The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
of JzB see my other blog, Retirement Blues. (There be dragons!)

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Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku

"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Five Sentence Fiction - EDGE

Metal Sculpture - Onaway, MI - Photo by JzB


It came at me snarling, teeth bared.

I recoiled at the stench - burned meat, sewage, old ashes, sulphur.

So it took me for a craven and reared high above me for the kill.

There is always a soft spot somewhere on a dragon's belly, if you are lucky enough find it.

As my blade pierced it's tender flesh, the scream it let loose was an even worse assault on the senses than the smell.



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  1. AnonymousApril 11, 2013 at 10:14 PM

    Good one! I do love a good dragon...well, a dragon, anyway.
    Scott
    Mine: http://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/five-sentence-fiction-prompt-edge-4112013/

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  2. Maggie GraceApril 12, 2013 at 6:46 PM

    You killed the dragon. What would moose and goose say? Nice story in five sentences. Going to give it a whirl methinks.

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  3. JazzbumpaApril 12, 2013 at 7:24 PM

    Dragon is no friend to moose, goose or man

    Cheers!
    JzB

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  4. AnonymousApril 12, 2013 at 11:02 PM

    Excellent - there is nothing quite as exhilarating as dragon slaying! :)

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  5. Elizabeth April 14, 2013 at 3:21 PM

    A great story, although I find dragon-slaying fables so hard to hear, have ever since I was a child. Your description was so clear. x

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  6. K R SmithApril 14, 2013 at 10:29 PM

    "There is always a soft spot somewhere on a dragon's belly, if you are lucky enough find it."

    St. George told me the same thing, so I guess it must be true.

    Nice job!

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  7. AnonymousApril 16, 2013 at 2:04 PM

    Really enjoyed this and loved that last line: '...the scream it let loose was an even worse assault on the senses ...'

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