I had the privilege to write alongside some very talented, young writers this week as together we tackled the prompt … More
Category: Poetry
My Janus Heart
This Tuesday’s Petite Pen took first prize in an AllPoetry brevity contest, so I thought I’d re-share it today. The … More
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
Raindrops Wink
A rainy morning means there’s a brilliant breeze here this evening, sweeping through the house and making everything feel refreshed … More
Sundown’s Showdown
Originally posted on Yard Sale of Thoughts:
It was the last time they’d touch–back to back, the earth and sky,each one waitingfor the…
I Told You So
A Fiction Writer Returns Home
Trees form a jawline,a hometown profile,which looks the same‘cept fields are cemeteriesand four gray sky wallsform a chain-link fence.
A Gutsy Wind
I’ve been busy, and so I’m taking a leap of faith as the season slides into home plate. Thank you … More
Story Time Sunday #59 Wind Whirl
I was honored to discover that I was a finalist in IHRL’s 2022 Photo Prompt Contest. They wrote me a … More
Harvest Moon
Harvest moon Ripe for the picking Bleeds though cotton field clouds I pull the fluffy lint of the year Try … More
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
Story Time Sunday #58 Wicked Weeds
Dear Readers, Today’s speculative horror short was inspired by a photo taken June 18, 2022 of firefighters battling a wildfire … More
Showcase Saturday
I hope you’ll indulge me in sharing one of my own.… Showcase Saturday
True Amor
Headstrong Haiku
This month, I have been blessed with so many new challenges and new adventures and this smattering of August haiku … More
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.
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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.
Yard Sale of Thoughts 