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Lingering Habits of Love- A 100 Word Tale
Every morning that door is in my view; The iron gate rusted but reminiscent of glory days. I prefer to walk the other direction, Past 1214 with its smiling cement lions, welcoming, whimsical I smile back in spite of myself. But no, mornings would not be for that.It was to the park and green lawns…
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Sands of Time – A short poem
Sometimes it feels like we are two travelers, Set out across a barren wasteland, Dry, unforgiving, ground, a horizon in view but never reachable. Dragging ourselves along, connected by a flicker of life in you a flicker in me. Days passing like flashes of scenes from a movie playing too fast, Yet we trudge so…
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On Women’s Shoulders – A 100 Word Tale
In honor of hardworking women caring for this generation and the next… On Women’s Shoulders Trespassing was a crime, But did it count if owned by family? Alex pulled the grey stone out of the old structure, Two down from the pink granite one, right where Mom had told him. His hand touched the key…
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Sign of the Times – a 100 Word Essay
Sign of the Times People always need a sign, a direction to tell them without a doubt this is what this means. Nothing worse than humanity wandering aimlessly, unsure which way to go, which side of the street is ‘right’, lest they choose wrong and are lost; lost to the sense of what life brings…
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Breaking Up – A Writer’s Life
Donuts Anyone? There’s nothing that can kill enthusiasm more than disappointment. The higher the place of success and vision, the harder the fall. I was granted a new team, finally, after years of lobbying and cajoling how necessary a team was needed. I have a staff, ambitious, ready to take on the challenge of forging…
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Lost and Hungry – 100 Word Tale
Friday Fictioneers photo prompt from Rochellewisoff.com. Photo by Roger Bultot. Lost and Hungry I bit into the fried pickle, And realized my predicament. Ellie urged that falafel was near. She left me, a novice New Yorker. Sour juice down my chin, I knew, my wallet was gone. My friend was gone. The falafel place non-existent.…
