Tag: #daily-prompt

Small Words

Writers run on, say things in long ways, describe every petalPages are spent on saying what is delicious and sweetMetaphors and analogies and coy turns of phraseTheirs is a gift for immersion, tiny stitchingSentences elbow each other for roomSee me! See me! each word… Continue Reading “Small Words”

Paper

My favorite toy as a child was paper. Looseleaf paper, in particular, because I could write on it during class and the teacher thought I was doing something she’d told us to do. There was the Mousevill Press and later the Bunny Gazette. My… Continue Reading “Paper”

America’s Closet: The Road Trip It’s Time to Take

Much of America’s history has been shoved in a closet in the very rear of the basement behind stacks of mildewed books and broken dining room chairs waiting to be fixed someday. We know the closet is down there. We walk past it all… Continue Reading “America’s Closet: The Road Trip It’s Time to Take”

Not Everyone is Looking: Advice to My Teenage Self

Not everyone is looking at you or judging you or thinking that you are anything other than what you actually are. People have their own lives. They are not spending their time dwelling on your shortcomings. Or wondering why your tennis shoes are cheap… Continue Reading “Not Everyone is Looking: Advice to My Teenage Self”