Space Cowboys We look to the sky and wonder the vastness of space the complexity of what we see the amazement of what could be out there The adventure of discovery the frontier beyond our sphere they ride the rocket to the moon someday maybe Mars someday, maybe beyond the terrifying reality of something going …
Short Story "Purple Cloud" Prompts for Writers
So I subscribe to Creative Writing Prompts blog. Considering the fact that I spent the first day of 2013 watching Serenity and the Walking Dead, sci-fi was a great prompt for me today. Hope you enjoy: She noticed a purple cloud floating toward her. Unable to move, her heart pounding, eyes wide she knew what …
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Paper Stars
Paper StarsWe were making paper stars: Some were almost perfect. Others reflected the unsteadiness of 8 year old wobbly hands with child-safe scissors. And with each imperfection the delight of the task slowly faded. We would not have perfection.We would have almost good enough,A chip away at a much bigger idea.The idea of not good enough. …
Barefoot
BarefootBarefootIn my mom’s friend’s backyardTall weedsUnfinished constructionDirty rusted nail in woodNow in my footRememberingTetanus shotBloodCockroach infested kitchenUncleanPovertyWe bond with each otherOver bloody feetCircumstances into which we’re bornMethods we used to copeUntil that turned to addictionsWithout the benefit of recoveryTaking new lives down the same pathsOf uncleanImpoverished realitiesRecreating circumstancesAs if there were nothing else availableWhen we …
The Bench
http://promptsforwriters.blogspot.com/They had tried to spruce up this part of the park, planting trees to replace the one that had been burned but it continued to be a sad space. A space that no one really visited except those with spray paint and bad intentions. Winter had covered the area with a blanket of snow on …
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