Some say she was born in a snow cave on Sunlight Peak in ’92. Others say she came from Crestone Needle with her rabbit named Snowshoe. Avalanche Blanche, Avalanche Blanche. When the snow mass shifts, she’ll be there for you.   Blanche has big wide feet like snowshoes…

  Bare trees green in spring. Anniversaries that mark Each passing season.   © 2015 Silvester Phua  

A hummingbird flaps its wings up to 70 times per second   Which is how fast my heart beats when you look at me And I cant find the perfect words to say So I just look at you, and smile and wonder if your…

What if Cinderella had said ”Mirror, mirror on the wall” and not the well-known Snow White? What if my story was yours and if your story was mine?   What changes if you are a beggar or a prince? Does anything change at all? If…

  All bent out of shape, I abandoned ship As the Cliché Monster destroyed every quip. I tried to look on the bright side, but he was armed to the teeth, He preyed on every word I tried to bequeath.   At my wits end,…

How long until we turn to plastic and become the technology?

Late-Night Talk Show Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. Thank you. What a great crowd. Not like last night’s. We have a wonderful show for you tonight. Speaking of the President, have you seen his ratings lately? Where are you from? Indiana? How do…

My genre poem, complete with cliche: Why Do Good Girls Like Bad Boys? It was going so well with the handsome prince who came to save her until she met the dragon.

In the forest by Silvercreek lake My old man has a log cabin Growing up, we have always known about it Every other year, for a few days, he would be gone With his friends, fishing, and what not “Gone fishing, yessir,” mother would drawl at the…