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Pretty
This is hopefully a poem about having confidence in yourself , having self belief , trusting the friends and family who love you and not giving time to unconstructive critics and spiteful haters. We all make mistakes and we either have to make amends or forgive ourselves although sometimes neither solution is an option, but always look for positives and hold on to those.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Poets
This House Is Not Haunted
I’ve done one Halloween playlist and seen that others are doing second and third ones. I think if you actually include videos , it takes a little more effort , though not quite the real time I had to put in making mix tapes in the seventies. I am amazed when I think of what I did then , I would think of nothing splicing cassette tape with glue and scissors to make recordings , something my fingers could not even consider now.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Beat
Down
This morning I woke up and I was feeling down. I'm not sure why but the weather is very grey outside. I've woken up and I've got to try and get back into work. Yesterday I got very soaked and I was not feeling great,and today seems to be a continuation of what happened yesterday without the monsoon weather.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Confessions
I'm Sticking With You
Since I’ve started with Vocal many times my destructive side has urged me to leave the groups , unfriend and block those that mean the most to me and maybe even stop writing , and just be dark and miserable. I actually believe there are people who feel I deserve that, and that has come from life in general.The reality is there may be one or two but there are always that sort of person about and when there are a thousand people bigging us up why do we give any time to the haters. Just brush them aside, they may not even exist
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Poets
Your story has NOT been approved
This is just a very short light hearted poem about getting a piece continually rejected by Vocal when there is nothing apparently wrong with it. This when you have had to correct man posts in the past after publication. Music obviously has to be "Ain't Got A Clue" by The Lurkers.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Poets
Avalon Sister
My Muse is magical to me, we talk and chat on many subjects and after we talk about literally anything , it could be about washing up , wildlife , music or a favourite play , I am refuelled and ready to write again. How does this happen? She spreads her magic on me , that is all I can say.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Poets
How To Get Noticed On Vocal
On an almost daily basis I get asked how can someone improve their performance and get more reads on their Vocal posts. I do not promote myself much on Social media and my work is seldom shared. I also receive a lot of unconstructive criticism telling me my work is rubbish , full of spelling and grammatical mistakes and I should remove my stories and am not welcome in the groups.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Journal
The Day Facebook Died
Yesterday Facebook died. Now in itself this should not have been a problem , let alone a major problem , but ….. Facebook has acquired Instagram and WhatsApp and other platforms that I am unaware of , and all these applications run on a centralised platform and when that goes down everything goes down.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Geeks
The Water Hole (A Conclusion)
This was requested by Jason Basaraba , a conclusion to The Water Hole , my entry into the Vocal Foggy Waters Challenge. I really hope this lives up to expectations , but we will see. I have taken a few terms from the Philip Pullman “His Dark Materials” books which will fit in with the general story.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Fiction
If You Don’t Read This …
If you don’t read this you will probably never know of these songs or these artists. People are often restricted bi the media , what the grew up listening ar other factors, I am the same , alth Janelle Monae’s “Dirty Computer” is one of the most impressive albums I have ever heard and that is relatively recent but there will be none of that on here, this is taking you of the beaten path and down the unsigned road and I coud drag in something for the #LikeNoOther series that I started on Seven Days In.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Beat
The Real Macaw
This is a story for the Scarlet Macaw Challenge on Vocal. Macaws are found particularly in southern Belize, where they thrive due to the conservation and protection policies Belize has in place. As one of the most beautiful birds in Belize, now macaws are a source of wonder for the tourist. Having been victims of human greed, taken and sold as pets, they are now endangered. This post is to highlight that and to hopefully have a tiny bit of an effect in maintaining the protection areas for Macaws in Belize
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Fiction
SUA
Recently I had a friend request from my mate Harry Clark in Preston on Facebook. He is just getting that hang of things and eventually I got my phone number to him and yesterday we spoke for the first time , and spent forty five minutes chatting about a lot of things. I had mentioned him in a previous post “S’cooldays” which you can see here.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydredabout a year ago in Confessions
