CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ECHOES, A POETRY JOURNAL Deadline:  March 31 Their featured poet is Todd Boss, author of Yellowrocket  (W.W.Nort...

I will encounter setbacks along the way to my goals. These setbacks may depress me and crush my spirit. But I will refuse to accept def...

I've been sliding through life in a gray zone for many months. It's a sticky kind of slide, though. It stops me in my tracks wheneve...

It starts with a feeling of numbness. The world is flat and so am I, like in a cartoon. Flat and gray. Even my energy is flat. I cannot ...

Sitting there reading I feel her eyes staring at me.  Did she bore a hole into my brain the last ten minutes to impress my mind to think o...

The big black garbage bag, shiny and ominous sat in the middle of my living room floor. I looked at my best friend, despair emanating from...

The very talented Bobby McFerrin and the Wizard of OZ The intro is a mild build up. Have fun!

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She stood in the copse of trees breathing in the cedar, wishing for a place to have a flame. Turning, turning to touch the branches, tilting...

It wasn't until summertime that someone actually made friends with her. It wasn't me, though. I was surprised to learn it was my lit...

. "Do you want to lose weight?" "No. I've given up caring." "Then, why did you call about this program?...

Beyond the end of the road, the girl who lived in the apple orchard shack got on the school bus every day wearing the same faded nondescript...

The postman does NOT ring twice! He smacks the window where the cat sits watching the world go by. Does he dislike cats? Does he just have n...

January 13, 2011 Hmmm.... Earthquake Talking to my niece from the midwest, she asked if I was okay. I'm fine. It's like when you...

Hmmm.... Earthquake I felt it! Talking to my niece from the Midwest, she asked if I was okay. I'm fine. It's like when you ha...