Watching from the Window out onto snow covered branches of my memoriesโ. It is rare for the sun to shine and highlighting faceโs I once knew. Loneliness and fear my only companions now. Sometimes others are with me who I feel I should know, their faces familiar but forgotten.
Sitting in my coat watching from the blizzard that is taking my mind. Craving the company of those faces I can no longer recall. Knowing I was where I am when the snow began is of no comfort to me. Language is starting to elude me so ow I must say goodbye, as the snow blizzard now fills my waking thoughts. Sitting in my coat at the window wishing to be warm again.
ย I only wish I knew my name here at my end.
This is a 144-word flash fiction of how I would imagine it is like to pass from any form of dementia. It is written in memory of those who have been taken by one form or another.
It is based on the poem โthe dead of winterโ by Samual Menashe the line โI was where I am when the snow beganโ is taken from this poem. Some of the other lines echo the poem.
Thanks Merrill.@ #dversepoets pub for kick starting me with this prompt. Been meaning to write something like this for a while.
SKETCHY.
Imposter they should shout,
But they donโt.
Sketchy feeling imposter I feel,
But not to them.
Hiding under mighty oak,
Small acorn drops.
From which mighty oak grew,
Learning all the way.
Imposter they say! No, youโre not,
The poet imposter I still feel.
ยฉ 27/11/2023 rog leach
Hi all this evening we have been prompted here @ #dversepoetspub to write a quadrille using the word #sketch. after a visit to an open mic last night full of talented musicians playing around me. all I had to offer was some spoken word I felt like an imposter. but was very warmly received.
GREEN JALAPENOS.
I once ate a Smokey Jalapeno,
Thinking I had swallowed a volcano,
Then I ate an avocado,
Still full of bravado,
Until firing of an arse torpedo.
Giving my belly a hell of a squeeze,
Making those around me sneeze,
Thanks, my kosher lunch,
Making noses bunch,
Leaving my neighbours to wheeze.
ยฉ 14/11/2023 rog leach
We all have days of the mad bad kind. some swear and shout. some slam doors and make a noise. Others bake F**k B*m pie by the light of the moon. so for tonight’s #quadrille challenge at #dverse poets pub a pie has been baked by the light of the moon.
bad day pie
Pie day! #quadrille #moon
#baddaypie
By the light of the moon he bakes, It is time, time for bad day pie.
You stir in a dollop of frustration, Mixed with a hefty helping of what the F**K.
Best served cold, cold, cold. To the bum who upset your day.
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