Wandering Home
I wandered over the quiet green swaying grass of hillside, along fence lines with rusted wire, tiny spikes waiting to bite me over...
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- Apr 13
- 1 min
Balded by Love
As a toddler, I loved Suzie Doll so much that the hair on the back of her head wore off and she was left with a scratchy, cropped,...
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Winter Hideaway
When my great-uncle died, his white farmhouse remained unlocked. It was tucked back on a long gravel driveway up the road from my...
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Indiana January
The sky I was born under hangs grey, suspended like a crushed velvet curtain strewn with pale cotton on an early cold January day. The...
- Dec 20, 2022
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The Crow - Banished
You have stayed too long like an unwanted houseguest perched in a dim back corner judging me in silence. I fed you the warm sustenance of...
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Someday's Price
While she waited for coffee, Kaitlan stole glances at the silver-haired woman with black-rimmed glasses who sat in a booth reading her...
- Nov 22, 2022
- 1 min
Ignorance Repeated
We repeat the mistakes of the past. Thin bony fingers extend from graves, wagging at us as if to say, “You should know better.” We repeat...
- Nov 10, 2022
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Chasm of the Heart
Christiana stood at the edge of the bridge, the sound of the thundering waterfall mirroring her heart. With her mother’s passing,...
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
Empty Beaches
retreating within, the girl leaps from the tall cliff into her own world she soars, arms outstretched, over her blue ocean soul tides...
- Oct 13, 2022
- 1 min
The Maidens
A cough rattled in Katie’s chest as she strolled through Central Park on a brisk fall day. As she approached the Untermyer fountain,...
- Sep 27, 2022
- 1 min
Frida
In the warm morning light, the artist sits at her easel. In constant dull pain, she strokes the brush loaded with vermillion, azure,...
- Sep 9, 2022
- 1 min
Gift Season
Serena dusted off the chairs that sat on the sidewalk near the stoop. Empty since early summer, they sat silent, much as Serena had...
- Aug 15, 2022
- 1 min
The Ghost of Alzheimer's
He is no longer himself a ghostly apparition who walks the halls confined by doors disconnected by the passage of time. Moments of...
- Aug 11, 2022
- 1 min
Gratitude
Alana held her two-year-old niece’s hand as they stood on the beach at sunset. Alana’s family had finally gathered there after nearly...
- Jul 27, 2022
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Tangled Moth
Music had no effect as I watched the moth twist, struggle to free itself from the tangled sheer curtains as they wafted in the glow of...
- Jul 8, 2022
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Sour Tears
Josef walked the orchard rows alone past the lemons, ripe as yellow suns, as the morning clouds hung low, exhausted from their rainy...
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
Water, Love
I am the tree in the black and white photo reaching, leaning, straining sideways in the desert toward an unseen source of water, love. I...
- Jun 8, 2022
- 1 min
The Foretelling of Fish
Madison knelt at the edge of the river and dipped her fingers into the icy water. She smiled; the river was not always this kind. She...
- May 26, 2022
- 1 min
The Pretender
I am Blue Thunder galloping down the mountain. I am Hot Wind blowing the clouds dry before they can open. I am Lighting Thrower rumbling...
- May 11, 2022
- 1 min
Shared Fate
Carl sat on the cement bench outside the ancient administration office and enjoyed his roast beef sandwich. High above, in the nooks and...
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