dwireland
Profile
I am a novice writer living in Ireland. My career is in IT project management but the career I would like to have had is as a writer or journalist. At this stage I just want to get back into writing as a form of relaxation.
I am married to Jackie and we have one daughter, Kaela.
Groups
dwireland is a member of All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Challenge Café, Flash Fiction, Short stories - Spherical Scriptings, Two Word Challenge and WMG.
Writing
A Ratty Christmas
Once upon a Christmas evening, as the tinsel and baubles caught the flickering light from the log fire, the humans dozed in their armchair, festively bloated. All except for one little girl who was pl…
Wasting Away
Wasting time, we rush towards death.
The Horse Carver
Once upon a time, in a world which seemed to be a simpler place and when happiness was more than a dream of the disillusioned, a young child watched as an old man carved a piece of wood.
I can see them moving.
I can see them moving. They may think they are hidden by the woodland but without the greenery for cover on the trees they aren’t camouflaged too well. They dart from one hiding place to another,…
Into No Mans Land
Mud anchored boots to the trench. One hand gripped the ladder tightly, the other his rifle. / Rain beat the steel helmet, cascading in front of his eyes. / Across cratered fields shells crashed send…
The Photo
A photo, a clue, a journey.