Circus of Words

I n Admitting Defeat , I talked about why my episodic story failed. I also mentioned that I wasn't quite ready to give up the i...

Gallant creature of gleaming green-- Gathers there beside glistening water Gazing out at growing eyes set high And gently grieving the se...

My creative writing teacher always said the best way to get better at writing is to read. Luckily, I love reading--and I love reading diffe...

The fun (and burden) of poetry is when you re-read a poem and realize it completely captured a moment or idea (or that it didn't quite ...

The threads of time unravel, The fabric comes apart And in his mind He sees a way to depart...

They told me I was broken: My arms unable to survive And I heard them crank the saw, Caught the glimmer of it's silvery blade, B...

from The Pirate Fairy My creative writing teacher once told me the best way to become a good writer was to read. She insisted that the ...

Red, Speckled and shining  Far in the sky A tiny speck, A disillusion of mass Greater than we see-- It twinkles, like a star ...

Spotlight on Octavia E. Butler The fusion of ideas, Blended into a world of possibility-- Uncontradicted and unheard of Science...

Grass and cement meet, The smooth curves Of man's artistic creation Intertwined with nature's chaos Deliberateness born Of unpredict...

Transcend the light, Beyond the void, Faster than the mind can imagine, Can you escape? Or do you fall victim And let the mystery Overwhelm ...

Earth is a relic of the past; a distant memory of long forgotten sights, sounds, and smells, incinerated before our very eyes. Now, drifti...