my broken heart bleeds flowing red where once it throbbed a drum’s waning beat Word of the day (heart) courtesy of FOWC
Tag: #metoo
she said but he said
she said but he said wilting efforts and fresh lies laid bare to the world Double thanks to Putting My Feet in the Dirt and RonovanWrites
Fleeing the Vortex
falling water swirls her mind follows its heartbeat she flees the vortex I think of this haiku as a companion to the flash fiction piece I wrote for The Drabble. It's only 97 words so check it out here if you haven't read it. #foreveryes Neither of these pieces is meant to suggest or advocate suicide.… Continue reading Fleeing the Vortex
Poem in your Pocket
Today is National Poem in Your Pocket Day. I love the idea! I don’t write poetry (except for the occasional silly haiku) but I’m often inspired by other people’s work. So I'm sharing a poem by a poet I just discovered: Genevieve Taggard. Ms. Magazine did a piece on her last week. In it, Julie… Continue reading Poem in your Pocket
A Fable for Our Times: A Girl and the Pig in the Window
I started writing this over a year ago. (I believe it was in the week or two after his election.) I got stuck in the middle and put it aside because I didn't know how to finish it. Then we moved and it got forgotten until this week when I was cleaning out some old… Continue reading A Fable for Our Times: A Girl and the Pig in the Window
Tina Stewart Brakebill 