Entries By E A M Harris
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loom
The loom clacked in the background. It seemed to her that it had always done so – all her life. As if it wove her life. The pattern of cloth that grew lacked variety or beauty; she hated it.
Posted By E A M Harris On 05.11.2013 @ 3:02 am
ensue
Ensue is not a word I’ve ever used. I prefer follow, or result. Yeah! Result is good, definite, strong. Ensue is sort of hesitant.
Posted By E A M Harris On 05.01.2013 @ 1:56 pm
systems
All systems go! But they aren’t. Most of them are only partial go. The rest are stop. All systems down might be more accurate. No matter. We are used to it. We can manage without systems.
Posted By E A M Harris On 02.02.2013 @ 9:37 am
speech
I make a speech. Everyone in the audience listens. Then the next speaker makes a speech. Everyone listens. Then the next. Then comes the interval and they all rush to the bar and start talking about football.
Posted By E A M Harris On 01.15.2013 @ 4:07 am
magazines
Magazines – they fill the world with chat, information and bullets. Shooting into the future in the hope that someone will be there to stop them, read them, remember them.
Posted By E A M Harris On 08.28.2012 @ 12:12 pm
gum
The gum trees rustle in the breeze. All the animals that live among them listen to the symphony of rustles. A forest of different species of gum trees makes a music too quiet and complex for human ears.
Posted By E A M Harris On 07.26.2012 @ 3:28 am
modem
I once had a little modem, Nothing did it do, So I sat unhappy crying boo-hoo-hoo.
My modem started weeping, ‘You haven’t fixed me right. Push me here and thump me there And all might then go like a hare.’
Posted By E A M Harris On 07.05.2012 @ 5:45 am
switching
I’m switching off now. Goodbye – forever. As the screen goes blank I think, I’m switching off a whole life. Can I switch it on again tomorrow?
Posted By E A M Harris On 06.12.2012 @ 3:17 am
dilemma
To solve a dilemma I just write out the options, shut my eyes and stick a pin in the page. Then I do something completely different. So far this has worked for me – though I may be in a mess.
Posted By E A M Harris On 05.29.2012 @ 1:46 am
lending
The man lent his coat, then his hat. Then he started to feel cold, but he didn’t take them back. The recipient was grateful and said so. They had given each other something more than a coat and hat.
Posted By E A M Harris On 05.13.2012 @ 3:35 am
sliver
What can one say about a sliver? Not much. There’s not much of it. Like there’s not much of anything here. The house is as empty as can be. Even the ghosts have taken off and left only a sliver of memory behind.
Posted By E A M Harris On 04.29.2012 @ 3:46 am
gladiator
Sometimes I feel like a gladiator, doing battle with a range of weird animals: the weather, crowds, bad news, not to mention the mosquitos in the night.
Posted By E A M Harris On 04.26.2012 @ 1:14 am
drifting
Sam was determined to live his life drifting. Why force it when the tide of life will carry you. Onward, ever onward into the future. He wondered for a moment if he could go drifting into the past, but decided that would be boring.
Posted By E A M Harris On 03.27.2012 @ 2:01 am
staple
A staple props up the world. It keeps us fed; fastens our important pages together; fills TV programmes. Where would we be without it?
Posted By E A M Harris On 03.18.2012 @ 4:00 am
pattern
The world is made of patterns. Forms itself according to templates. We can understand these if we try – but it does take effort.
Posted By E A M Harris On 03.16.2012 @ 2:58 am
lantern
All I could see coming towards me in the dark was a round blob of light. It moved along at about dog level. I wanted to run away. Then I saw that it was a lantern carried by an old man. He was attempting to light his way with it, but the light it gave was too dim.
Posted By E A M Harris On 03.02.2012 @ 3:16 am
camera
I have had a camera since I was a child. What strange things I’ve pictured. A lot of family and a good many friends and acquaintances – some whose names I can no longer recall.
Posted By E A M Harris On 02.06.2012 @ 2:29 am
collar
I still keep my old dog’s collar. He’s long gone to the great walkie in the sky, but I can’t bring myself to throw it out. I tell myself it’ll come in handy one day – some other dog might need it.
Posted By E A M Harris On 01.26.2012 @ 2:07 pm
lilies
Lillies are perfection. Varied, beautiful, perfumed. They bloomed in the Garden of Eden, in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and everywhere that people demanded purity and loveliness. Lillies are also associated with death.
Posted By E A M Harris On 01.09.2012 @ 4:27 am
gown
The gown was amazing – long and glittery with a train. Annette had coveted it forever. But it was another girl who owned it. How can I get it from her? was all Annette could think about.
Posted By E A M Harris On 12.11.2011 @ 12:33 pm
rules
He who rules has a difficult job. He makes the rules then gets shouted at if people don’t like them. She rules with a ruler, making straight lines.
Posted By E A M Harris On 11.21.2011 @ 1:24 am
hearts
Play hearts, the game of cards and love. Are these the same thing? Chance is all. Hearts are at the heart of things – including chance.
Posted By E A M Harris On 11.17.2011 @ 3:21 am
left
Take a left, go off the track, don’t look back. Put your left arm in, take it out, then turn anticlockwise. Whatever’s left is yours.
Posted By E A M Harris On 11.16.2011 @ 5:47 am
beginning
Without a beginning nothing would exist. The universe began and then the process of beginning started. It goes on to this day. This website had a beginning. So did each of its contributors.
Posted By E A M Harris On 11.12.2011 @ 9:07 am
positively
Positively not. I’m so negative about it that I mean positively no no no. I don’t feel at all positive today. Tomorrow might be different. In fact I positively feel that tomorrow will be a positive day.
Posted By E A M Harris On 11.11.2011 @ 5:06 am
downpour
It was just a downpour, but it threatened in a strange way. Floods were a possibility, but worse was that he would be put off coming. He had a thing about rain, she knew. At some time in his distant past a downpour had done something awful to him.
Posted By E A M Harris On 11.05.2011 @ 8:35 am
combination
The combination of. Like what? We can combine everything. Like what?
Posted By E A M Harris On 11.04.2011 @ 3:08 am
awakening
The awakening was painful. both physically and psychologically. He had to admit he was wrong. Then he had to admit he didn’t know what to do about it. ‘Now I’m awakened. What next!’
Posted By E A M Harris On 10.24.2011 @ 2:29 am
mutual
Now let me tell you about the mutual fund. Mutuals have been around for a long time. No, Mrs Smith. Do not listen to those who tell you they’ve lost money in them. Not possible. I assure you. Would I lie to you?
Posted By E A M Harris On 10.18.2011 @ 12:12 pm
