By Scott Bailey © 2017
None can understand me
Our inner teen cries
And so the world hurls
And churns
On and on and on
None
Creative Writing
Scott’s Daily Prompt 26/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Happily ever after
“And they lived happily ever after.” Think about this line for a few minutes. Are you living happily ever after? If not, what will it take for you to get there?
Scott’s Daily Prompt 25/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Cliché
Clichés become clichés for a reason. Tell us about the last time a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush for you.
Concert
By Scott Bailey © 2017
Speaker throbs with bass
Notes leap higher and higher
Feedback thrills the crowd
Scott’s Daily Prompt 24/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Buffalo nickel
Dig through your couch cushions, your purse, or the floor of your car and look at the year printed on the first coin you find. What were you doing that year?
Old Silver
By Scott Bailey © 2014
The purr of the projector
Warm popcorn scent
Dust motes dancing in the light
Deep, dusty heavy red drapes
Mumbles and fumbles in the shadows
Hand brushing hand by chance
Close, sweet breath and perfume
The excitement of the old silver screen
Originally published in A Spring of Dreams
Scott’s Daily Prompt 23/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. B+
Write about what you did last weekend as though you’re a music critic reviewing a new album.
Scott’s Daily Prompt 22/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Seconds
Describe the most satisfying meal you’ve ever eaten, in glorious detail.
Deep Roots
Scott’s Daily Prompt 21/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Undo
If you could un-invent something, what would it be? Discuss why, potential repercussions, or a possible alternative.
Scott’s Daily Prompt 20/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. A plot of earth
You’re given a plot of land and have the financial resources to do what you please. What’s the plan?
Latecomer
By Scott Bailey © 2017
The latecomer arrives
The straggler
Moving slowly and surely
Youth spent
Only to find
Everyone else departed
Leaving him
With only their mistakes
Scott’s Daily Prompt 19/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Nightmares
Describe the last nightmare you remember having. What do you think it meant?
The Eye
By Scott Bailey © 2017
Behold the great eye
Watching through the trees, maybe
Just a butterfly
Scott’s Daily Prompt 18/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Far from normal
Many of us think of our lives as boringly normal, while others live the high life. Take a step back, and take a look at your life as an outsider might. Now, tell us at least six unique, exciting, or just plain odd things about yourself.
Scott’s Daily Prompt 17/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Mentor
Have you ever had a mentor? What was the greatest lesson you learned from him or her?
Curse
By Scott Bailey © 2017
The tiger curses
Beautiful, perfect pelt
The hunter’s desire
Scott’s Daily Prompt 16/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. The clock
Write about anything you’d like. Somewhere in your post, include the sentence, “I heard the car door slam, and immediately looked at the clock.”
Scott’s Daily Prompt 15/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Proud
When was the last time someone told you they were proud of you?
Wonders
By Scott Bailey © 2017
Starlings swooping down
As they spy the big city
Wonders await them
Scott’s Daily Prompt 14/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Cupid’s arrow
It’s Valentine’s Day, so write an ode to someone or something you love. Bonus points for poetry!
Blind (Etheree)
By Scott Bailey © 2013
We
are blind
to the truth
Everyday
Suffering goes on
And we deny it all
Unable to find a way
Through the maze of our modern lives
To a place where we can be ourselves
And hold out that hand that helps our neighbour
Instead we clench our hand in a tight fist
Holding tight onto what we have gained
Not seeing what we are losing
What slips away from our grasp
Diminishing our souls
Focused on our goals
With such passion
That we are
simply
Blind
Scott’s Daily Prompt 13/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Shoulda, woulda, coulda
Tell us about something you know you should do . . . but don’t.
Scott’s Daily Prompt 12/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. All about you
Explain why you chose your blog’s title and what it means to you.
A Spring of Dreams – Trench
Trench
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Dancing with my wife,
last week the telegraph came:
Coughs ring round the trench.
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Three hundred and sixty-five poems in all shapes and sizes, sprung from dreams and emotion. Published day after day for a year. There are haiku, sonnets, katauta, lanturnes and many other forms – including free form. The moods are as varied as the forms and often reflect my mood on the day. There is sadness and grief, joy and love.
If nothing else – these can provide a small moment in everyone’s stressful lives to stop and contemplate the world in a different way.
Scott’s Daily Prompt 11/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Whoa
What’s the most surreal experience you’ve ever had?
Scott’s Daily Prompt 10/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Teachable moment
You have to learn a new skill. Do you prefer to read about it, watch someone else do it, hear someone describe it, or try it yourself?
On the Cusp
By Scott Bailey © 2017
On the cusp
Of hell and
Something else
Who knows what
Scott’s Daily Prompt 09/02/2022
Today’s prompt is. Childhood revisted
Sure, you turned out pretty good, but is there anything you wish had been different about your childhood? If you have kids, is there anything you wish were different for them?
Prudence
Scott’s Daily Prompt 08/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Karma chameleon
Reincarnation: do you believe in it?
The Siege of the Stupid
By Scott Bailey © 2017
We have handed over our passport
Battered down the hatches
In a siege of our own designing
Some feeling smug justification
Others wondering if they should have done more
All responsible
All of us
Remember this
Huddled behind our walls
When the hunger strikes
Scott’s Daily Prompt 07/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Right to health
Is access to medical care something that governments should provide, or is it better left to the private sector? Are there drawbacks to your choice?
Fortune
By Scott Bailey © 2017
Fortune favours the bold
Risk equals success
People stop seeing risk
And hand over their cash
Their time
Their labour
Their lives
The minority shine
The majority are mesmerised
While they fall
Scott’s Daily Prompt 06/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Choose your adventure
Write a story or post with an open ending, and let your readers invent the conclusion
Territory
By Scott Bailey © 2017
Territory shrinks
As the walls rise again
And the drawbridge is raised
The world is smaller
The worst of times
From long ago
Are opium
Entertainment
Sleight of mind
Meanwhile
Terry the Tory
Sniggers behind
Fake pride
And cheap beer
Protest
Is the latest sport
Avarice
The virtue of power
Scott’s Daily Prompt 05/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Call me, maybe
Describe your relationship with your phone. Is it your lifeline, a buzzing nuisance, or something in between?
The Elixir
By Scott Bailey © 2017
The Elixir
Swept through the void
Hunting
Stars glinting off the
Silver skin
The peak of human invention
Empty and silent
Scott’s Daily Prompt 04/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
You need to make a major change in your life. Do you make it all at once, cold turkey style, or incrementally?
Seasons
By Scott Bailey © 2017
I’m fresh out of spring
Beyond the long summer days
Winter is coming
Scott’s Daily Prompt 03/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Writing room
A genie has granted your wish to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?
Blue Eyes
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Blue eyes turned purple
Deep purple and very still
Watching all my life
Originally published in A Spring of Dreams
Scott’s Daily Prompt 02/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Think global, act local!
“Think global, act local.” Write a post connecting a global issue to a personal one.
Purple Eye
By Scott Bailey © 2014
From the purple eye of death
The last exhaled breath
Comes an aweful doom
And darkness starts to loom
It dims the roads once bright
Quenches golden light
Sends tremors through the land
Like my trembling hand
Trembling on the key
That sets the danger free
Releasing purging fire
Born from grief and ire
Fear will bring the dark
And there is no lighted ark
So hide your fears away
Until the final day
Scott’s Daily Prompt 01/02/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Flangiprop!
Invent a definition for the word “flangiprop,” then use the word in a post.
Purple Star
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Deep bright purple star.
Piercing from the depths of roiling blue gas clouds
And a million billion stars
Outshining Venus and Mars
Swathes like silver paths
Some gathered in spiral wheels
And between them in the sparse dark spaces
Ships blink and travel on by.
A memory from the deepest well of childhood.
A memory that could not have been.
Scott’s Daily Prompt 31/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Burnt
Remember yesterday, when your home was on fire and you got to save five items? That means you left a lot of stuff behind. What are the things you wish you could have taken, but had to leave behind?
Meaningless
By Scott Bailey © 2017
Meaningless
Less meaning
All our words
Our angry words
Falling on deaf ears
Met with serious frowns
Hiding sneering laughter
Less
Less
Nothing
Only the attempt
Gives us life
Scott’s Daily Prompt 30/01/2022
Today’s prompt is.
Burning down the house
Your home is on fire. Grab five items (assume all people and animals are safe). What did you grab?
Ordinary
By Scott Bailey © 2017
Ordinary
Normal
Steadfast
Boring
Nah!
That doesn’t make any money
Excite them
Stimulate them
Make them play
Make them pay
Milk them
Like the cattle they are
I yearn
For ordinary
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