My favourite place – FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #25

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I love this place. It’s my favourite place when I want to be alone. There’s something about this library that makes me feel I’m in a trance. The mass of books with atlases, road maps, novels, plays, bits and pieces and news. These books are my friends and companions. They show me interesting things, talk to me and sometimes chant and rant after the first block of information. Like I need to know more, like looking for a treasure hunt, one bit of evidence at a time. And as I read them, I’m being relocated to a totally new world. Where am I again?

For: FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #25

Fire! – FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER

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When we’ll go up in flames
A fire started no one blames
Try to keep ourselves cool
We have to save the dames

Oh God please save our school
I promise not to be cruel
As long as town’s protected
All energy we pool

The smoke was so acrid
Good thing firemen acted
Won’t be turning aback
And every one aided

The whole town is all black
I just saved my backpack
This scene stays as flashback
Run, there’s no turning back*

(c) ladyleemanila 2017

PHOTO PROMPT © Karuna

* A Quatrain is a poem consisting of four lines of verse with a specific rhyming scheme.

A few examples of a quatrain rhyming scheme are as follows:

#1) abab
#2) abba — envelope rhyme
#3) aabb
#4) aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dddd — chain rhyme

For: FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #22

Also for: Friday Fictioneers 2 June 2017

In honour of our love, a tree

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In honour of our love, a tree
Take it as a bouquet
A sign to interpret for thee
Tassel to make your day
Orange line that says I love you
I am the speaker so it’s true
Orange line that says
Orange line that says
Together we see the tree grew

In honour of our love, a tree
Billboard of our love
With the sound of a drum with glee
Like cooing of a dove
Everything’s nice and romantic
We make it work as well as click
Everything’s nice
Everything’s nice
The fruit of the tree we can pick

In honour of our love, a tree
We see from the window
From flower to flower the bee
Sucking the nectar so
As the tree blooms and so as we
We appreciate the tree’s beauty
As the tree blooms
As the tree blooms
And we go through life breezily*

(c) ladyleemanila 2017

* The Trijan Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of three 9-line stanzas, for a total of 27 lines. Line 1 is the same in all three stanzas, although a variation of the form is not to repeat the same line at the beginning of each stanza. In other words, the beginning line of each stanza can be different. The first four syllables of line 5 in each stanza are repeated as the double-refrain for lines 7 and 8. The Trijan Refrain is a rhyming poem with a set meter and rhyme scheme as follows:

Rhyme scheme: a/b/a/b/c/c/d,d refrain of first 4 words of line five /c

Meter: 8/6/8/6/8/8/4,4 refrain/8

For: FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #20, Wordle 299 May 13 by brenda warren

Life is an enigma – FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #19

Life is an enigma
I have to go through it
With all its challenges
And hindrances, of course
I might fall in ditches

Life is an enigma
I cannot fathom it
I know I’ll find my way
But it will take a while
Each day I have to play

Life is an enigma
Some thick fogs on the way
Different roads to take
I could get lost sometimes
Some things are at stake

Life is an enigma
I’m glad you are here, too
Together we travel
Experience and taste life
Fight our own battle*

(c) ladyleemanila 2017

* The Monchielle is a poem that consists of four five-line stanzas where the first line repeats in each verse. Each line within the stazas consist of six syllables, and lines three and five rhyme. The rhyme pattern is Abcdc Aefgf Ahiji Aklml.

The Monchielle form was created by Jim T. Henriksen.

For: FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #19

Alec’s backpack

When he turned eighteen, Alec’s aunt told him she’s going to give him some money so he could use it for travelling or for his studies. She wanted it to be something memorable for him, so Alec is still thinking of what to do with the money. His elder brother used it to go to the Philippines for his holiday and he had fun. Alec wants to concentrate first on passing his A- levels, then he can decide. Perhaps in the summer, he can travel to Europe for three months or so before the university starts. He’s planning to take the Euro rail and visit some countries he hasn’t visited yet, or some countries with friends or relatives so they won’t be that expensive. He’s getting ready with his backpack and some itineraries. Here’s wishing him well.

(c) ladyleemanila 2017

For: FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #17

Poison – FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #16

Why is it that I carried on?

On something that’s pointless

When I’ve given my heart and soul

And nothing was return?

When I was your cure

And you were my bacteria

Or even a parasite seeping through

When I was trying to save you

And you were drowning me

Or even slowly killing me

I must have known before

Signs were all there

But I wasn’t following my advice

I thought things would have changed

I thought if I’ve given you my love

You’d love me in return

I was wrong

You were my poison

Killing me softly

(c) ladyleemanila 2017

For: FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #16

Day Nine – Help!

How can people vent their ire on him?

How can they undo what they’ve done?

Out of shell shock came his grin

How can they handle this?

With straps across him

A single bomb

Trim his lot

No cheer

Help!*

(c) ladyleemanila 2017

* A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc… until line nine finishes with one syllable. It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional.

line 1 – 9 syllables
line 2 – 8 syllables
line 3 – 7 syllables
line 4 – 6 syllables
line 5 – 5 syllables
line 6 – 4 syllables
line 7 – 3 syllables
line 8 – 2 syllables
line 9 – 1 syllables

For: FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #15, Wordle 294 Apr 8 by Brenda Warren , ninth day of NaPoWriMo