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  • Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu

    The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: Envy* *A collaboration with Rosema from A Reading Writer Rosema writes short fiction, poems and posts about the books she’s reading. Hop on over to check out her site and pick up a recommendation or two for your next read. The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: ENVY ~ ~… Read more

  • Earth’s Children

    Earth’s Children* *Collaboration with Carol from WritersDream9 A collaboration with Carol from WritersDream9 If you love haiku, haiga, tanka and flash fiction–you should visit her site. She writes with amazing clarity, depth and spirituality. This time we chose to do a double etheree. Enjoy!   Pollution lies so heavy on the earth The clouds of excess… Read more

  • Night Life

    Night Life* A collaboration with Carol from WritersDream9 If you love haiku, haiga, tanka and flash fiction–you should visit her site. She writes with amazing clarity, depth and spirituality. Night Life Stars illuminate Brighten the lonesome night An Owl passes Stars shoot overhead Chase the owl across the sky Owl dives to catch prey A meteor… Read more

  • Road to Recovery

    *Road to Recovery *A collaboration with Annie from What the Woman Wrote We attempted the ninefold poem and survived the experience! Thank you Annie for taking that poetic journey with me! It has nine syllable per line, three lines per stanza, three stanzas per poem. The first stanza represents an aspect of the body; the second stanza… Read more

  • Pathogenic Poetry

    *Pathogenic Poetry *A collaboration with Annie from What the Woman Wrote Thank you Annie for teaching me a new form, a Nove Otto. It is a nine-lined poem with 8 syllables per line. The rhyme scheme is as follows: aacbbcddc. Since that wasn’t enough of a challenge, we did a second Nove Otto and reversed the rhyme… Read more

  • Bad Girl

    Bad Girl I’m just a bad girl glock cocked, finger on trigger a smoking pistol Cold barrel–my kiss Smoke wafts, spent shell cases roll Lipstick on my gun Chalk outlines my ex Bullet hole in his forehead Ruby beads I lick Heels click, fishnets rip Bustier strains to hold me My come hither stare Knife… Read more

  • Wrath: The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu

    The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: Wrath* *A collaboration with Rosema from A Reading Writer Rosema writes short fiction, poems and posts about the books she’s reading. Hop on over to check out her site and pick up a recommendation or two for your next read. The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: WRATH ~ ~… Read more

  • I’m a Writer and I have a Gun

    I’m a Writer and I have a Gun

      I’m a Writer and I have a Gun* *A collaboration with Annie from What the Woman Wrote Thank you Annie for grabbing your gun and helping me combat copyright infringement and the anger associated with finding my words and the words I have crafted with other talented writers splashed on other websites without my… Read more

  • Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu

    The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: Sloth* *A collaboration with Rosema from A Reading Writer Rosema writes short fiction, poems and posts about the books she’s reading. Hop on over to check out her site and pick up a recommendation or two for your next read. The Seven Deadly Sins of Senryu: SLOTH ~ ~… Read more

  • Shaman

    Shaman* *A collaboration with Carol fromWritersDream9.Wordpress.com Carol is a skilled poet who excels at crafting haikus, haibuns and tankas that read like a Japanese master penned them. She also creates short fiction, longer poems and haigas of breath-stealing breadth and beauty. Come walk with us under the moon, up a mountain path into nature’s magic. Shaman Dandelion heads… Read more