With recent birthday celebrations, I thought I'd share a little poem I wrote awhile back for some friends' birthdays I missed. I make belated birthday greetings all the rage 🙂 Let me add that this is even more brilliant when spoken aloud in a ridiculous voice! Happy Unbirthday Happy Unbirthday to You. I speak to… Continue reading Poem: Happy UnBirthday
Category: My Creative Projects
What Doesn’t Kill You, Makes You
The past few weeks, my friend Maggie and I have collected responses through social media of what hurtful words made you who you are today. We loved the feedback, and hope to get even more on our next collaborative project. See all of the responses here, and check out Maggie's blog for some DNA word… Continue reading What Doesn’t Kill You, Makes You
Shovels & Ash
Caila has travelled to and fro to scatter wishes. Village, city, forest and field, a wish in every place her feet would touch. She would wish on that first star every night, she would wish with a tap of her heels, and she would wish by meadows of clover and weeds. The wishes piled up,… Continue reading Shovels & Ash
Flash Fiction: The Sandman’s Falsehood
The Sandman is taking me. He unscrews my hands, my feet, my ears, my nose – whatever is in reach. Then the dreams – I enter my dreams and am falling apart. Why does everyone stare? What are they looking at? No, not a human. I’m nothing but an abomination now, an automaton. He… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Sandman’s Falsehood
Collaborative Writing: Apollo’s Prophecy
My friend Doble and I are collaborating on a fairytale. And by "are" I mean "were when right out of college, then she left the country to get her masters and we put it on pause, now she's back and we're starting it up again, but soon she'll be leaving to get a doctorate and… Continue reading Collaborative Writing: Apollo’s Prophecy
Turn the White Snow: A “White Winter Hymnal” Story
Like many this year, I was introduced to the Pentatonix version of "White Winter Hymnal." I fell in love with the song and wondered about the story behind it. What had happened to Michael? Why was everyone wearing red scarves? After much googling around, I found out the original version was by Fleet… Continue reading Turn the White Snow: A “White Winter Hymnal” Story
Poem: What’s Your Emergency?
According to my brief look at the weather, it's supposed to rain every day next week. Summer is just around the corner though....right?! Here's my most recent poem, actually not written during a thunderstorm, but during a wonderful time of rainless worship at my church. What's Your Emergency? The thunder cracked like a whip… Continue reading Poem: What’s Your Emergency?