<![CDATA[Stories by Sally A Mortemore on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@mortemores?source=rss-beea5ed01ab6------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*K27yX9TL2aMxdoheBWQzFQ.jpeg Stories by Sally A Mortemore on Medium https://medium.com/@mortemores?source=rss-beea5ed01ab6------2 Medium Thu, 12 Nov 2026 05:18:09 GMT <![CDATA[in haste]]>

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:16

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a dizain — a Scrittura prompt response ‘August Skies’

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‘The world is dark, but the wood is full of stars.’— Seán Hewitt, from his poem Wild Garlic

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as in life

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my worst nightmare

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give it a rest. a fibonacci poem.

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the beauty of the young

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a river by any other name would sound this sweet

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‘For you, in my respect, are all the world. Then how can it be said I am alone’

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and far between …

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