Category Archives: creative writing

Clockwork Waterfall

September 21, 2015creative writing, Flash Fiction, poetryDream Sequence, Dreaming, Fantasy, Nonsense, Surreal, Time, Waterfallkmjmreed

So we decided to drive up the waterfall, but the waterfall was redundant and

dry. While travelling vertically; the impossible was performed with ease, I

couldn’t help but wear a fixed smile until arriving at its crest.

Then a tarn with tranquil water, slick and so pure with

elaborately carved structures floating: some were peacefully rotating.

I noticed they were broken, perhaps abandoned before completion. It was at

that moment I had forgotten why we… but more now I, was there at all.

Somehow without trying, I walked forwards, sure-footed: leaving behind what

had vanished behind me.

Now everything was much closer, and silent, with timely rushes of air, pressed

intermittently at my cheek; forced gently by numerous random walls from

what were now replica houses made from wood.

Clocklike and clockwise, suddenly in the far distance I see faceless builders as

undisturbed artists that do not seem to care, and the placid water

nearby does not respond to the continuous stirring upon it. The half buildings

have reversed the effects of time, and suddenly I must go… where? I do not

know.

3 Poems in 3 Minutes

September 21, 2015creative writing, poetry, WordsChallenge, childhood, Holidays, Humour, Love, Nonsense, Nostalgia, Short, Timekmjmreed

Human Clock

Whenever I think of you

I never choose to bleed time

I just do

Moon Collapse

The moon collapsed

And the sea never saw that coming

So the Sun took its place

And the sea dried up from bad plumbing

The Race to the Lake

They ran

They swam

They ran back

To the van

A Stir In the Echoes (From A Past Design)

September 14, 2015creative writing, poetry, WordsGhosts, life and deathkmjmreed

In the peripheral

Of crescents

Cul-de-sacs

Disrespected alleyways

Lost behind dull signs

Fleeting

In reflections

The unfathomable

Memory Vapour

Often distant

Sometimes fading

Throbbing vibrantly

Forever fading

In tangent

With the pulse

Of those

Who

Project them

Still touch

The finest hairs

Of the passer-by

The unknowing

Psychedelic Leopard Spots

September 1, 2015creative writing, Flash FictionDream Sequence, Fantasy, Life, Morningskmjmreed

The fact that I have just seen a minuscule leopard; no bigger than my thumb; nonchalantly roaming between the taller blades of grass in my front garden was not as surprising as I would’ve first imagined.

Then I notice a tiny family of three; lying down not so far away from the minuscule leopard; the baby is twice the size of its assumed parents and the Leopard. Somehow I overlook this irregularity in scale and look away, determined to see what else that I can find that defeats logic. Inevitably, they all vanish before I look back on my search for absolute confirmation.

Feeling aggrieved, I sense that I’m being watched — but still I scan the garden; my mannerisms acquire some semblance of pretense loss, as all I see now is scattered autumnal leaves. Within a matter of moments I disregard the miniature marvels; I smile, subtly, as I come to the conclusion that I’m very temporarily insane.

I continue to walk to the gate and plan my route to work as usual.

Wanted Alien

August 27, 2015creative writing, Flash Fiction, WordsAdvert, Humourkmjmreed

2 Oct 1920

Wanted Alien for being Alien

(Also for identity theft, human brainwashing and forgetting to kindly return home.)

By The Agency of Living Interplanetary Extra-Terrestrial Nuisances (A.L.I.E.N)

Ayu, as the alien is currently known (from source) is being sought for unwilling identification of being a living entity not of this earth. The Alien is 7ft tall, of turquoise complexion, walks with a clown-footed impersonation and has 2 dark marbles for its eyes; if only to suggest a face (no other facial characteristics have been verified).

Warning! Our occasionally good people of Southend would be strongly advised not to panic. Please do not approach our vertically unchallenged rogue with its extraordinary appearance with hastened aggression. We at A.L.I.E.N cannot guarantee that Ayu is not a direct threat to you or to us but if provoked the wrath of his retribution may be unpleasant. If this is to be your act the likelihood of irreversible mental abrasion upon oneself is deemed to be of the highest proportion. As this situation stands, albeit bizarre and unwanted, Ayu has caused no obvious harm or damage to our violent world — as we know of.

Information has been amassed from our undercover agents and has confirmed our suspicion that Ayu is successfully masquerading as a postman, not only in our beloved Southend but previously in towns and cities in and around the UK. To this day its true business here upon Planet Earth is still unknown. You the reader can be a valued ally to our cause.

Ladies and gentlemen, another very important announcement, THIS IS NOT A HOAX! Anyone contacting us and treating it as such with pranks of a childish nature will be severely reprimanded. A Letter will be delivered by our personalised postal service with orders for your permanent vacation of your premises, on your kind acceptance of your ill-advised communication. This order can be triggered from Law 51 from the Blue Room Act and administered with force if necessary by our agents.

Final note, for your collection of most deserved rewards. The alien as previously described must be alive on our arrival in your confirmed location, all being correct and of its successful containment or last sighting. To everyone of Southend please be vigilant and most of all Good Luck! You’re gonna need it.

REWARDS

An unlimited supply of cash or the meaning of life.