Tag: Writing

Memories

Mon March 28 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Let It All Out

Sat March 26 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Bruised

Fri March 25 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2013 He would never see his son again. Unless… Unless he went made it through today. Found the strength from somewhere. Put aside his pain. The trauma his son had suffered had not been at his hands. Logically there was no responsibility for it on his shoulders. Logic was a weak fence… Continue reading Bruised

Creative Writing, Poetry, Work, Writing

Catapults and Boiled Sweets

Thu March 24 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2017 Catapults and boiled sweetsSailing boats and jam jarsWatching tadpolesPlaying in the woodsHunting newtsSwings and roundaboutsWistful thinkingFor the daysThat never were Photo by Ylanite Koppens on Pexels.com

The Tip of the Flame

Wed March 23 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Image from Pixabay By Scott Bailey © 2015 The glint in the dark From the deep of the cave The thirst that draws The primitive out Out from the dark Out from the safe Into the harsh Changes of life Leaping from age to age The fire that burns inside Connecting us over time To… Continue reading The Tip of the Flame

Creative Writing, Family, Haiku, Poetry, Writing

Holding Hands

Tue March 22 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Creative Writing, Haiku, Poetry, Self Publishing, Writing

Songbirds

Mon March 21 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Adrift

Sun March 20 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Creative Writing, Poetry, Work, Writing

Sailing, Unfettered

Sat March 19 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2017 I am a shipCrowded into the harbour wallAnchored soundAnd safeBut I can see the seaBeyond the gapCallingLullingThe storms comeThe harbour shieldsBut still, I am tossedAnd battered byUncaring wavesThe chain is strainedThe anchor holdsFor nowSo many storms I have seenHow many moreBefore the chain breaksSetting me freeLost at seaSailing unfetteredUnmoored Photo… Continue reading Sailing, Unfettered

Creative Writing, Daily Prompt, Poetry, Work, Writing

Always Descending

Fri March 18 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2017 Always descending, never ascending.Moving downwards, moving down.I can’t get used to this feelingMoving downwards, moving down.Is it really like this? What are we doing?Do we really want this?Is this the thing to be?The chains that pull the valves and the levers,That drive the steam through pipes of dreams. Dream worlds… Continue reading Always Descending

Creative Writing, Fiction, General, Mankind Limited News, Science Fiction, Self Publishing, Writing

Mankind Limited – The Sky

Thu March 17 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

The sky to the west was as dark as a promise of Armageddon. It was punctuated occasionally by a piercing fork of blue-white lightning. As piercing as the eyes that watched. Mankind Ltd. Read an excerpt here. Available as Kindle or hardback from Amazon

Creative Writing, Daily Prompt, Poetry, Work, Writing

Qualm

Wed March 16 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Collaboration

Tue March 15 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2017 CollaborationIs knocked out of usSystematicallyIn the school systemFilling us up insteadWith competitionAnd greedPerfecting usAs the ideal consumersThe perfect wheels in theMachineThose who hold the leversKnowCollaborationCould bring them down Photo by Dio Hasbi Saniskoro on Pexels.com If you liked this poem check out my novel - the theme of this poem… Continue reading Collaboration

Karma

Mon March 14 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Official Hospitality

Sun March 13 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Lab Rats

Fri March 11 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Pink

Thu March 10 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2017 PinkA delicate shadeOf colourHijackedBy toy makers and marketersTo smash young mindsInto shapeAnd conformityGive it backTo salmonAnd cold autumn eveningsTo flushed skinAnd lipsAnd artistsAnd leather bound booksAnd bank notesAnd fresh inkPink Image from Pixabay

Creative Writing, Fiction, Mankind Limited News, Science Fiction, Self Publishing, Writing

Mankind Limited Excerpt

Wed March 9 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

To whet your whistles here is the Prologue and Chapter One. Prologue Darkness outside. From the expanse of his office, the Facilitator gazed down at the city spread below. Orange lights twinkled. A busy machine. It was his. They were entwined. Both products of this still young, brave new millennium. He smiled. He held a… Continue reading Mankind Limited Excerpt

Glory Days

Tue March 8 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2013 So the soldier walks alonebeneath thestarry nightHe has no aim but distancefrom the bloody fightBut the war it still pursues himsnapping at his heelsHe slips into the forest deepbeyond those broken hills O glory daysThose glory daysThey’ve shatteredand they fadeThey only left a rumourA shadowwhere they laid So the sword… Continue reading Glory Days

The Lonely Tree

Mon March 7 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2016 The lonely treeStood atop the blasted hillStarkBarren branches snatchingRays from a mist-shrouded sun Every now and thenUpon an errant breezeFlits a weary birdResting one more timeOn its final flightThen falls All around the rootsDead birds and ashGiving meager succourTo the lonely tree One dayFrom that blood-soaked soilThis tree’s seed will… Continue reading The Lonely Tree

Sonnet for our Times

Sun March 6 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2013 So it seems to me that beyond the newsBeyond the web of the media spinThere are places still where the only viewsAre battlegrounds full of unearthly din I see the most pious places burningWhere the holy words still hold high accordWhere simple souls for peace are still yearningThe peace that… Continue reading Sonnet for our Times

Creative Writing

Buffalo

Sat March 5 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Candles

Fri March 4 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2013 One lumenThe light of a candleIt can be seen they sayFor many milesCandles burn tonightOne for each lost angelLight that will been seen over many yearsStill bright in our mindsA million candlesA fiery sun of bittersweet memoriesThe burning potentialOf lives that never were Image from Pixabay Originally published in A… Continue reading Candles

The Pool

Thu March 3 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2013 They trickle inThe protesters, the bitter, the dispossessed, the poorThey swirl in slow currentsExchanging thoughts, views, ideas.An oasis for the outcasts The Man sits by the poolAnd fishesTaking what he needsWatching the rest The pool holds no threat Image from Pixabay

Bubbles Bursting

Wed March 2 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2014 All around meLiesThe ruins of youngDreamsAway from me hopeFliesBursting at theSeamsSo where to goNowThe truth has beenExposedWhen you don’t knowHowTo let go what youSupposedFind a new path toWalkStep up to theTaskStart the do and stop theTalkStart the make and stop theAskMan up and face theTruthYou’ve faced worse andSurvivedYou're longer in… Continue reading Bubbles Bursting

Creative Writing, Fiction, Self Publishing, Short Stories, Thirteen Tales, Writing

Shipwreck – Thirteen Tales

Tue March 1 2022Sun February 27 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Shipwreck Explorers - or pillagers? The line is thin on the high seas, in strange exotic lands. Those that operate without fear of consequence soon learn their folly. There are older powers in the world than gunpowder and steel. Thirteen Tales of Ghosts By Scott Bailey A collection of short stories concerning ghosts. Some are… Continue reading Shipwreck – Thirteen Tales

Creative Writing, Daily Prompt, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Technology, Writing

Confined

Mon February 28 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Space. It stretched out before him - endless, dark, enticing. The stars were faint and blurry through the thick glass view port, moving in a slow arc across his vision. He could feel the endless nothing all around, calling to his soul, a siren’s whisper. Float with us. Float with… Continue reading Confined

Owners Guide to Cattle

Sun February 27 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2017 Keep them on the vergeOf being panickedKeep them unsureAnd afraidWhip them into a frenzyThen collect the coin they makeProd them where you need them to go Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

None

Sat February 26 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Concert

Thu February 24 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Old Silver

Wed February 23 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2014 The purr of the projectorWarm popcorn scentDust motes dancing in the lightDeep, dusty heavy red drapesMumbles and fumbles in the shadowsHand brushing hand by chanceClose, sweet breath and perfumeThe excitement of the old silver screen Image from Pixabay Originally published in A Spring of Dreams

General, Poem a Day Challenge, Poetry, Writing

Boxy

Tue February 22 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Deep Roots

Mon February 21 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2017 The roots of the trees are deepIn the deep of the old old forestDigging in the dirt, drinking in the earthLong are the memoriesThe past seeping slowly fromRoot to trunk to branch to leafContemplatingRipped up.Houses built. Image by Filipes from Pixabay

Grey

Sun February 20 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Latecomer

Sat February 19 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

The Eye

Fri February 18 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Curse

Wed February 16 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Wonders

Mon February 14 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Blind (Etheree)

Sun February 13 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2013 Weare blindto the truthEverydaySuffering goes onAnd we deny it allUnable to find a wayThrough the maze of our modern livesTo a place where we can be ourselvesAnd hold out that hand that helps our neighbour Instead we clench our hand in a tight fistHolding tight onto what we have gainedNot… Continue reading Blind (Etheree)

Creative Writing, Fiction, Self Publishing, Short Stories, Thirteen Tales, Writing

The Urban Jungle – Thirteen Tales

Sat February 12 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

The Urban Jungle The pressures of civilisation conflict with the urge to conserve and record. Someone - something - intervenes from with echoes from the distant past. Thirteen Tales of Ghosts By Scott Bailey A collection of short stories concerning ghosts. Some are traditional ghost stories in the tradition of M.R. James and Edgar Allan… Continue reading The Urban Jungle – Thirteen Tales

Creative Writing, Haiku, Poem a Day Challenge, Poetry, Self Publishing, Writing

A Spring of Dreams – Trench

Fri February 11 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

On the Cusp

Wed February 9 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Prudence

Tue February 8 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Seasons

Thu February 3 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Blue Eyes

Wed February 2 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

Purple Eye

Tue February 1 2022Sun January 30 2022 Scott Andrew Bailey

By Scott Bailey © 2014 From the purple eye of deathThe last exhaled breathComes an aweful doomAnd darkness starts to loom It dims the roads once brightQuenches golden lightSends tremors through the landLike my trembling hand Trembling on the keyThat sets the danger freeReleasing purging fireBorn from grief and ire Fear will bring the darkAnd… Continue reading Purple Eye