photo101rehab

the list

Image | | andy townend

‘I tended to worry when there was nothing to worry about. And when there was something to worry about, i got drunk.’
― Charles Bukowski, Pulp

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His throat burned, bile rising, tension building, heart racing.

And the dogs howled, snarled.

His feet pounded, blisters rising, legs screaming, ready to quit.

Terror building inside him.

The steps rose ahead of him, his legs ready to fold, his lungs ready to burst. He ran hard up the steps, twisting, turning. The snarling hounds fast behind him.

He reached the top.

Stumbled into the bus shelter. Collapsed on to the bare metal bench. Pulled his coat tight around him. Reached into his pocket.

It was still there.

The list.

Crumpled, tattered, torn.

The list that could save him. He knew it could. It must. It held the answer. The only answer.

He had read it a hundred times. It was all there, every detail. Each step he needed to take to be free.

He began to read, the first line, the first item on the list.

Hot fetid breath filled his nostrils, he felt the fangs slice into his face. The black eyes of the hound.

The last thing, he ever saw.

 

WordPress Writing 101 (November 2015): Day 2

poetry 101 rehab: father

Image | | andy townend

Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

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How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write about your inspiration, your creative process or other poetry related thoughts, but this is in no way obligatory. Nothing is obligatory in this challenge. The idea is to get together, talk poetry and have fun!

How can you take part?

Anyone can take part, anytime you want. Publish your poetry post and add a link to it by clicking on the Poetry 101 Rehab badge below or share your link in a comment. Use the tag Poetry 101 Rehab, so we can find each other in the Reader.

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I will act as your host, and I’ll be here for you to reply to your comments, read your poetry, like and comment. While this post is the starting point for the challenge, do visit fellow poets in the link-up and chat to them on their blogs!

This week’s prompt is FATHER.

father

  why

father

  did you die

father

  so soon

father

  before

father

  we really talked

father

  why

father

  did you die

father

  so soon

father

  before we really knew

father

  each other

father

  now i am

fa(r)ther

 away

but, what

  about my (own)

  son

  so

father

  why?

My starter for ten, entitled FATHER was inspired by my decision to take part once more in the WordPress Writing 101 course which I previously took back in April of this year.  Today’s prompt from Cheri is to explain why I write.  I may be bending the rules a little by combining the first prompt for the course with the Poetry 101 Rehab but there is a link.  I write for many reasons.  I write because, well because I enjoy doing so, I write to express myself, I write to put things down on paper (or at least on screen) that are best out of my head, writing about difficult things can be cathartic.  I write because I love to communicate, and I want to write better and communicate better.

And I write because I can. I think.

What will your take on the keyword FATHER be? Blog about it in a poetry post and share your link in the comments section of this post and by clicking on the Poetry 101 Badge above.

(image shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO6400, 1/30s and f/1.4 in available light, edited in lightroom cc and analog efex pro and submitted to Lucile’s photo 101 rehab, let the writing commence…)

WordPress Writing 101 (November 2015): Day 1

(trick or) treat

Image | | andy townend

“And a little of that sadness returned each year to him. It always went away with spring.
But, it was a little different tonight. There was a feeling of autumn coming to last a million years.
There would be no spring”

― Ray Bradbury, Long After Midnight

smiley
skinhead
trio
toothy
biker
rip
bride of death
apple
pumpkinhead
veiled
mask
bloody
nosey
yummy
fingered
michael myers
arachnid
cross
hung out to dry
pointed
fatherly love

(for DP weekly photo challenge – treat)

(also for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)

*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, in aperture priority mode all at f/1.4 with available light only and light touch edits in lightroom cc, life goes on, even after death, or worse*

project 365 mobile | mono | square | week 20

| andy townend
photo book
smoking room only
fire placed
smiley 😉
unattended pipes
lights, camera, action
man, reflected

On Sunday, 14 June 2015, I launched my Project 365.

You can see all the images as they are posted to the mobile | mono | square album on my flickr account.

My plan, let’s see if I can stick to this, is to post a weekly update here each Sunday.

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poetry 101 rehab: talk

Image | | andy townend

Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

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How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write about your inspiration, your creative process or other poetry related thoughts, but this is in no way obligatory. Nothing is obligatory in this challenge. The idea is to get together, talk poetry and have fun!

How can you take part?

Anyone can take part, anytime you want. Publish your poetry post and add a link to it by clicking on the Poetry 101 Rehab badge below or share your link in a comment. Use the tag Poetry 101 Rehab, so we can find each other in the Reader.

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I will act as your host, and I’ll be here for you to reply to your comments, read your poetry, like and comment. While this post is the starting point for the challenge, do visit fellow poets in the link-up and chat to them on their blogs!

This week’s prompt is TALK.

talk
talk to me
talk to me about it

don’t talk
don’t talk to me
don’t talk to me about it

maybe
maybe there is
maybe there is, no point

in talking
about it

or, maybe there is
after, all

My starter for ten, entitled TALK was inspired by not being able to, but wanting to. What will your take on the keyword TALK be? Blog about it in a poetry post and share your link in the comments section of this post and by clicking on the Poetry 101 Badge above.

project 365 mobile | mono | square | week 19

| andy townend
fire inside
dead inside
chained
teeth
agonised
prepared
tower

On Sunday, 14 June 2015, I launched my Project 365.

You can see all the images as they are posted to the mobile | mono | square album on my flickr account.

My plan, let’s see if I can stick to this, is to post a weekly update here each Sunday.

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poetry 101 rehab: rain

Image | | andy townend

Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

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How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write about your inspiration, your creative process or other poetry related thoughts, but this is in no way obligatory. Nothing is obligatory in this challenge. The idea is to get together, talk poetry and have fun!

How can you take part?

Anyone can take part, anytime you want. Publish your poetry post and add a link to it by clicking on the Poetry 101 Rehab badge below or share your link in a comment. Use the tag Poetry 101 Rehab, so we can find each other in the Reader.

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I will act as your host, and I’ll be here for you to reply to your comments, read your poetry, like and comment. While this post is the starting point for the challenge, do visit fellow poets in the link-up and chat to them on their blogs!

This week’s prompt is RAIN.

the cloud

arrives above

soon to shed

her heavy heart

the rain

drips down

silently to smother

the cessation of summer

and, inside

the rain

perpetuates

the pain

My starter for ten, entitled RAIN was inspired by, well, the rain falling outside. What will your take on the keyword RAIN be? Blog about it in a poetry post and share your link in the comments section of this post and by clicking on the Poetry 101 Badge above.

(image shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO200, 1/125s and f/5.6 and submitted to Lucile’s photo 101 rehab, the rain washes way the pain?)

Mara Eastern created Poetry 101 Rehab.

project 365 mobile | mono | square | week 18

| andy townend

 

(more) intersections
best foot forward
mindmap (lost)
lighting the way
shoe in
picture in picture
father | son

On Sunday, 14 June 2015, I launched my Project 365.

You can see all the images as they are posted to the mobile | mono | square album on my flickr account.

My plan, let’s see if I can stick to this, is to post a weekly update here each Sunday.

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poetry 101 rehab: windows

Image | | andy townend

Do you miss the Writing 201 Poetry course by the Daily Post? If so, then join this blogging challenge and let the poetry flow!

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How does it work?

Feel free to answer the prompt, twist it or ignore it; write a poem of your own or share a poem by another author. Write about your inspiration, your creative process or other poetry related thoughts, but this is in no way obligatory. Nothing is obligatory in this challenge. The idea is to get together, talk poetry and have fun!

How can you take part?

Anyone can take part, anytime you want. Publish your poetry post and add a link to it by clicking on the Poetry 101 Rehab badge below or share your link in a comment. Use the tag Poetry 101 Rehab, so we can find each other in the Reader.

badge-rectangle

I will act as your host, and I’ll be here for you to reply to your comments, read your poetry, like and comment. While this post is the starting point for the challenge, do visit fellow poets in the link-up and chat to them on their blogs!

This week’s prompt is WINDOWS.

windows inside never disclosing our worst side

windows inside never disclosing our worst

windows inside never disclosing our

windows inside never disclosing

windows inside never

windows inside

windows

open, the windows

and let, what

is inside,

outside.

My starter for ten, entitled WINDOWS was inspired by, well, these windows in a railway station during a recent journey. What will your take on the keyword WINDOWS be? Blog about it in a poetry post and share your link in the comments section of this post and by clicking on the Poetry 101 Badge above.

(image shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO200, 1/640s and f/13 and submitted to Lucile’s photo 101 rehab, a window on my soul – if i had one)

Mara Eastern created Poetry 101 Rehab.