A Small Stone - Day Nine

A blue & gold china cup, given with love.

I shall drink from it every day

And think of you, with love.

Kirsten

© 2012 Kirsten Alicia Sheridan

A Small Stone - Day Eight

A smiling man in a yellow T-shirt

Collects donations for an animal welfare charity.

His three small terriers, white & tan,

Jostle for attention from passersby.

I see them again later, heading home.

A team of four; all for one & one for all.

Kirsten

© 2012 Kirsten Alicia Sheridan

A Small Stone - Day 7

I must be honest here, I made myself laugh with this one.

It's a sad state of affairs,

When you have to sit on the stairs

To take your boots off.

Kirsten.

© 2012 Kirsten Alicia Sheridan

A Small Stone - Day Six

A dry riverbed of multi-coloured small stones, wending & winding.

I miss living next to water.

Kirsten.

© 2012 Kirsten Alicia Sheridan

A Small Stone - Day Five

Day five & I am seriously stuck. I've spent most of the day trying to write something, but can't think of anything. So......

Time & again, the blank, white page challenges me to fill it

And time & again, the pen is motionless in my hand.

Finally, I scrawl 'tomorrow', over & over & over again.

It is, after all, another day.

Kirsten

© 2012 Kirsten Alicia Sheridan

Small Stones - Day Four

I've been following Kaspa's free, online course, Experience The World More Deeply In 7 Days, at www.mightybell.com & lesson 4 inspired my small stone for today.

There she is, my old friend.

It's been a long time, she's a grandmother now.

She sees me.

Our hugs are warm & tight, our smiles wide.

We haven't changed.

Kirsten

© 2012 Kirsten Alicia Sheridan

A Third Small Stone

Today's small stone was inspired by the gale force winds that are battering the country.

A frenzy of plastic ribbons

Strangle bare, flailing branches.

Kirsten

© 2012 Kirsten Alicia Sheridan

A Second Small Stone

This one needs a lot of work, but I'm determined to post it. Today was very busy & when I had a few minutes break the following is what came to mind when I saw a group of children playing.

Late afternoon sunshine casts sparkles on the playing children,

Their shouted laughter sparkles in turn.

Kirsten Alicia

© 2012 Kirsten Alicia Sheridan

It All Begins With Small Stones

It was back in October that I saw a retweet on Twitter about something called small stones. A little investigating brought me here to Fiona & Kaspa's website & blog. I've always done little bits of writing, but want to do more & the idea of the small stones challenge really sparked my interest. Here is my first small stone of 2012..........

An investigating blackbird tosses aside clumps of grass,

Searching for the elusive insect & deep-buried worm.

He doesn't notice the stalking cat,

Ears like stilts,

On the other side of the glass.

Kirsten.

© 2012 Kirsten Alicia Sheridan