by Sheila Deeth
Member since:
February 1, 2007

TSC - three sentences, one hundred words, one city and true love.

July 28, 2009 09:00 PM EDT
views: 48 | rating: 10/10 (17 votes) | comments: 22

Water rippled over moss covered stones, lending life to trailing fronds. Water under the bridge, David thought. Water that washes and cleans, while the July moon hung above the tree tops, gazing down on him.

 

But stones were just the gutter beside the road. Fronds were newspaper scraps with their messages faded and forlorn. And the treetops were a line cut low, unable to hide the white-orbed face that peered between black-walled apartment blocks.

 

He accosted her in the stairwell of her apartment. “Emily?” She turned and smiled.

 

Even the city knows life and the trailing fronds of awakening love.



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Comments: 22

Sandi S. Jul 28, 2009, 9:01pm EDT
Bravo!
Angela A. Jul 28, 2009, 9:02pm EDT
Wow, this one was rather sweet!
Thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting
David W. Jul 28, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
In the distance, if you cup your ear, you can hear me applaud.
penni d. Jul 28, 2009, 9:30pm EDT
me too, sheila...clapping away :)
Kushal Poddar Jul 29, 2009, 7:18am EDT
And mine too. It is a astonishing prose.


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painter’s block
JOHN BECK Jul 28, 2009, 9:53pm EDT
And a lovely awakening it is, Sheila. Reading this is like resting my head on a soft pillow.
lynn a. Jul 29, 2009, 12:12am EDT
This is magnificent. When I read accosted though, I thought bad person, and then realized she was glad to see "him" and it was okay. What a sweet story. Very enjoyable.
Lee P. Jul 29, 2009, 1:20am EDT
This is very poetic. Very nice.
This is another winner!! I was shuddering untill he called her name. . .
Great stuff! Well worthy of ten stars.
elizabeth e. Jul 29, 2009, 5:39am EDT
Well written with a soft twist at the end.
Donald M. Jul 29, 2009, 9:32am EDT
Sheila you always give us such great articles, leave us thinking and do such a wonderful job of waiting until the end, to let us know what we really are reading
Ann M. (Site Scryer) Jul 29, 2009, 10:00am EDT
You've given the prompts a strongly post-modern twist by turning them from images of mature to images of urban decay. T.S. Elliot would be proud.

Thank you for posting to The Surreal Circus.
Ann M. (Site Scryer) Jul 29, 2009, 10:00am EDT
You are now featured.
Marge H. Jul 29, 2009, 10:09am EDT
Wow! Left me breathless. Love and your imagination can turn even the ugly into something beautiful.
A. F. Stewart Jul 29, 2009, 1:19pm EDT
Very lovely, such charming images.
Haim Kadman Jul 29, 2009, 1:48pm EDT
...trailing fronds of awakening love. I loved the way you've awakened it.
Tracy Fabre Jul 29, 2009, 3:09pm EDT
Very powerful, for so few words -- excellent scene-setting.
Shelbia C. Jul 31, 2009, 11:17pm EDT
This is wonderful
Elsie Duggan Aug 1, 2009, 10:54pm EDT
How beautiful Sheila, all three prompts in one piece, don't you love doing that. wonderfully written with a twist as usual,
JoAnn C. Aug 23, 2009, 10:08am EDT
well done

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