Tag: pain

• A Strangers Hands – A Short Paragraph Story

  Waiting on the bed in an unfamiliar room, clothes draped on the chair, I thought again about the decision that had brought me here.  It was so unlike me (or the me of recent years) to do this, had I made a mistake?  Did I give in too easily to the suggestion?  Perhaps I should…

  Claudette

  22/11/2016

  Random Moments, Short Paragraph Stories

  decisions, massage, misdirection, pain, short paragraph story, Whimsy, Writing

• Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #7

  I’ve been enjoying reading the Haiku poetry that Hugh has been writing these last few weeks, so I thought I might give it a go. So off I went to discover from whence his inspiration came.  The source turned out to be Ronovan, who provides two words for you to include in your Haiku for his…

  Claudette

  26/08/2014

  Haiku, Random Moments, Words with Intent

  blessing, breath, challenge, Haiku, pain, peace, unheard

• Size 20

  So yes, I’m size 20 – an incontrovertible fact I’m way past cuddly and curvy, so let’s just call me fat. “She must be greedy and lazy, to let herself get to that size” they speak without understanding, one day they may realise. It’s so much more than just eating – this chaos that lives…

  Claudette

  14/08/2014

  Random Moments, Rhyme, Verse & Poetry, Words with Intent

  chaos, eating, fat, Food, pain, Size, symptom

• Question 17 – Cucumber Murder

  This question is brought to you courtesy of my youngest daughter who, whilst I was blithely slicing a cucumber for a salad, remarked that did I know that they feel pain (having a cucumber version of a “nervous system”). Egads! At least I could not hear it screaming (being as I am an older person…

  Claudette

  04/07/2014

  Questions, Random Moments

  cucumber, humane killing, pain, Questions, salad, screams

• A Leaky Tap

  It is never what you expect – a leaky tap that needs repair, causing my insides to spill out, stabbing my heart, shaking my hands as frustration boils over. He is not here, he never will be again. The shower as pain catalyst. © ceenoa  26/5/2014

  Claudette

  26/05/2014

  Random Moments, Rhyme, Verse & Poetry, Words with Intent

  42 words, challenge, frustration, Gargleblaster, hurt, pain