Mr. Jones tells about his childhood friend, a boy who lived with his mother, stepfather and brothers and sisters. The boy and his sibs never knew who would be chosen to “ride along” with stepfather, but they all knew what it meant. Years later, the boy, who is now a man, still lives at home…
Category: mental health
dVerse — Sestina — Mists of Indigo
“Just Before Dawn” stumbling through realms of red doubting sight of morning’s orange buoyed by kindness’ bright yellow moments of respite in fields of green a will of iron drowning in regret’s blue return again to mists of indigo a traveler, searching through indigo crystal hums with songs of red you, love, lying on wet…
Giggling in the Rainforest
image link Annie had been anxious and fearful for as long as she could remember. She was sure that some of it had to do with her chaotic upbringing that included abuse and neglect. As Annie grew into teenhood, then young adulthood, it seemed the anxiety and fear had become ingrained as bad habits. The…
Monochrome No More
“Canoe on the Lake,” by Netta Everything in Mandy’s house was green. The day she came across the raspberry sherbet-colored silkscreen print of the canoe, she was thrown into a tailspin. Should she go against her obsessive compulsion to have green everything and buy the print? Over the next two days, Mandy checked ebay six…
#MLMM Photo Challenge #261 — Moonpills
Nekneeraj is the host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Photo Challenge. Nekneeraj says: Use above image as inspiration for a poem or short story. Alternatively, if you are an artist or photographer, use this as an opportunity to showcase your own work. You have 1 week to complete this challenge. Please credit the artist! When you’re done, TAG the…
Sunday Writing Prompt “The Vampire Charles Baudelaire” — Helleborus
Today, 5/2/19, I’m linking this poem to dVerse for OLN. The Sunday Writing Prompt from Mindlovemisery Menagerie is to write poem, story, or create a work of art to the poem in the video. I wrote this one today and it’s a good fit for the prompt. I will also include a collage I…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #82 and dVerse Villanelle with Slant Rhymes — Black Hole
This poem is a villanelle with slanted rhymes that is being submitted to dVerse, as well as being part of Reena’s challenge. Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge. Reena says: PROMPT I am not a fatalist. I’m not obsessed with darkness. Yet, a landmark development in astronomy this week inspires me to remain…
Tao-Talk 