Category 2023 SS Prompt 2: Blossom

In April 1917 poet Edward Thomas is stationed in Arras in Northern France waiting for the 'Great Push' that will end the war. At home in the Essex countryside his wife Helen waits and worries. Oblivious to human suffering Spring comes anyway.

Corinne climbed three steps up and onto the 7:14 bus. At 7:20, it was running behind schedule but she’d still be on time if there were no more delays. Please…no more delays. She’d been at Taylor Groceries for eight months,…...

A soldiers misadventure in a battle.

Fertilizer is a funny thing.