Carmina

(First poem written in over 3 years. Took less than 10 minutes. No rewriting yet. Please help.) Breath in my ear On the back of my neck Slow, steady, rhythmic ...

(This is the first story I've written in 3 years. Its not too long, so hopefully it is readable. I am still nervous about posting. I had a friend look ...

(No preamble. Here's my sonnet) Are you sorry for everything you said, And all the things you forgot to say too, When everything got so complicated, And you said I ...

(I've never attempted narrative poetry, so if I dropped the ball, let me know where this belongs...and don't say the trash or I'll cry) In the darkness, I reached out ...

Chasing the Sunset Karen tried not to look at the food. When she did, the poppy seeds looked like ants. They crawled over the bagel and towards her fingers. She ...

(I haven't posted anything in a while, and haven't written anything either. So, here's something I wrote for a class a while back that I have been tinkering with ever ...

(This is just a brief scene with a character who came to me in the middle of spin class. It isn't really a story yet, but its a start) Affirmations ...

(This is another story I''ve been kicking around for a while. I promise to write something new eventually. ) Portraits The masks watched her with impassive, blind stares. They hung ...

(I am either too literal or too abstract; I am not sure which.) I dreamed I found an oyster And knew it was the world Inside it was a pearl ...

(I don't think I've written a haiku in a decade. Maybe there's a reason for that) Child on the outside Young lady falling behind Woman still searching

(Here is my attempt to break away from the heavy, depressing stuff I usually write. How badly did I fail?) "27B...27B...." Norman muttered to himself looking from his boarding pass ...

(I haven't posted in a while...so...have at it) The bar is just a little too high It hangs just out of reach I could get a stepladder Or even pull ...