Category: six sentence story

poetry, six sentence story, writing

Worn Out Shoes

Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

Lessons from a frugal life

Gia Oris
@giabyte





He received his first pair of sneakers when he was just a little boy, toddling around to learn to walk about life

No matter how much wear and tear there would be on his shoes, he wore them until his feet no longer fit

Each school year, he managed to get a new pair to start the year, knowing he might not make it to the end without pinching toes, but he hushed about it until summer ended

Barefooted playing was the normal way in the summer fields of play, making those shoes last longer, just a once in awhile bee sting was the price he paid

As a man, he still kept the habit of buying shoes only when the old ones were worn out, but his boss was none too pleased

On his desk was a box, wrapped and bowed, no name, no message, but new shoes, the leather kind, shiny and brown and he knew he’d be better off to wear out those shoes

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This is my effort at putting together a Six Sentence Story/Poem. You can check out what the other’s have to share by going HERE

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Shelter

Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld
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Purcilla was spotted at a glimpse, purring, hungry

Her crystalized coat, appeared first, her eyes next

Her shelter was spotted on the porch, she was hivering silver in a large planter

Tink-tink-tink on a tuna tin, Henry got her attention

He placed the can on the porch, near the door

She cautiously approached, devoured and purred

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this is my six lined poem for this week’s six sentence story, following the prompt word “shelter.”

six sentence story, writing

Juiced Up

Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld
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Jeremy wondered as he looked at the tepid stream, just how much the sun was so juiced up that it blew out the springs. “Think about it,” he said, “it seems like we have gone from living under a safe shield and now we are under a mesh umbrella with impure rains.”

“Such as it is,” replied Roxanne, “we still live on this planet. What other choice do we have?”

Jeremy stared at Roxanne and looked about. “Okay, then let’s pack our essentials and ride out to the ends of the earth, as far north as we can tolerate.”

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That’s my six for this week. Go check out the others which are sure to be interesting. Go to this LINK. Thank you to Denise for making this happen week after week.

poetry, six sentence story

They Just Got the Name Wrong

Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld
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Many years ago, when I was in college, one of my professors-who also became a mentor-introduced my to “espresso” which she made herself after dinner with another guest. There was this little cup with no real room for cream or sweetener and a sliver of lemon which was to help with the bitter taste, I suppose. I just played follow the leader, as I was clueless.

Well, the one thing about espresso and being a college student is that it does help if you need to be up late studying, which I often did. For years, I called it “expresso” without awareness that you called it something else. As it holds true, I just think it was a mistake in spelling as when you have this strong dose of caffeine, you definitely are apt to express yourself.

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That’s my Six Sentence Story and lookie there, I didn’t write a poem! I bet you are as surprised as I am. But…hey…let me see if I can try my hand at it.

Six Sentence Story Poem – installment #2

(Same Title)

When I was older than younger strudents, I had to stay up to study late

If I wanted to keep really going, an espresso would be the way

Although the name should be expresso, I suppose that’s how it goes

All I know is that reading chapters meant I needed some go-go-go

I’d go for years and call it my name, as if anyone would care but the bourgeoisie

Today, I call it by the proper name unless I too tired and call it a day

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