Monthly Archives: January 2014

let go

Posted on January 31, 2014 by AnElephantCant

the pain is when you love someone and she loves you too you know that there is still a spark deep in both hearts yet you have to let it go sometimes this life is just too hard you wonder … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged hurt forever, let her go, let it go, life is hard, poem, poetry, spark of love, you love someone | 12 Comments

Tam o’ Shanter – Haibun Thinking Weekly Challenge

Posted on January 28, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant explain it The older he gets the more he learns So one more time He knocks out a wee rhyme In the knowledge he can never write poetry quite like Robert Burns AnElephant enjoys this challenge hosted by his … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, haibun, Scottish Stuff, funny and serious | Tagged 18th century, alloway, auld brig, ayr, fiction, haibun, haiku, river doon, robert burns, scotland, souter johnny, tam o' shanter, warlocks, witches | 36 Comments

Olive Olive Oh!

Posted on January 27, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant say what he prefers most He loves each thing that grows and all things that live But he plans to be brave And confess that his new fave Is no longer peanuts but the magical Mediterranean olive Now it … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, france | Tagged black olives, colour blind, eden, green olives, hot and spicy, marinated, mediterranean, olive, olive oil, paradise, peanuts, popeye, rhyme, soaked in herbs, spinach | 5 Comments

The Bridge – Sunday Photo Fiction

Posted on January 26, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant always write funny rhymes Sometimes he has a humour restriction But when he sees this canal Posted by his pal Al He knocks out a wee piece of fiction This is a weekly invitation to write a short piece … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, Other Fiction | Tagged 100 words, bridge, dead mans curve, first child, flash fiction, happiness, joyful news, parapet, river, short story, white van man | 18 Comments

Happy Birthday Rabbie

Posted on January 25, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant write poetry like Rabbie But then of course nobody can It is almost a crime To pen this silly rhyme As a tribute to an exceptional man January 25th is the birthday of Scotland’s National Bard, the much-loved Robert … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Scottish Stuff, funny and serious | Tagged a mans a man, alloway, ayr, bonnie doon, burns supper, haggis, happy birthday, National Bard, poetry, rabbie, robert burns, scotland, tam o' shanter, ye banks and braes | 4 Comments

Family – Friday Fictioneers

Posted on January 23, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant climb a high mountain He has not a great head for height Where’er hills abound He stays close to the ground Because he is not keen to get a mammoth fright Once again it is Friday Fictioneer time. Where … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, Friday Fictioneer | Tagged 100 words, basque, betrayal, english, family values, flash fiction, fruit trees, maures mountains, mountains, Pyrenees, short story | 20 Comments

Life is Short – Haibun Thinking Weekly Challenge

Posted on January 22, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant write this on time He is kinda busy yesterday Instead of this post He travels down the coast And spends a day wandering around old St Tropez So, as a junior member of the supporting cast in Al’s brilliant … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, haibun | Tagged Ferris Bueller, haibun, haibun thinking weekly challenge, haiku, mediterranean, natural disaster, robert heinlein, short story, st tropez, stranger in a strange land, var, william davies | 24 Comments

Redemption – Sunday Photo Fiction

Posted on January 19, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant see through this window It is leaded and high on the wall Although he’s excited He is quite short-sighted And in addition he is not very tall This is a weekly invitation to write a short piece of fiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, Other Fiction | Tagged 100 words, engagement ring, flash fiction, flatmate, glasgow, henderson the jeweller, inscription, redemption, sauchiehall street, short story, soul sister | 13 Comments

sometimes

Posted on January 18, 2014 by AnElephantCant

sometimes you almost touch love it stumbles closer every day you stretch your fingertips until it mocks you and slips away sometimes you almost hear love perhaps across a telephone line is that static or just silence did you miss … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bitterness, concealed in darkness, fingertips, love, medicine, painful past, photograph, poetry, sometimes, sweet and pure, telephone | 5 Comments

Ghoti and Chips

Posted on January 16, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant get easily confused Although both his erudite readers are aware of his abnormal anguish As he juggles with words Which he finds absurd In a vain attempt to make sense of this languidly illogical language He knows how to … Continue reading →