Denial

NaPoWriMo 2022 // day 15FMF link-up :: deny keep your crossesand your fancy silver cups,your white liliesand modulating hymns. my heartis still stuck in the gardenwhere the Main Charactersuffers a mental breakdownalone while the religious eliteready their robesfor a [culture] war the zealotsdream of their Empire and the followersare still fast asleep.

I Choose

NaPoWriMo 2022 // Day 4 I choose a messy house. Crumbs collecting along baseboardsoccasional cobwebs drapingthe cornersdishesand more dishesand still more,a never-ending stream of dirty or dryingdisheson the countertops. I choose a messy houseand a sticky floorand sitting outside on the porch stepsin the middle of a springtime dayto seize the sunlight. I choose a … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Rescue

Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles and for cultivating a playful approach to the writing work that can sometimes be taken oh-so-seriously. supers have an edgefor a whileuntil even they need salvaging from someburning wreckagewatch … Read more

Five Minute Friday: City

Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles and for cultivating a playful approach to the writing work that can sometimes be taken oh-so-seriously. seventeen-year-old selves findspace to dance with all the dreams insideon the uneven concrete … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Desperate

Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles and for cultivating a playful approach to the writing work that can sometimes be taken oh-so-seriously. We will race the sunand we will win. Shine your worst, you presumptuousglow, … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Teach

Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles and for cultivating a playful approach to the writing work that can sometimes be taken oh-so-seriously. tangledtogether our fingers swingin the breeze as we make the routine trekto the … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Accountability

Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles and for cultivating a playful approach to the writing work that can sometimes be taken oh-so-seriously. wanted: able-hearted Bodymemberto name the nefariouswithout dumping the humanityinto the blender. wanted: story-tellersto … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Order

Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles and for cultivating a playful approach to the writing work that can sometimes be taken oh-so-seriously. they talk about ‘natural order’as if they were actuallytherein the beginningnaked and fearless … Read more

Five Minute Friday: Quiet

Every Friday, I spend five minutes or so writing on a word prompt from the Five Minute Friday community. Then, I hit publish. Good for the writing muscles and for cultivating a playful approach to the writing work that can sometimes be taken oh-so-seriously. the silence steers meup the spiral staircase of memoryand I’ve sometimes been tempted … Read more