Jetting into intense stupidity Mr. Sunflower gulped melted cheese – Cheddar creating space for a rusty nail in his satchel what a mystery whose mastery is yet to be discovered He nailed it!

The cicada nymph slowly climbs along the branch, inch by laborious inch. It has taken most of the afternoon, and as the sun begins to set, it stops “Is it resting?” I wonder to myself, then I see it shiver and crack And slowly, painfully,…

Prompt 7 (A letter to myself from someone)   I see you took your own path Don’t be startled! Yes, I am from the grave   You have grown up and time has flown You’ve got spirit, I never did own Yet, my old weak…

My saviour, You tried, I know Don’t cry, for I still feel your pain Like you felt mine You tried, I know You were my saviour when you picked me from the streets You were my saviour when you granted me a better death You…

Hello my love, no one smiles like they have a billion stars in their mouth here no one has eyes that twinkle when they laugh no one makes me happy like you and it breaks my heart that I can no longer tell you these…

Dear Kris, I just wanted to let you know that you got it all wrong. There was no 4th child, no twin. Those were the people down the street. Nothing to do with our family. Hope this helps Love, Grampa Jones    

Dear Young Hafeezah, It was the year of 1990; you were always a quiet child with an active imagination. I watched you walked down the halls of Dubose Middle School trying to make yourself invisible. Each day you wanted to become someone else instead of…

Ode to the Messiness of Making   The small, the short, the delayed, the imperfect, and the pitiful are not honored nearly enough. Watching a butterfly quietly escape its chrysalis is as magical as any show in Vegas. Late blooms make us pause in awe…

Happy Birthday The biggest comfort I find in this life is knowing I will keep meeting dogs all the way to the end. On the street, at friends’, in my own home… But on my dog’s 17th birthday I blow the candles for her and…

2022 prompt 6 / hour 6 “sonder adjacent”   Are you here? Are you there? Are you above ground? Or below? You helped me, taught me, encouraged me and caught me You drilled me in skills to instil and fulfil What I learned I passed…