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#Field
Lance Bumbleworth @Threads
The Deal (#Field)
The field mouse traded some corn for cheese from the house mouse. They were both pleased.
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
#Mountain
Lance Bumbleworth @Threads
Dreamy (#Mountain)
Dreamy skies aloft
Clouds so bright and soft
Floating over mountains green
Pulled by breezes cool
Into shapes artful
An imaginative scene
Dreamy seas below
Waves so smooth and slow
Lapping over stony shores
The wonderful tune
A gift from the moon
(and God too, of course）
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
#Clouds
Lance Bumbleworth @Threads
There is a Puddle in the Living Room (#Clouds)*
There is a puddle in the living room;
Evidence of a rainstorm that I slept well through;
Must have been quite the lullaby.
I wonder if I could jump in and go for a swim?
Backstroke across the tiled floor,
From the puddles edge to the culprit window.
Perhaps I could freestyle all the way upstream?
To the bloated clouds above and the sun shining on their backs;
Oh, wouldn’t that be special?
But why not put on wings and take to the thin aired sky?
Soar over the horizon eastward into the rising sun;
Let’s see what’s on the other side.
There is a puddle in the living room;
That’s all it takes;
Oh, what wonderful adventures a mind can bring!
*This is a repost from a couple months ago, but I like this piece and wanted to include it in this series.
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
#Ocean
Lance Bumbleworth @Threads
Kernels of Thoughts (#Ocean)
Kernels of thoughts flowered behind his eyes then spilled out of his mouth in a rainbow of sweet reds, sour oranges, umami yellows, ginger greens, bitter blues, tingling indigos, and hot as hell Violets fragrantly prancing topless in their string bikini bottoms to strumming banjos. Not hot as hell, but La Mamas from Shanghai. Don’t ask me. The toddler said it so it must be true. The colorful flowers of absurdity fell down down down to the dry ocean bottom, where they will shrivel into kernels of thoughts.
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
#Wetlands
Lance Bumbleworth @Threads
Wetlands (#Wetlands)
We mimic the ducks,
Paddling ripples across the surface,
They ignore us.
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
#Sand
Lance Bumbleworth @Threads
Sand (#Sand)
Slowly ebbing
Awaiting the tide to turn
Before burying my head beneath
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
#Sand
Lance Bumbleworth @Threads
Sand (#Sand)
Ebbing slowly,
Awaiting the tide to turn,
Before burying my head beneath.
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
#River
Lance Bumbleworth @Threads
Monty (#River)
Monty, born of my mind
From Mountains of Green
And the valleys between
The peaks and rivers,
Wallowing in mud you will find.
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
#Arctic
Lance Bumbleworth @Threads
Bacon’s Back! (#Arctic)
It’s late summer and the temperatures are scorching hot. Makes a poor pig like me feel as if I’m destined for someone’s breakfast plate! Luckily I got myself one of those Arctic Freeze Big Gulps which is cold enough to keep my ass from turning into bacon.
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
#Infinite
Natasha Yentrouc @Threads
Anything Less Wouldn’t Be Enough (#Infinite)
Despite His infinite Wisdom,
God created humans as flawed as all of us.
Thankfully, with His infinite Grace,
He forgives us our failures with understanding.
And with his Love, also infinite, because anything less wouldn’t be enough, He loves each and every one of us as we are.
If you enjoy these very short stories, you can also check out one of my earliest books – MONTY’S VERY SHORT SHORTS which includes 366 illustrated pieces (one for each day in my life of 2020).
Be well,
Monty
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