Tag Archives: fiction
My True and Only
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Flying now miles above the clouds, a solid field of white, like deep snow. What lies beneath now hidden, both the clouds and below alien landscape. I remember snow when I lived small, in areas which chilled to freeze, below. Two feet of snow overnight, recalls my […]
Awakened?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Awakened from or into a nebulous scene, I wonder if I have drawn dusk or dawn. A cabin in the distant burns a single light. Fog fills the valleys between stepped hills, the birth or dearth of endless possibilities. Do I see a first light of night, […]
Time’s Wind
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Do I not have enough challenges in my life? Do I not possess a significant depth of feeling? Am I a shallow-rooted tree pretending strength, even though I provide the same shade as my more deeply-rooted cousins? Perhaps, I am a book of blank pages slowly being […]
When After Finds Before
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When Walter went to the drugstore, he wasn’t buy drugs, but looking for relief from his aches and pains. When Walter went to the supermarket ,he didn’t think of everything that had died, but shopped to find the healthiest foods. When Walter went to the movies on […]
The Inside More
I approach the sentient sentence trees at a dignified pace. I am nervous, but reverent, unarmed as seems appropriate. Under these sentence trees, I am in the moment, every sense heightened. People, places, things stack together, combining to become new shoots or already massive boles, the tops lost from sight. Like birds, tastes, sharp, illusive; […]
Serial Tuesday
Hello, All, I’ve recently finished reading Austin Kleon’s book, Show Your Work. He advocates sharing as much as you can, as often as you are able and believes there is great value in sharing work in progress. I agree with him, but have always felt timid about sharing work that isn’t complete. To that end, […]
Found Verbiage Flash Fiction
Found fiction, conceived I believe by Eric Alagan, is a concept I discovered on his site Written Words Never Die. You’ll find him at http://ericalagan.net/ I highly recommend the visit. Although I’m working on some strictly concept pieces, I decided initially to apply my own twist and use the daily newspaper headlines and subheads I […]
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