Small Stone - 7th March

A Day of Rain

Cold, forlorn seats neatly ring the table,

And beneath the graceful curves of empty metal arms

Droplets hang for a few moments before they drip, drip onto decking

To become mirror stripes of shed, palm tree

And cerulean pots –

The only blue beneath gun metal clouds.

Same but Different

I like this writing prompt and had great fun using it with a creative writing group as a ten minute warm-up. It uses the same sentence starter, but puts it with a different image. The effect is to spark off a wider range of ideas.

She couldn’t count how many years they had hated each other…	She couldn’t count how many years they had hated each other…
The message arrived late in the afternoon…	The message arrived late in the afternoon…
She got out of the car and strode purposefully down the High Street…	She got out of the car and strode purposefully down the High Street…