Tag: son

• 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

  blood, child, creative writing, Death, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, infant, literature, memory, poem, poetry, Prose, prose poem, red, river, Short Story, son, story, stream, suicide, sun, sunlight, water, Writing, writing prompt

• FARMER BARRY

  When he was a small boy, Barry loved playing with the toy farm his father made for him. He tended to the small cows, sheep and pigs, drove the tractor, mucked out the stables and fed the horses. Sometimes his father would join him, but after his parents divorce he sat playing on his own.…

  Iain Kelly

  01/10/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

  animals, black comedy, childhood, creative writing, Dark humor, evil, Farm, farm playset, farmer, Farming, father, Fiction, Flash Fiction, horror, humor, humour, literature, mental illness, murder, playset, psychopath, psychotic, Short Story, sick, son, story, Sunday Photo Fiction, taxidermy, Writing, writing prompt

• ORPHAN

  

  The metal chair was cold against his thighs, he heard only muffled voices from behind the door. He looked at the shaft of sunlight that played across the wall and floor of the white corridor. Small particles of dust danced in the still air. His mother’s face appeared before him, her kind smile and comforting…

  Iain Kelly

  05/09/2017

  creative writing, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  alone, care, child, creative writing, drama, family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, foster, literature, mother, orphan, Short Story, social, son, story, system, tragedy, Writing, writing prompt