Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Meet Estrella Azul!
Estrella Azul is a young emerging writer, passionate about reading, floral art and photography, with an artistic personality and a soulful outlook on life.
To read more of her creative writing, her thoughts and daily happenings, visit Life’s a stage – WebBlog
Monday, March 8, 2010
Threadbare Heart
by
Maria Kelly
My heart is hanging by a thread
and you stand there holding the other end
and smile your saddest smile
we know it’s no use
no amount of pretending can bring something back
that’s lost beyond recovery
You pull away and the thread goes with you
my heart goes with you, tethered like a balloon
leaving me standing here
empty without a heart of my own
it was always yours
it is always yours
I don’t need it right now
so just take care of it and
bring it back to me soon
it won’t change anything at all
if I have it back
it will still be yours
Though you won’t be here
you never were here, really
you were just a feverish dream
that I had one summer
some events to fill in
on the calendar
A name on my to-do list
something to fill up my heart
like promises and sighs
please...let me have it back now
just drop the end of the string
and walk away...
Friday, March 5, 2010
Grass is Green
by
Michelle Dennis Evans
Trees sway with wind
Sun is high
Clouds far away
Perfect days
A beautiful country
Time to enjoy
Outside to explore
Brain filled with pain
Can’t see clear
Filled with clouds
Blue skies distant
Searching for light
Hidden meaning near
Hint of a breeze
Maybe a beautiful day
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Love Never Forgets
by
BD Hudison
While movement may continue and while life inhales and exhales and while good mixes with bad and bad becomes great and great never exists, love never forgets. It's the shadow you chase while the sun chases you. It's the shadow you never see while the sun eats your eyes. It's the first flower of Spring popping up only to be eaten by a blade. Oh, and the air, the aroma, the fresh ideas. . . that love never forgets. I can say that the sky was darker when you left, but that would be a lie. I can say that the breeze was that of a hurricane, but it wasn't. It was gentle. It took the corner of my shirt and tugged it. I turned from the deadly sun and began to chase my own shadow. . . back to you. . . because love never forgets.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Comment tracking 2/22/2010-2/28/2010
2/22/2010 - I Wait For You by Rebecca Besser - 2
2/23/2010 - Blizzard by Jim Wisneski - 0
2/24/2010 - Compassion's Duality by Anne Tyler Lord - 10
2/25/2010 - The Wilted by Michelle Dennis Evans - 7
2/26/2010 - Sunset Steeple by Samantha Wisneski - 0
Interview with the February Pic 1 k winner, Laura Eno!
What was your inspiration for your Pic 1 k story, Seaweed? (Other than the picture!)
Laughing – it really was the picture. I am often inspired by water so when I saw the sand and water I just knew that I had to write a story. The empty shoes spoke to me of yearning and loss. They seemed abandoned.
How long did it take to write?
Not very long, under an hour. Stories like that seem to write themselves.
What are your favorite stories that you have written and where can we read them?
My favorite story is always the next one that I'm going to write! I participate in #fridayflash, so you can find a new flash fiction story on my blog every Friday at http://lauraeno.blogspot.com/
Do you have anything being published in 2010?
I have stories in several anthologies coming out this year from Pill Hill Press and Lame Goat Press. I am also involved in a thrilling collaborative work called Chinese Whisperings – The Yin Book, coming out in Oct 2010. You can read more about it at http://chinesewhisperings.com/
Where can we read more of your work?
The easiest way to track my work is in the bar on the right side of my blog. It has a list of stories that are in both print and online editions, along with their links. I am thrilled to be chosen for this interview for Soft Whispers, Jim. Thank you for providing this wonderful venue for writers to showcase their work and for all of the effort that you put into it!
Read SEAWEED in Issue Two of Soft Whispers along with all the other great stories, poetry, and pictures/art. And in case you didn't know, Soft Whispers is FREE! Issue Two
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