Shrinking in the Drought
Shrinking in the Drought Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: I am the walrus, oh baby it’s a wild world, breaking rocks in the hot sun, tonight, [...]
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Sep, 2024
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Sep, 2024
Play Ball
Written with the prompt: one at a time please “One at a time please!” Marilyn heard a shrill, almost frantic request from a woman at the far end of the [...]
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Aug, 2024
Georgianna
Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: Georgianna, I heard you, love out loud, she did okay, bombs against bamboo, this is what it sounds like when a dove [...]
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Aug, 2024
Animal Magnetism
A Summer Rerun from 2021 Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: whatever you do, won’t piss off the crow; you can’t walk your alligator on the streets of [...]
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Aug, 2024
Bounce Back
A Summer Rerun from 2022 Written with my Thursday night writing group with the prompts: traveling with her, he called her angel, nobody cares until it’s too late, out, out, [...]
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Aug, 2024
Too Late
Another Summer Rerun from 2021 I wrote this--as I often do--with my Thursday night writing group. Prompts included: I have waited too long, ferocious food, what was the house like, [...]
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Jul, 2024
An Orange Room On a Blue Planet
Summer rerun time: enjoy!! Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: bulgaricus, in an orange room, why is she crying, the farm, he palmed his meds, there is no [...]
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Jul, 2024
Notice What You Notice
Time for a summer rerun! Enjoy! Written with my Thursday night writing group with the prompts: don’t go there, quiet enough to hear your own heart beat, everybody knows your [...]
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Jun, 2024
Afterlife
I wrote this with my Thursday night group, and many of the prompts were inspired by the Colbert Questionnaire from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. See if you can [...]
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Jun, 2024
While Sorting the Laundry, Mandy Thinks About Death
Mandy pulls out delicate items—silk blouses, rayon skirts, summer weight T shirts that could shrink in the heat of the dryer. All the while yesterday’s conversation with Eric’s widow plays [...]