Tag: Prose

• AVENUE OF PEACE

  

  And now the light at the end of the avenue calls, the journey almost complete. At one end, back that way, new seeds are growing, young saplings stretching from the earth to which I must return. Once young myself, I have walked the avenue of my life until the end. There have been mistakes along…

  Iain Kelly

  17/05/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

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• FATHER AND SON

  

  A PROSE POEM:   A shallow stream with a pebbled carpet, Dapples of sunlight on a shimmering surface. Bare feet cooled in ripples of water, Shouts and laughter and joyful splashes. A father and a son joined in play, A precious moment clutched from memory.   Quiet descends on a father alone, A shadow of…

  Iain Kelly

  20/02/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

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• THE JEWEL AND THE SEA

             The waves lapped on the hull. The mainsail flapped in the gentle breeze. The sun burned. The coast was a hazy blur in the distance behind them. The woman lay motionless on the deck of the sailboat. She lay on her back, basking in the sun’s rays. She wore a…

  Iain Kelly

  03/08/2016

  Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, Short Story, Writing

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