Her Hair Will Blow Freely in the Wind

Play Each Hand

Art of Seduction Radio Show ~After The Pointer Sisters

Friday Night Jukebox

This is the part of the week that we celebrate survival, and if you don’t feel a bit like partying, … More

Tending to Make Peace

I Told You So

Candlelight is Cure

This poem was written for the Art of Seduction Radio Show entitled Pieces of You. Enjoy!

Rambutan

This poem was crafted for a contest asking writers to describe a surprisingly delicious food. If you have such a … More

What A Picture Book Taught Me

The Marriage of True Minds

Deprivation

A sleepless bed grows bloodshot eyes––
cracked pavement sclera, stems hardwired,
blink-less blooms of flood and fire,
surrounded by barbed wire,
spiked perimeters on the attack.

#poetry #amwriting

Evergreen Refuge

Love Goes To Love

~After Working Man’s Dead With dirty looks,wheels caked by gutsof hand-felled fields,I looked onas you looked away,goodbye in your eyes,but … More

Jukebox Friday

You might be sleepy and over worked, but there’s only one way to learn how to twerk.

Fresh Selections

Fruits of Cotton

Trees are cotton plants cupping budding clouds, ready to pluck in the backbreaking August heat.

Recycling Day

Today’s petite pen is inspired by a recycled poem that I wrote eight years ago and have now paired with … More

Courageous Cruisers

This week’s Petite Pen will have you daydreaming of a vacation somewhere tropical and warm. If you’re ready for an … More

The Sturgeon Moon

The stirrer matures in the muddy night,deep pools of black for him to glide.Living fossil, his snout points high,relic of … More

Everybody’s Doing It

This poem was written for a Rhythm & Rhyme’s ~ on the rails of … Grand Funk Contest. Enjoy!

Grocery Store Diary #3

A while back I decided it would be good fun to write a series of shorts based on my exploits … More

Custard Cream Evening

This week’s Petite Pen was inspired by an AllPoetry brevity contest~25 words or less to the following paint-night image. Will … More

Way More than Cool

Wasn’t his type:lipstick, pierced ears, cool chiclooking for a light.

It’s Never too Late to Taco

This piece was crafted for the 100 Word Story Photo Prompt below. Let me know if I got some giggles … More

Pillow Fightin’ Clouds

Zelda’s Fortune

This poem was written for The After Midnight Contest inspired by Zelda Fitzgerald, which aired August 2nd on Late Night … More