Michael T. Miyoshi

Self-published author (Amazon), blogger, poet, lyricist. @MichaelTMiyoshi

https://mediocreman.com

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Michael T. Miyoshi

Self-published author (Amazon), blogger, poet, lyricist. @MichaelTMiyoshi

https://mediocreman.com

121

Writings

Followers

Following

Honor Among Thieves

Michael T. Miyoshi

3 min read

“You’re a grifter!”

“What?” Sam tilted her head and squinted her eye a bit. “A grifter?”

“Oh don’t con a con. I can spot a grifter a mile away. And that pouty look when you asked for bus fair?” Tina smiled. “Masterful. Who could deny you bus fair? Or maybe more?”

Sam shrugged. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Oh. Okay.” Tina winked. “You see a grifter is a con artist. So...

Drama

Headstone Inscription Dictation

Michael T. Miyoshi

2 min read

“I’m melting. Melting.” Joey nudged Stanley, and pointed to the headstone. “You think this is a gag graveyard?”

Stanley shrugged. “Could be. That one over there says, ‘Can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread…’” He shrugged again. “_Wizard of Oz_? _Gingerbread Man_? But who ever heard of a gag graveyard?”

Joey’s eyes went wide. “Maybe those old story tellers just told history as fables and ...

Drama

Horror

Twirling and Whirling

Michael T. Miyoshi

1 min read

Oh my back is killing me. I guess that’s what happens when you’re bent over with a huge weight on your back. Or something like that. At least this time, the weight isn’t on my front. Or side. The times with the weight on my side are the worst. Ugh. I hate those times. But I suppose that it’s worth it. I mean when the weight is off…

When the weight is off, I get to shine. Twirl, whirl. ...

Drama

Pebble Coffee

Michael T. Miyoshi

3 min read

“The pebbles looked like coffee beans in the semi-darkness. That was why I made the coffee with them.” It was the best explanation Alistair could come up with. After all, it was the truth. And the situation was dire. The pirate captain wanted coffee. Somebody else had stolen the coffee beans and replaced them with pebbles. Somebody who had wanted Alistair to fail. Somebody who had wanted A...

Drama

The Peaceful Swamp

Michael T. Miyoshi

1 min read

The swamp is always so peaceful just before dawn. Even the insects seem to have gone to sleep. The only ones awake are the duck that just landed and me. I watch the duck and see the ripples on the water. I hear the flapping and…

Whooey! That big gator came up and swallowed that duck whole. With hardly a splash. Barely a ripple is left on the water. Ha! Ha! That was something. It’s why ...

Drama

Fluffy Speaks True

Michael T. Miyoshi

2 min read

“You know Fluffy? You’re the only one who really gets me.”

“Yes, Benjamin. But talking to me is not going to get that novel written.”

The writer looked around. But he knew it was the cat who talked. And he knew that there was nobody around to hear either of them speaking. Hazel had been asleep for hours.

“Silly man. Hazel cannot hear me. Or you for that matter. She tolerates you going t...

Drama

Flying V

Michael T. Miyoshi

1 min read

The Flying V is so sweet to see

The geese flying south for the winter.

It’s their honking and flocking

That remind us get ready for winter.

Yes they foresee the weather to be

Their migration signals the cold

It will be wintery as soon as can be

This is not the time to be bold.

So bundle up tight on each winter night

Gather covers up to your head

During the long night when there’s no light

You ma...

Poetry

A Dragon’s Puppy

Michael T. Miyoshi

4 min read

The puppy lay her head next to Edward, the dragon of the lake. She closed her eyes and started to snore until Edward growled. The puppy opened one of her eyes at Edward’s soft roar.

“Sleep tight little puppy. I’ll most likely eat you in the morning, but you’re safe tonight.” Edward remembered a line like the one he said to the puppy. Something from a former life. A line from a book. Whatev...

Drama

Fantasy

Substitute Swear Words

Michael T. Miyoshi

3 min read

“Ah nutmeg!” Meg shouted as she wiped mayonnaise off her blouse.

Liam smiled. “Why do you use ‘nutmeg’ as your swear word?”

“I don’t know.” Meg shrugged. Then, she thought out loud, “I suppose it’s because of my dad. He used to say ‘nuts’ as his word. Then, when I came around and started breaking things, he would say, ‘Ah nuts, Meg…’ Eventually, he shorted it to nutmeg. And it stuck.” Sh...

Drama

Humour

See Love Grow

Michael T. Miyoshi

1 min read

He’s just a tiny person now

He takes no room at all.

But every time I look at him

My heart to me does call.

I know I ever love his mother

But of this I don’t know a thing

I never would have imagined

What new love a child could bring.

For the love I feel for my new child

Is different than for his mother

For when I said the day we wed

That I could not love another

I did not know the capacity

Of the...

Poetry