Brilliant You think you’re so smart, And you are. No, seriously, girl, you’re (unfortunately) going to Have to cope with being Brilliant at a time when It’s like making a political statement To Be Smart. To be A woman, smart and…. There doesn’t need to be an “and.” Shine
Anyone (It’s) Me not just anyone I try to be real in a world where- The existential bleak of suburban wastelands Float on the bubble of Can barely afford Until pop, and we’re left with- Ball bounces on pavement, Child gone. Winds howl across deserts. A shadow sweeps by. Vultures hunt. Piercing sunlight winks. Trying […]
It’s IWSG Day again and the (optional) question of the month is: How do you celebrate when you achieve a writing goal/ finish a story? True confessions: I don’t always, because of the little voice inside my head that says don’t reward yourself for doing something of dubious usefulness. Do you reward yourself for indulging in […]
PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll get the InLinkz code Who Came Up With This? Way back so long ago people hadn’t invented calendars yet, two brothers came up with this great idea: we will fight each other, and people will pay us money to watch us. Unfortunately, they couldn’t seem to agree on who […]
Love You Less I arrive home early from work to find candles burning, romantic music, rose petals strewn across our hardwood floor. What? You were never this romantic. The sounds draw me to our bedroom, to you half-dressed with my best friend. “Loves me not, I guess.” You look up from kisses, drowsy with […]
Home A single light blazes in the distance guiding my way, the only thing visible through the haze. The past haunts each step: explosions, screams, decisions, truths too harsh to remember or forget. Twenty feet away now, feet crunching through snow, hair frosted by harsh winds. A door swings open to reveal a shadowed face. […]
PHOTO PROMPT © JS Brand get the InLinkz code The Love Boats When we first met, it was love at first sight. You were well-built and strong, sturdy steel sides carving a path through water. My gleaming white surfaces glistened in the sun as I glided past. We said we’d go slow. No promises. No […]
Hard to believe it’s February already, but it is. That means today is IWSG Day and a week before Valentine’s Day, which makes it the perfect time for this optional question of the month. February 7 question – What do you love about the genre you write in most often? Okay, I may not write […]
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields get the InLinkz code Pieces “You need help.” And I walked away wondering what is wrong with…me? You did help me. You’ve taught me so much. Like saying “you need help” without offering to help is actually an insult. Also, sometimes “really good people” are perfectly okay with shattering you, […]
PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook Hollowed Out When I woke the first time, I lay on a cold stone slab, incense and smoke thick in the air. Robed figures stood in a circle chanting. Then, nothingness. Then, a room with sun-colored walls, a single person in a robe, her hood thrown back to reveal pale […]
