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Flight of Fancy – Sunday Photo Fiction
AnElephantCant drive an aeroplane He is not designed to be a pilot He has got such big ears And from what he hears Pilots who fly lots quite often hit the high spots This is a weekly invitation to write a short piece … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, Other Fiction
Tagged 150 words, aeroplane, edinburgh, flash fiction, flight of fancy, honeymoon, marseille, Paris, provence, short story, Sunday Photo Fiction
2 Comments
The Truck – Sunday Photo Fiction
AnElephantCant wait to get started He hopes he has not lost his touch Al’s Sunday Photo Fiction Has become an addiction AnElephant enjoys it so much This is a weekly invitation to write a short piece of fiction (c. 150 … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour, Other Fiction
Tagged 100 words, flash fiction, marseille, photo fiction, removals, short story, Sunday Photo Fiction, the lorry, the truck, the van, transport company, unwanted goods
23 Comments
The Writer – Sunday Photo Fiction
AnElephantCant always rise early Sometimes he likes to be lazy instead He scratches his tummy And thinks it is yummy If someone brings him his breakfast in bed This is a weekly invitation to write a short piece of fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, Other Fiction
Tagged 100 words, breakfast in bed, Cote d’Azur, flash fiction, mafia, marseille, mediterranean, photo fiction, police swoop, provencal, short story, small cafe, summer vacation, writer
16 Comments
My Eyes A-Door You
AnElephantCant walk through a doorway Without wondering if things get better or worse And what is more He can’t walk through that door Unless he remembers to open it first But is every new doorway an exit Or the way … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour
Tagged aix, cassis, deaths and entrances, door, gateway, marseille, monaco, monte carlo, poetry, rhyme, venice, wrought iron
10 Comments
View from Above – Alastair’s Photo Fiction
AnElephantCant always be ordinary He tends to stand out in a crowd With his tusks and a trunk And a head full of junk There is no room for him on Alastair’s cloud Sunday morning, so Alastair’s Photo Fiction Challenge … Continue reading
Hyères* Today Gone Tomorrow
AnElephantCant help being confused As he encounters all these strange places and names Not just in Provence But all over France Starting way up north with Laon and Reims He sets off on a marathon TGV journey Near Besançon he … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, france, humour
Tagged allemand, bandol, bayonne, besancon, bois-guillaume, bordeaux, cassis, chalons-en-champagne, chateaubriant, clermont-ferrand, denise, dijon, epernay, hyeres, la rochelle, laon, lyon, macon, marseille, montpellier, nice, pau, provence, reims, st tropez, suisse, toulon, troyes
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And Every Step is Neatly Planned for a Poet …
AnElephantCant stay in Scotland much longer Where he heads off to now nobody knows He is looking quite smart As he makes a fresh start With new luggage and some real cool new clothes Well okay he already tells you … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, france, humour
Tagged cassis, cezanne, chateau d'if, cypress trees, France, la med, le montagne st victoire, marseille, mediterranean, rat-rhyme, scotland, scottish colourists, starry night, van gogh, vincent
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Inspiration – the Līgo Haībun Challenge
AnElephantCant deny he is excited This challenge whets his imagination He is sure you can see He does not need Fantasy For him reality provides enough Inspiration Time for the next Līgo Haībun Challenge. The topic for this week (starting … Continue reading
Posted in haibun
Tagged bc, bird sanctuary, clyde, columbia, edinburgh, english bay, erskine bridge, glasgow science centre, glencoe, helensburgh, loch lomond, lochwinnoch, marseille, mediterranean, museum of transport, national museum of scotland, ps waverley, puget sound, riverside museum, san francisco, snoqualmie pass, somme, vancouver, venice
25 Comments
AnElephant Makes the World Go Round
AnElephantCant claim he’s been everywhere This world is an enormous place But he gathers his thoughts Remembers one or two spots Where it’s best if he does not show his face He has family all over the US Here’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes
Tagged all over the world, australia, didgeridoo, France, kilt, le vieux port, marseille, new south wales, oregon, oz, pachyderm, portland, scotland, tartan, ten thousand miles
20 Comments
Mediterranean Medicament
AnElephantCant deny he’s ecstatic So delighted il parle Francais instead His Boeing 737 Transports him to heaven He is back on the shores of the Med His first stop is in sun-kissed Languedoc A little place called Valras Plage The … Continue reading
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