Tag: Trouble

A Day in the Deep

~ Christine Goodnough ~ 19 Comments

Here’s my very slow response to last Sunday’s Six Sentence Stories prompt, hosted by GirlieOnTheEdge. The prompt word given is RHYTHM

A Day in the Deep Blue Sea

“Does the rhythm of the waves want to rock you to sleep, mate?”

“It does that, Ab, and all this blue isn’t apt to keep a fella awake, either, after we been hard at it half the night.”

“Well, you’d better act lively ‘cause we got at least another hour’s work if’n we wanna reach that there speck of an island.”

“Just think about sharks tipping us over and chewing us up before we get there; that should keep you swingin’ your oar right smartly, Tom,” said Davy.

“If we was smart, we’d ‘a took a better look at that old tub before we signed on as crew,” Mick grumbled as he swung his oar in rhythm with Tom’s.

“You fellas see anything of the other lifeboat,” Ab asked as his eyes scanned the ocean again, but none of them had.

Gourmet Words & Tastes

~ Christine Goodnough ~ 11 Comments

The Ragtag Daily Prompt is CHOCOLATE.
And my response will be this wordy little verse:

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Lover of Gourmet Words Extols the Value of Chocolate

When you’re feeling Cimmerian
’cause your effort’s gone awry,
or the task’s so herculean
that it makes you want to cry,

Mellow chocolate’s in order;
it will soothe the trenchant woe,
make the day a little brighter
when the gloamin’ start to grow.

When you’re hoping for elation
and instead receive a shock
when you feel disconsolation
hit you like a cold wet sock,

What you need is chocolation
your meliorism to renew
and reduce the aggravation
of the workload placed on you.

🙂

See It Through

~ Christine Goodnough ~ 1 Comment

By Edgar A Guest

When you’re up against a trouble,
Meet it squarely, face to face;
Lift your chin and set your shoulders,
Plant your feet and take a brace.
When it’s vain to try to dodge it,
Do the best that you can do;
You may fail, but you may conquer,
See it through!

Black may be the clouds about you
And your future may seem grim,
But don’t let your nerve desert you;
Keep yourself in fighting trim.
If the worst is bound to happen,
Spite of all that you can do,
Running from it will not save you,
See it through!

Even hope may seem but futile,
When with troubles you’re beset,
But remember you are facing
Just what other men have met.
You may fail, but fall still fighting;
Don’t give up, whate’er you do;
Eyes front, head high to the finish.
See it through!