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Printed from https://shop.writing.com/main/books/item_id/2275621-Microscopic-Stories/month/7-1-2024
Rated: 18+ · Book · Ghost · #2275621
Entries for the Micro Fiction Challenge 2022 and Drabble Activity 2024.
Short stories of 100 words exactly, written for the Micro Fiction Challenge, 2022, the Drabble Activity 2024, plus a few for my own benefit.
July 5, 2024 at 6:53am
July 5, 2024 at 6:53am
#1073563
Literary Frippery

I remember H Rider Haggard,
in the sixties thought a blackguard
for writing books that were fun,
as if that should never be done.

I considered then the voice
of that Irishman James Joyce,
but most of Finnegan’s Wake
was so dense it made my mind ache.

I found refuge in Sir Conan Doyle,
Sherlock Holmes and Doc Watson his foil ;
George Orwell kept me from harm
with his tale of the Animal Farm.

But best of them all was Lewis.
sharp, clear, never tortuous,
and, though you will think me balmier,
I am happy to be here in Narnia.



Word count: 100
For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 9
Prompt: A rhyming poem of 100 words.


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