Beyond the pines, stars sail by as we spin through another night. We ponder what lies out there beyond our myopic view? Are there beings watching us destroy our beautiful planet?   Do we expect a space cowboy in shining armour to arrive in…

Across Barren Skies   TapTapTap! The worm wriggles through the earth, belly turned up towards the sky. Hearts stop, chase each other through sunflowers, fields riddled with souls waiting to latch. But pavements grow, barrel up through soil, nails poked into old oak trees, ends…

Losing Life   Too many elegies lately. Tired of writing short, poetic summaries of long, lost lives. We’ve all lost life without death, lost living to save our lives. Easy to lose life every day, lose awareness, lose touch, lose feeling, lose Rights. Time to…

Chuckles From the gut Blasting from the inside Creating happiness  

The active cat Running across the house Sliding every rug Causing chaos every move it makes

Found smooth eggshell blue pebbles scooped from ground repurposed   Pebbles plopped into each wooden pit Like eggs snuggled in a nest waiting to be plucked an moved strategically on the board to another wooden pit   Mancala   One of the oldest games around…

Prompt: “Tell me an old story (like a folktale from your culture, a fairytale you heard when you were young or a story passed down in your family). You can give it your own twist as well.” A duality of morality two angels one good…

The three little pigs knocked on the door Let us in! Let us in! Their wish was granted by the orange-haired supreme leader of yesteryear. They huffed, they puffed, and they blew the house down. Overturn your decision! Heard from the public outcry Not by…

Singing Dancing Telling stories Time after time like phone tag until the Singing is now voiceless sounds the Dancing is motions that sway and flow the stories become tales and fables of folktales and legends Time after time passed down through generations until  

It’ll all blow over, don’t worry, some said But the hospitals were full, there was nary a bed And the TV showed sidewalks with hearses, and the dead Waiting to be buried. Communities had barricaded themselves in All deliveries were dropped off to be collected…