Photo Challenge & Poem: (bitter)Sweet
Volcanic walls hedge the black-silver sand all the way to the sea's edge. Waves clap the shore, misty clouds rising...
Photo Challenge & Poem: Tour Guide
Peeping through a knothole in a pine fence, a wind-worn cheek pressed to splintered wood. Craning to watch a small...
Photo Challenge & Poem: Beloved
Eyes averted, shuffling an invisible walk. A predator who feels like sad prey, trying to pass for normal, trying...
Photo Challenge & Poem: Variations
“Isn't it dysfunctional?” he asked, his head cocked. His confidence steeped in every privilege due to a certain sort of...
Photo Challenge & Poem: Silence
Is the bold sunset reflected in the pond or is it the water that sets the sky ablaze? Does the...
Photo Challenge & Poem: Weathered
It’s winter; the sun comes up late and flat yellow, without warmth. A dusting of snow will stay on this...
Photo Challenge: Growth (of a Kind)
Euthanasia is never easy, but it can be less punishing. The secret is to focus on love instead of loss....
Photo Challenge & Poem: Sanity & Sanitary
Fingers in the worn glove curve to meet the shape of the wooden handle in my palm. Muck boots shuffle,...
Weekly Photo & Poem: Favorite
Her years on flat open prairie, the hard-scrap jumble of danger and chance left only the essentials: skeptical wisdom,...
Photo Challenge and Poem: Ascend
Riding looks as easy as sliding a boot into a stirrup and throwing a leg over the horse's back. As...
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