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A Change of Plans

dadsshoes

PHOTO PROMPT submitted by Courtney Wright. Photographer prefers to remain anonymous.

It would be winter soon. He’d managed to find enough pennies to buy duct tape to repair his boots. But duct tape would do little to mend the gaping holes in the toes of his socks. He’d make do. He always did.

She was on her way to the Good Will with her late father’s clothing, when the sight of him changed her plans. It was like Christmas in October as he donned his new jacket and sturdy boots, prancing around like a king. Suddenly, the sun beamed, bursting through the clouds.

“Thought you might be pleased, Dad,” she smiled.

~kat

100 words for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction Challenge inspired by the photo above submitted by Courtney Wright. (Photographer prefers to remain anonymous.)


Cold Sweat – Wednesday’s Photo

For The Daily Post’s Wednesday Photo Challenge: “Liquid”. A zoomed-in view taken with an iPhone 6s in Square View Mode. Sharpened in the PicsArt App.

From this subject not in zoom:


On Being Present – 42 Day 17

why the longing

never satisfied
ever striving

breathe…
everything you need
is here and now

~kat

Day 17 for Jane Dougherty’s Daily Poem Challenge “42”.


Tour de Force

tour de force

triumph
in grace thrusting
so to feel the sun’s kisses
the sprout bursts through concrete
éclat

~kat

A Cinquain for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, using synonyms only of the words, Dignity – grace and Success – triumph, tour de force, éclat.


Unaffected – 42 Day 16

Unaffected

I could lose myself

in the rain tapping on the window…plop…plop
mid-day drowsy, under fluorescent lights, strobing

I could, but I won’t
it has taken me far too long to find myself…
and this isn’t me…no, not by a long shot

~kat

Day 16 of Jane Dougherty’s Daily Poem Challenge: “42”.