Written with the prompts: you know how we are, working on a list of things to do, no gray only black or white, what?, doors with round corners, rusty knife under the pillow, felt blue, what is your heart doing, worry a lot less every day, remembering/forgetting, it looked impossible, Mom smiled down at me, … Continue reading You Know How We Are
Written with the prompts: a game you see, celebrate, shut it down, pleasure, beans for dinner, friends of friends, especially the pants, jumped into Gary’s lap, if you start now, this old lamp, stranger with no hat, she had two sons, good girl with bad habits, as the door opened she knew, Mommy’s candy, green bird … Continue reading Two Suns
The new year feels like a mistake waiting to happen, a haircut with bangs that are too short, the wrong lipstick, a red that’s too blue, when it should be orange. And I wonder: is this the face I want to present to the world/in a new year? January yawns open, a classroom with dark and heavy … Continue reading New Year
Every week when Lindsay came home from the grocery store she’d find a special treat in her brown paper grocery sacks, a gift from the flirtatious bag boy who seemed to have a crush on her. The first week it was a package of Hostess pink snowballs, two round chocolate cakes with cream filing covered … Continue reading Gifted
Written with the prompts: in the autumn of life, hitch a ride home, how would she know to stop, orange, yellow, and deep blue red, the ocean waved, my home, difficult to resist, unspoken, in test after test, magical thinking, it looked something like this, cool as a cucumber, people come and people go, race of … Continue reading Orange, Yellow, and Deep Blue Red
Written with the prompts: book on the table, the dead refuse to talk, floating on a star, Mickey a good surgeon, morning routine, Natalie was bored with it all, only energy, silly like that, strawberries, went to see the orphan lambs, what normal looks like, Henry quite damp, two things a day, one big green … Continue reading Only Energy
Written with the prompts: bright red lips, cave dwellers, something to read, everything was not okay, fast forward six months, can’t save everyone, jelly jar glasses, sanctuary, I’ll come back Netta perched on the window seat watching the back lawn change color in the rain. Cranberry clouds were melting against the horizon and the wet grass appeared … Continue reading Watercolor
Written with the prompts: maniac, nostalgic, random lines, every head turned, Melba looking at books, lights flickered, dairy dog, Jimmy heard, we can have pets, future island, bad shit going down, construction, helicopter, drums, no luggage, not a mistake, new normal, give them the finger Melba looked up from her book when she heard Jimmy bark. She … Continue reading Future Island
This is a reprint of a Halloween favorite. Enjoy! Pearl became a crone gradually. It started when she shed her pastel, party-mint-colored clothes, the pinks, the baby blues and pale yellows. Suddenly she found herself attracted to burgundy, teal, and aubergine. She stopped dyeing her hair yellow blond, gave up the tinted contacts, the high … Continue reading Becoming a Crone
Written with the prompts: dreams don’t come easy, blended spirits, can I kiss you, change your name, Gloria quacked, not a nice person, new guy in class, on our bellies one inch at a time, or what?, shared an unspoken awareness Allison dreamed she was on her belly, crawling over the wet lawn one inch at … Continue reading Naming a Coyote
