Short-Fiction - Alone Together by DS Coremans #FoDiByLi Tuesday 23rd July 2024 Saturday 25 July 2020 - 23:57 It's been 15 years since I last wrote in this diary. I thought about burning it. It hurts to remember being the child that wrote those things…even worse is knowing that as bad as things were then,... Continue Reading →
Short-Fiction - Aural Awakenings by DS Coremans #FoDiByLi Thursday 18 July 2024 The atrium was a façade of colour. A copious smothering of make-up scraped over an ageing face, attempting to hide blemishes and contours accrued by age. Sky blue paint slathered onto the walls in a hurry, long since dried and already flaking away... Continue Reading →
What is a Poetry Marathon? A Poetry Marathon is a creative endurance test. Writers from all around the world are invited to take part. Throughout the event all participants will be writing at the same time, to the same creative prompts which are posted at the beginning of every new hour. Inspired by The Poetry... Continue Reading →
Event Date: 11 November 2023 9am EST (2pm GMT) The Quarter Crazy is a Poetry Marathon run by Amanda Potter, a writer and poetess based in Florida, USA. Amanda has been running the Quarter Crazy since March 2020. The Quarter Crazy runs as four separate twelve hour events throughout the year, each event representing a... Continue Reading →
What is a Poetry Marathon? A Poetry Marathon is a creative endurance test. Writers from all around the world are invited to take part writing at the same time, to the same creative prompts, which are posted once per hour throughout the event. Inspired by The Poetry Marathon, run by Caitlin Thomson and Jacob Jans... Continue Reading →
"The words you say often mean less than your silence. Silence. The only thing people want to hear, other than their own words."DS Coremans Written: Monday 10 May 2021 - 16:08 Shout. Shout loud. Shout loud into the Void. The echoes will return. To you if no one else. The pain in knowing, that your... Continue Reading →
"The crux of being a full-time carer for a family member, of the family I was born into, is that I will never have a family of my own."DS Coremans Written: Monday 10 May 2021 - 13:42 I’ll likely never work in care again. I have accepted this. Grudgingly. What makes it difficult is that... Continue Reading →
"The truth is there has been a wait for so many things ‘to be over’ for such a long time, that we have begun to wish our lives away."DS Coremans Written: Tuesday, 04 May 2021 - 18:16 I’m given to understand that “it’s over,” though what it is I can’t be sure. The truth is... Continue Reading →
Monday 15 February 2021 Use either of the pictures provided as inspiration, or write a poem or short story about something you have learned within the last year.DS Coremans, Forever Distracted By Life Write and share your work on any of the platforms linked below: Six Word Story: (6 words)Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter... Continue Reading →
