Margaret Kopke

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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“AN OLD FARM GATE” by Margaret Kopke

Submitted to Contest #51

There’s not a breath of wind, but it’s cold again tonight. That’s because there’s no cloud cover. So it is once again a perfect night for stargazing. The old lady who has been relegated to live in one of the outhouses at the back of the farmhouse comes to join me. If I look to the western horizon I can see one very bright star, but it’s not a star at all, it’s Jupiter. They say that is the biggest planet in our solar system and has seventy-nine moons of its own. I would love to see all those moons and wonder whether they too cause the s...

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“THE SLOW TRAIN TO LONDON” by Margaret Kopke

Submitted to Contest #49

“The train approaching platform 2 terminates here! The train approaching from Charing cross terminates here. All change, please. All change!” The sleek body of the train from South Eastern Rail slides into the Sevenoaks station. The bright young female voice continues to announce trains as they approach or leave.I made sure that I arrived at the station well ahead of time and am already sitting comfortably on my train, just waiting to leave. The train seems to be warming up. What if I’m on the wrong train? There’s only one other p...

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“Racing the Stars” by Margaret Kopke

Submitted to Contest #39

Sonnanqua was tethered to a tree, and as he waited, whittling away at the thong around his neck, he gazed up at the stars to distance himself from the horror of what was happening on the earth, to the screams and bloodthirsty shouts coming from the San village. The sky that night was devoid of any moon and there was only the faint light of the stars. He prayed to the great hunter father to help him. Three stars of the great one’s arrow pointed towards the east. Sonnanqua’s own people had been slaughtered only a week before and he...

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