Author Archives: Susan Zutautas

As My Mind Wanders

Beneath the rubble I could see bricks peeking through and my mind began to wander Was there more underneath? Perhaps an entire home was buried here Who had lived here? What had happened? Perhaps it was an earthquake that rumbled years ago Had the people survived? Were their souls lingering here amongst the bricks buriedContinue reading “As My Mind Wanders”

Elucidate – Haiku

Today’s word is “elucidate.” Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak. Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post ifContinue reading “Elucidate – Haiku”

Fixing the Roof – #Saturday Mix – #Rhyme Time

Rhyme Time’ focuses on the use of rhyme to build your writing piece. You will be given six rhyming words* and need to use all of them (but not limited to these) in your response, which should be a poetry form of your choice. *Homophones can be used as alternatives to the challenge words. OurContinue reading “Fixing the Roof – #Saturday Mix – #Rhyme Time”

Wordle #206 – A Bad Fall

IneffableVale- the world, or mortal or earthly lifeSummitBootsAnkleWetGreyPainReflectWalkPine NeedlesExtend Written for Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #206 Her boots were wet and had more than likely caused her to fall while walking down the summit. The pain was ineffable, and she was sure she had broken her ankle. Laying on a bed of pine needles Laura lookedContinue reading “Wordle #206 – A Bad Fall”

Six Sentence Story – Silly Poem

My silly little poem was written in response to Denise’s Six Sentence Story Challenge over at Girlie on the Edge’s Blog. This weeks challenge was to use the word “Gallery”.     Mallory let’s go to the gallery Sorry, no, not on my salary Go ask Valerie to go with you to the gallery IContinue reading “Six Sentence Story – Silly Poem”