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Those Who Live in Grass Houses

by Beholden

Rated: 18+ · Book · Fantasy · #2316938

GoT plus the PromptMaster! and Cards Against Authors stuff (poetry and short stories)

Apparently this is going to be a load of writing of various types - stories, poems, reviews and, no doubt, just about anything else you can think of..

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Beholden

Mar 13, 2025 at 1:15am
In response to "Darling!"

Ah, you know me too well!

jaya

Mar 13, 2025 at 1:11am
In response to "Darling!"

I like the anticlimax at the end, Just like Beholden.

1 Like

Jayne 🕸️ 🕷️

Jan 24, 2025 at 5:54pm
In response to "Mechanical Sympathy"

Nicely done!

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Beholden

Apr 15, 2024 at 9:54pm
In response to "Return"

Oh, interesting comment! I hadn't looked at it like that but I see what you mean. To me, it seemed one of those prompts that tells the story for you and I was just attempting to subvert that by taking an unusual line. They addressed me as the father, so I thought about how I'd feel as the father and expressed that, at the same time avoiding having to continue a story in which the punchline has already been stolen by the prompt.

As regards mystery, that comes of having only one half of a conversation - we never hear what the daughter is saying and have to work that out for ourselves. ;)

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H❀pe

Apr 15, 2024 at 9:45pm
In response to "Return"

I wish I'd not read the prompt, I really enjoyed the mystery you maintained here in your poem.

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H❀pe

Apr 14, 2024 at 6:38pm
In response to "Rago's Diet"

Finally the anatomy of a dragon explained, it all makes such sense now

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Beholden

Apr 14, 2024 at 12:46pm
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

LOL, Blueyez, I can't deny the thought of WDC crossed my mind as I was writing this. But typos are sent to plague me. No matter how many times I edit, there's always at least one that slips through.

ᗷαᛠᛠy~ᗷθθҽyҽʐ

Apr 14, 2024 at 12:26pm
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

"(Thern) he brightened and said ..." typo?

Good story. I really like your characters.

After I finished reading, the thought crossed my mind that perhaps stars mean nothing at all in the end. Much like many things here in WDC land.

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Beholden

Apr 14, 2024 at 11:06am
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

Thank you, Angel.

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Amethyst SkellyBones Angel

Apr 14, 2024 at 10:58am
In response to "A Slight Adjustment"

Oh, that was classy. I was afraid there would be a brawl. Well done.

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January 22, 2025 at 11:22am

#1082670

Bus

Bus

The ninety-nine does come this way,
or so I’ve heard some people say,
and here it stops, so claims the sign,
the one with Bus Stop written fine.

If you are going to Old Hampstead
and looking forward to your bed,
I’ll stand and wait along with you
for, as it happens, I go there too.

Here comes one now, it’s going fast -
oh dear, oh my, it’s gone right past.
I should have seen, it was so clear,
a twenty-three it was and don’t stop here.

Oh well, I’m sure it won’t be long,
the waiting crowd’s now quite a throng
and all these people can’t be wrong,
soon ninety-nine will come along.

I’m told there’s thirty minutes wait
between each bus - they’re never late.
But I’ve been standing here an hour
which may be why I’m feeling sour.

Oh, there’s a bus just down the street -
I’ve never seen a sight more sweet…
yet now it seems it’s not my day,
it’s turned around and gone away.

I don’t think I can wait much longer,
I’m mad enough to dance the conga
right here at this forsaken stop,
now all together till we drop.

But wait, look up, there’s three approach,
one after t’other, here’s our coach
all labelled ninety-nine indeed -
the first is full and gathers speed.

The second too has no more room,
it rattles past, seems set on zoom,
and when the last’s career is done,
it seems it has just room for one.

I’m sorry but I was the first,
besides I’m nearly dead from thirst,
and as I hop upon the bus,
don’t swear at me and make a fuss.

Line count: 40
Rhymed aabb
For PromptMaster! Task Prompt, Week 3
Prompt: Write a poem that makes the reader wait.

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