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SHORT STORIES
Is That All There Is?
The Short Place (Medium)
Winner, November Contest, 2021
Following the prompt It happened in a song, this story is loosely based on Peggy Lee’s 1969 recording of “Is That All there Is?”
POETRY
I’m of Two Minds
Evolve (Medium)
Self-criticism isn’t worth the effort—try empathy instead!
(Background image by Ivana Cajina on Unsplash)
Ode to Unspoiled Fruit
Evolve (Medium)
Entered in the November poetry competition, addressing “evolution, growth and change in your own life.”
(Image by StockSnap/27555 at Pixabay.com)
You Are the Light
iPoetry (Medium)
Following the prompt It happened in a song, based on Marvin Etzioni’s “You Are the Light” recorded by Lone Justice, 1985.
(Photos by Jonas Denil and Thomas Stephan on Unsplash)
November’s Query
iPoetry (Medium)
October 30, 2021
At an afternoon tea, a question is asked.
(Photo by Yanuar Putut Widjanarko at Pexels)
Autumn Cabaret
iPoetry (Medium)
October, 2021
Can you hear the call of the great horned owl in the rhythm?
(Photo by Agto Nugroho on Unsplash)
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