Colleen our mentorhD asked us to write about the beginning of Autumn 🍁🍁🍁.
How does this time of year affect you where you live? Think about the seasonal changes. What descriptive words come to mind? If they work to define the season you’re in, add them to your kigo list. I have written two Tanka my Kigo words and phrases are, Dog days of summer, blueberries, Fog, meteors.
Morgarna had a very rough time coping with being robbed if powers and incaserated in a lonely freezing garret but as always nothing lasts forever.
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Merlin carefully carried Morgarna into the house where he gently woke her up. She was not in a good mood and a little surprised to be back at the house…” What took you so long I felt like I was dying in that cold and dirty garret!” ” You were not too easy to find babes you were off the radar for a while there! How are you feeling now Morgs” “Absolute rubbish Merl’s but I can feel my powers returning and boy that’s really good, I felt really vulnerable, I can’t imagine how those mortals must feel…so unsafe!” With that Morgarna sprung up and announced that she was off for a bath and just vanished. “What have I told you about inappropriate use of Magic” Merlin asked the void she’d left. “Just testing that my powers work, and a little.bird told me you’ve not been quite the stickler lately! “
Later a much refreshed and more confident Morgarna emerged looking her normal stunning self. Gail was in the kitchen cooking up a whirlwind and John was happily watching her completely spell bound by the machinery and the amazing smells. Merlin and Morgarna sat in the lab huddled over the computer discussing the next step they needed to take to deal with the shapshifting entity. “We may not need to go back Morgs, right now he’s in our time zone is and I believe I have located his home planet. We need to get him sorted and returned before he causes more problems. We need to return to the cemetery and the Volts were Annette and her father are buried” Morgarna agreed, ” We’d better take John with us too.
“I’m coming too” insisted Gail I need to see this one through to the end! “ “Okay” said Merlin “but it won’t be all excitement!” ” Are we jumping or driving, Merl’s?” Morgarna asked. “Time is of the the essence, right now I think we should Jump and so they did.
Reindeer – Image by KL Caley.
As they landed in the cemetery they found themselves surrounded by a thick fog, in the distance they could see a herd of reindeer 🦌” Oh! How festive” Morgarna trilled.
“Come we need to get things sorted out ” replied Merlin pointing his mobile at the distant deer, ” those are just deer so we had best get on.” Are you ready for this John , are you ready to meet your love Annette again?” Asked Gail . “Yes indeed I am. I miss her so ” said John. As Gail and John headed towards the church and the crypt ….. Merlin and Morgarna headed in to town, the ghosts who had witnessed the the Entity taking the young man’s body described him. They had seen the entity enter one of houses in the street just outside the cemetery.two houses with matching doors, railings and winter decor.
“Well ” Merlin got his phone and ER. out and pointed them at the doors, then after looking at the reading he continued “It’s in the lit up house” “Are you certain” asked Morgarna “I’d of thought that he’d be hiding in the dark one…..I’d of put money on it!” “We said Merlin that’s probably what it wants us to think , but it’s definitely in the lit up house.” Silently Morgarna and Merlin went into the house using a skeleton key that Merlin had in his pocket. As they stepped inside they were shocked to find themselves in a pitch black hallway in a pitch black house?
Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT) Wednesday 28th December and link back to Sue Vincent’s post with a pingback. Please make sure that the pingback works and if not, copy and paste your link into the comments section of her post.
This is my entry for prompt for next Monday’s edition of K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, the challenge this week is : Show Us Your Winter’s Light.
We had fog most of the weekend and not much light!
Photo by kind permission of my sister in law DM. The photo was taken Saturday morning on Dorney Common. The middle photo is the original and has had no effects used on it. I think it is truly stunning the fog and the light makes for a really errie almost phantom of the opera feel to it.
Welcome to my “Heartland Echoes,” where I aim to share my poems with the world, along with my survival story and autobiography of childhood abuse, motivational quotes, and much more. Through my words, I hope to inspire others to share their own stories and experiences. Each poem is a piece of my heart and soul, along with a story of a traumatic past, crafted with inspiration, Hope, faith, love and passion. I believe that by sharing our art and emotions, I’ll be able to connect with others on a deeper level and create a sense of community.
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