Early morning
Rise before the sun
Shuttle, cold darkness
Eyes closed
Sound of traffic
Walk in the cold
Wait for the train
Minutes more
Frozen breath rises
Get on the train
Bell rings, doors close
Find a seat
Screeching rails
Train is silent
Bundled, withdrawn
Feeling fatigue
Station down below
Crowds of people press
Bodies stir air
Will it end?
Here are some thoughts and sayings I posted on Twitter and/or Facebook in July, August, and September. To my knowledge, I made these up (for better or for worse). Sit back, relax, and enjoy the write!
Encouraging Words
1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Fermented, and they’ll drink with you all day.
2. I have some words of wisdom to share with you. Excuse me while I take them out of Pandora’s box.
Twisted Words
3. It’s harder to herd kids than goats.
4. A sacred cow cows a scared cow.
In Its Own Write
5. Fiction writing is the novelist concept.
6. Poetry may set you free but to make it rhyme takes time.
Holidays & Events
7. Today is Outdependence Day for those who don’t celebrate the 4th of July.
Random Musings
8. We interrupt this report about yelling fire in a crowded theater for breaking news about a fire in a crowded theater.
9. “Because I can,” said the man when asked why he works at a packaging plant.
10. “What’s so great about sliced bread?” asked the baker.
11. Out of the mouths of babes comes drool.
Click here to visit the Thoughts & Sayings page, or click here to read the previous batch of Thoughts & Sayings.
Images courtesy of Microsoft.
M.G. Edwards is a writer of books and stories in the mystery, thriller and science fiction-fantasy genres. He also writes travel adventures and children’s books. He is author of Kilimanjaro: One Man’s Quest to Go Over the Hill, a non-fiction account of his attempt to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, and a short story collection called Real Dreams: Thirty Years of Short Stories. He also wrote and illustrated three picture books in the World Adventurers for Kids Series: Alexander the Salamander, Ellie the Elephant, and Zoe the Zebra. Edwards graduated from the University of Washington with a master’s degree in China Studies and a Master of Business Administration. He lives in Bangkok, Thailand with his wife Jing and son Alex.
His books are available in e-book and print from Amazon.com and other booksellers. For more books or stories by M.G. Edwards, visit his web site at www.mgedwards.com or his blog, World Adventurers. Contact him at me@mgedwards.com, on Facebook, on Google+, or @m_g_edwards on Twitter.
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A poem.
God provides the foundation
On which our home is built
A solid base that anchors it
To soft soil or shifting sand
Your strength is the structure
That keeps this delicate form
From blowing, washing away
When the wind and rain come
Your dedication is the frame
That holds up this fragile life
As it reaches toward heaven
Buttressing its soaring wings
And though we need the Lord
Who shelters and protects us
Our home would lie in ruins
If not held together by you
For my wife.
M.G. Edwards
July 2012
World Adventurers 