What job would you do for free? DAILY PROMPT RESPONSE A Writer The unfinished projects have formed a pile. Ideas, rants, and incoherent sentences fester. Sometimes I wonder what Goofball gave me the idea to become a writer. Where the hell are they at? I need to hunt them down wherever they may cleverly hide. … Continue reading What would I do for Free?
Will you remember me when your famous? It is so lovely for you to say so, but I know that you wont. To be honest, I would probably forget me too. So experience, conquer, and live shamelessly. You see I know that I am nothing more than…. A whisper of a stranger A smile from … Continue reading Armonia
What would you change about modern society? PROSE – RANT Allow me to begin by posing a query. Such a small one. Nothing that hound crease your knickers, person or persons who come up with these questions. Although they are sometimes fun, other times reasonably entertaining, and the others well I question there validity. Guess … Continue reading Is This Even A Real Question?
Dogs or cats? PROSE – RANT I’ve seen or heard this question asked numerous times over my lifetime. To be honest, I really never understood the question. The question itself is easy enough. It’s simply one or the other, right? I suppose the issue I’m having is me. My inability to withstand their adorableness. Is … Continue reading Decisions, Decisions
I read both of those comics faithfully and never noticed until someone sent me this meme a couple of weeks ago. Yep, I feel like a dumbass, but I’m okay with it. Plus, I’m too old and don’t feel like it should matter very much. Continue reading The Lighter Side of Madness #8
SHORT FICTION – PROSE/LIGHT RANT Harold Shea is an ordinary fellow, as fellows go. He has no grand stories about this girl or that girl. He is a simple chap who eats tuna on toasted rye. Harold and I are clerks at the Ministry of Useless Facts and Random Memories. A person becomes a clerk … Continue reading Pulling the Pen
What jobs have you had? Like most of us here, we’ve had plenty of jobs before finding the one that stuck. I cringe, thinking about some of the things I did to make money. However, there is one job I think of fondly. I was a paperboy. If it’s hard to imagine me being a … Continue reading Extra! Extra! Read all About It.
How do you balance work and home life? I come from a time when workaholics ruled. This isn’t spoken from a place of pride but rather a place where, thinking back, I wish I would have made better decisions about the use of my time. There are events I missed out on. Moments I can’t … Continue reading Diary of a Workaholic (Take 1)
PROSE – RANDOM THOUGHTS/RANT The hush of darkness had begun to settle. Night whispers were yawning. They were a bit cranky, as if they didn’t get enough sleep. It was the same amount they got yesterday and the same amount tomorrow. They always got this much this time of year. The mixture of burning cedar … Continue reading Prisonless
What do you do to be involved in the community? When it comes to being involved in community it boils down to this We our brothers and sisters in the struggle; doing with what we can to stand above the churn. The churn gives not one iota, who you are, where you come from, nor … Continue reading Can You Dig It?
The pulsing glow fades on your monitor. Closing the door is one’s outlet, one’s portal, or means to escape. Escaping the insanity that is sometimes right outside your front door. Sometimes, right there in your living room, sitting on your couch looking crazy, talking about some “what?” Thinking back, one would take a walk, read … Continue reading Archaic
RANDOM THOUGHT – A RANT? – PEP TALK? I write these words for an unknown reason. Something keeps gnawing at me to speak, but I do not know what. Yet, I’m sure many writers have faced this exact issue, not knowing what to say or how to say it. I recall long ago when I … Continue reading Never give up; Never Surrender
Upcoming Changes to the Mangus Khan Universe: Java & Verse About a decade ago, while doing writer’s workshops, I introduced a segment entitled Java & Verse. Java & Verse was designed to be a place where I discussed my opinion about different types of writing. Mainly, I reviewed and offered commentary on the different styles … Continue reading Public Service Announcement:
POETRY – HUMOR I put a whole lot of effort into releasing the pain in my heart.It was supposed to Sooothe me I need to curb my addiction Google is not a lifestyle Continue reading lifestyle
POETRY – Nature Halfway snowing…Halfway sleeting…My ass is freezing.Dressed for the wrong season.This is the beauty of the changing season> Continue reading The Season
PROSE – Random Thoughts of Self-Doubt My stirring settles as my eyes fall upon you. Emptiness has slowly crept into me, filling me chamber by chamber. Then, it is whisked away like a leaf in a morning breeze. The frustration built within these moments melts away. The yearning for the need to be near you; … Continue reading Lost in Paradise
POETRY – MINDFULNESS With a push of a button, the television screen goes blank, removing that annoying hum that fills our homes for the better part of the day. A hum we seldom realize exists until it has gone. Then, finally, we notice how peaceful your life has just become. I sat down by my … Continue reading Closed Blinds
Dear Sears, I know I don’t know you super well, but I always liked bumping into you. You were kind of like a staple. I want to say you had a mint … The Staple Continue reading The Staple
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Is there anybody in there? Let us start with a bit of honesty. As they say, it allows us to begin on the right foot. I am a writer, one that cannot stand public speaking. I understand its importance, as well as I understand the need for it. However, I need help to see its … Continue reading A Rant to myself
The leather of my gloves crinkles as I tighten the reins My steeds trot becomes a gallop We begin traveling through time … through space … arriving at a place unfamiliar Yet, it felt so safe … Shimmering through the shadows I’m drawn to a presence… My heart begins to pound as I see you … Continue reading Twilight, just before the dawn
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