Joan Maguire

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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“Tender Shoots” by Joan Maguire

Submitted to Contest #40

Tender ShootsNathan felt the crowd disperse. He’d been so engrossed in the music, the rhythm he’d created that he barely noticed the spectators leaving. He heard the ping, ping of the coins as they dropped into the biscuit tin placed on the footpath.As his strumming on the battered guitar abated, he noticed an old woman who looked like she had just stepped out of the distant past. She stood out with her grey felt hat perched precariously on her head. A grey hat for a grey head he mused. He noted too the green, greasy old mac tied loosely at ...

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“Poetry in motion” by Joan Maguire

Poetry in motion by Joan MaguireThere’s something quite magnificent about a clothes line sagging under the weight of freshly laundered garments. Don’t you agree?Personally I love just looking out my kitchen window to the backyard and simply admiring the whites, the blues, the greens and yellows blowing gently in the breeze.It’s not something I readily admit to though. Not since my friend Anne-Marie looked at me with a scathing expression when I divulged this secret pleasure. “You really need to get out more” she quipped sarcastically.Wh...

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“Bon Viveur” by Joan Maguire

Submitted to Contest #27

Bon Viveur (1806 words)I knock back the neat whiskey.  The liquid gold both sears and comforts my parched throat. I catch a glimpse of myself in the full-length mirror of my bedroom. I’m completely shocked by my unkempt appearance standing there in my chef’s whites from service the night before. Bloody hell! I have to be in the studio in three hours’ time. Can I pull it off again? I’m expected to present myself in Montrose and do an interview and food demonstration on the Late, Late show. Why had I agreed to this? I mean it’s not as if ...

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Author bio

I’ve recently returned to writing after a few months absence. Really enjoying the experience and trying to write every day. Looking forward to reading other writers stories and perhaps receiving feedback. I’m hoping that the prompts on this website spurs me on even more.