Stories & Poems by OwainPJ
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Sunset
If your sun is setting in the west, Do not watch where it has disappeared But turn your face to East And wait for it to re-emerge !
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NANNI Just Imagine !
It was “Me” time on the sofa. Although, to be fair, Chloe and Jack didn’t interrupt him like they used to; those tablets were just the best investment, even their school was using them now. Mind you one could hardly get a response out of the kids, not even at meal times. “Whatever” was about the best he could hope for nowadays. The iPhone slipped gently from Mike’s grasp the light fading face down against the smooth leather of their new DFS sofa. With a start he reached down to find it. This wretched sofa! Why did he buy it? I mean they didn’t even really need it, the old one had been his parents’, familiar and homely, full of childhood memories, but then there was the offer...
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Twiggles – Aviatrix Extraordinaire
It was just the faintest of shadows crossing the sun.You could miss it if you didn’t know, but she knew! The distinctive black wings swooped ever lower and she hardly had time to brace herself before the onslaught began: “dik dik dik … dik dik dik … dik dik dik …”. However hard Twiggles tried she would never understand.She loved everything about flying, but at times like this that was no compensation. With a sigh of resignation, she executed a perfect barrel roll and headed for cover. Out of the corner of her eye she spotted Ginger D’Arcy dropping like a stone! With a shuddering crash he impacted the top of the garden fence.Then, miraculously, he was just standing there, rocking...