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  • Ripped from the Headlines! – A Daily Post Sonnet

    Ripped from the Headlines! Ripped from the Headlines the ransom note came, each letter painstakingly cut, pasted, arranged to spell out a note licked by flame. A claim made from twenty broadsheets wasted on the demand for more land. The hostage taken turned out to be a wagon full of beans. The culprit, a dragon,… Read more

  • Friendship

    Friendship

    Friendship Saveen regarded Ran in that open, trusting way of his; slow-witted they said; stupid, they called him, those orphan children, the Foundlings that mama had raised and led. Ran understood him even though Saveen was big like his uncle. His mind was small, which made him the perfect friend for one green eyed boy who didn’t want to be… Read more

  • Written in Skin

    Written in Skin Lines of heartbreak, disappointment, denials and recriminations–I cross them out. I start over; sketching’s such a trial. Erase those hazy outlines, blot them out, start again, dip the pen into love’s ink, but the ink pot’s run dry, there’s no love found. Snap the pen, toss it away, and trade ink for… Read more

  • What Do You Do When Not Writing? Assignment #9

    What Do You Do When Not Writing? Assignment #9

    What Do You Do When Not Writing? “What do you do when not writing?” she asked the scribe. Laying paper and ink aside, he regarded her but no answer blast past his consciousness. He blinked and she sighed. “That’s what I thought.” She left scrivener’s nook, took a boat to university’s isle, asked a student… Read more

  • The Red Thread Unraveled

    The Red Thread Unraveled

    Unravel I pulled the red thread, watched it unravel. I sought connections as stitches parted. I found none as thread pooled on cold gravel. Row by row came undone. Brokenhearted, I grabbed a spool and wound the thread back up. The pattern’s unraveled; the picture’s gone. What meaning I meant to find is bound up in the… Read more

  • Odd Trio, Cat’s Paw, Cat’s Vision and Cat’s Prophesy – A Four Sonnet Cycle

    Odd Trio, Cat’s Paw, Cat’s Vision and Cat’s Prophesy – A Four Sonnet Cycle

    An Odd Trio An odd trio they made, a cat, a bowl of soup, a beach towel, thought Moon Runner. Maybe that was the norm on this atoll. This scrap of rocky beach was no stunner. All volcanic glass that cut at his feet, White-caps slamming aground with enough force to shatter a boat if he’d had one… Read more

  • Ornate – Lifestyles of the Rich and Extravagant

    Ornate – Lifestyles of the Rich and Extravagant

    Ornate We swam laps in our ornate pool, borrowed columns, statues from Greco-Roman rule, on a mountain we built our palace bold, mixing ancient and modern with our tools. Tiled and lit our courtyard crowned the mountain, statues placed to make it look more crowded. Still we’re lonesome like the carven fountains. For company there’s only the sky… Read more

  • Dear Star SN 2014 – Assignment #8

    Dear Star SN 2014 – Assignment #8

    Dear Star SN 2014, Thanks, you’re the closest star to go nova. ‘Cigar Galaxy’ or M82*, where you dwelt, twelve million light years ova’ in neighbor Ursa Major, when you blew. A prof caught you in the act**; the world watched, this astrophysicist got sacked cause you died in the birthplace of stars, and you botched my career. You Type Ia… Read more

  • Secret Admirer – A Daily Post Sonnet

    Secret Admirer – A Daily Post Sonnet

    Secret Admirer She fingered the course cloth of his green cloak. Her savior–a man with green eyes that burned with magical fire. Course fabric she strokes, feeling arms carrying her, unconcerned by the enemies still fighting. Three shafts bloomed in her attacker’s neck, her savior’s work, before he’d rescued her. Danger still loomed as he ran… Read more

  • Photo-Fiction Challenge #5 – Evasion

    Evasion She sat reading and fading where she sat. First her feet slipped into nothing, a toe at a time. Her legs went next, but she sat still and continued reading even though her body shifted out of time part by part. Her torso next phased out following her legs. Not some invisibility trick or try… Read more