Sky Sport, Arsenal were playing Manchester United, two London teams who I couldn't stand, well it wasn't the teams it was the fans, Manchester United were not even a Manchester team, they were based in Salford, but many of their fans were cockneys and that riled me.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
Art - What Is The Point?
Introduction I hear so many people criticising all forms of art because it’s not exactly what the want or expect, they expect some kind of personal perfection or else it is dismissed and rubbish or worse still irrelevant or even worse it is just ignored. Art should never be ignored.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in FYI
True Friendship Is Eternal
I have friends who I may not speak to for months, and I have friends who I lose contact with and then reconnect with and then started thinking that real friendship is eternal and will always be there. I feel sad for people who give up on friendship, often because of misunderstanding and refusal to forgive.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Poets
There Is Nothing Here
================================= This was originally an empty post but Vocal pushed it into drafts. Maybe this extra explanation with keep it on my list. The intention was to test the lower limit of posts within the Vocal Poetry community.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Poets
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THIS ================================= This was originally just a single word but Vocal pushed it into drafts. Maybe this extra explanation with keep it on my list. The intention was to test the lower limit of posts within the Vocal Poetry community.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Poets
My Haiku Issue. Top Story - February 2023.
Introduction When Vocal gave us the High-Ku challenge I was quite pleased, but a Japanese friend informed me that what I was writing was not actually haiku but in fact senryū. You can read about the two forms in the links below, but a haiku should include a preferably implied seasonal reference and a “cutting word” to redirect the poem. Vocal completely ignored this in the requirements and when I checked, I don't think one of the winning entries was a true haiku, though I may be wrong.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Confessions
