I’m sitting on the pavement knitting sunflowers,  eating cheddar cheese. Remembering better days. Times with space enough and more. Hardback books lined my walls and I hung my satchel on a nail before  sitting in front of the fireplace drinking wine, and tossing my  empty…

2022 prompt 5 / hour 5 “you’ll understand when you’re older”   Goddammit he had finangled his way here to the study at the centre of the castle Only to find that the senior sorcerer’s favourite mirror only showed *clouds*? This could not be real?…

Mars in Leo   You come on like a forest fire, but I am half-asleep.   Ten years younger, you still stoke the furnace every day.   I am content to sleep in and shuffle to the kitchen for coffee.   What will become of…

One Day When you grow up queer and closeted One day often feels like a never coming promise, a book without a last page, a destination you’ll never reach, a door handle on fire, a window covered in barbwire.

The back garden has always been my safe haven. Deep within the pages of a brilliant book I pause between chapters, taking a sip of my cuppa, and reflecting upon the simple pleasures within this treasured space: A gentle sunflower sprouts up, the first of…

They came out of the shack that stood at the dip of the draw. Albert first, though he grumbled about going to school at 15, then Benjamin, named for her brother who’d died in the war, and Caroline, who had green eyes that strangers noticed,…

In the world of the wealthy pavements are plated in gold, No one intrudes into another’s space And there’s time to admire the sunflower. On the other side of the class divide, garbage heaps adorn the streets, Everyone bumps into everyone And fights with stones…

Sufferage For Cecilia Streett Waters, Mary D. Randolph, me, you, your mama, and your cousins too   Waiting for States to ratify any decision that would even the playing field Is like waiting for a snapping turtle to let go of its dinner. There is…

Sisters are God’s gift to the world. They are there when you need a friend. A common heritage that can never be changed. It matters not the age or the lack of a common interest. The mere fact that a sister provides a link to…

behind the window appreciation and joy looking for new ways (Hour 5-@Mejia)