Cool

May 23, 2021Posted inPoetry
half notes up, half notes downlong blond curls danglingquarter notes up, quarter notes downhead thrown back, swayingeighth notes up, eighth notes downgrinding, grimacing, morphingpopping, sliding, banging, glidingtemperature scorching April 24,…

She Knows

May 23, 2021Posted inPoetry
I wonder how she knowswhen words have not been saidmy need not to impose,to suffer quietly instead. When words have not been saidand pride gets in the way,misfortunes that I…

Unfinished Business

May 23, 2021Posted inFlash Fiction
She hadn’t intended to visit her father but her plans changed when his doctor called: If you want to say goodbye to your dad, today’s the day. She prayed God…

Choices

May 23, 2021Posted inFlash Fiction
I didn’t see her at the wedding ceremony. And yes, I did look—as inconspicuously as possible. I told myself she couldn’t bear to witness me renew vows with my wife…

Expectations

May 23, 2021Posted inFlash Fiction
She was standing at the concession stand deciding between Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or Twizzlers when she noticed another type of candy: the man behind the register. He was a…

Temporary

May 23, 2021Posted inFlash Fiction
As a temporary employee, she’d worked for 50 companies in eight years: 50 corporate cultures she’d mastered, 50 CEOs she’d assisted, 50 skill sets she’d honed, and in 14 distinct…

Irrepressible

May 23, 2021Posted inFlash Fiction
For a man who had just spent ten years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, he had an irrepressible joy about him that would linger within me long…

Improvise

May 23, 2021Posted inMini Sagas
The plan: We sit on the balcony overlooking the city lights; him: improvising on his violin; me: improvising poetry. It wasn’t supposed to be romantic—but organic, bohemian, native. He agreed…

Laying Hands

May 23, 2021Posted inMini Sagas
Eyes closed, hands raised in surrender. He grabbed me so unexpectedly I needed a moment to confirm this was really happening to me. He shouted in a language I did…

Delivered

May 23, 2021Posted inMini Sagas
They said it would feel like dying. They were right. And were it not for an overwhelming desire to see my creation, I would have. But I pushed and cussed,…