The sun is shining over the flowers my grandfather planted. They’re still growing, long after he died in 1995. One of my goals for 2016 is to write a new spoken word poem every month. Here’s February’s poem. We can breathe again, out here in the open.Drink in lemonade sunlightbecause each one of us hasContinueContinue reading “Poem: Outside”
Category Archives: Poetry + Fiction
Farewell to the Mermaid
Once upon a time, there was a girl who escaped the Village. She ran a lighthouse. Her friends who escaped their own villages to live in freedom helped her build it. The first friend that the girl met outside the Village was the mermaid, and she found her because she loved the sea. The mermaidContinueContinue reading “Farewell to the Mermaid”
Poem: September Again
I read two slam poems this month at the LogOn Cafe’s poetry slam. One of my goals for 2016 is to write a new spoken word poem every month. Here’s January’s poem. It’s September again,and I feel autumn rushing through my fingertipslike frozen yellow leaved sunshineand I remember when I drank your words like water.ThatContinueContinue reading “Poem: September Again”
The Fairy in the Cocoon
Once upon a time, there was a girl who lived in a lighthouse, next to a rocky coastline. The lighthouse girl often entertained travelers seeking shelter from storms and pulled the shipwrecked out of murky waters. But one of the most interesting friends she met after she left the Village was not either of these.ContinueContinue reading “The Fairy in the Cocoon”
The Tea Maker and the Lighthouse Keeper
Another friend blended their own story into Cynthia Jeub’s lighthouse story and my lighthouse girl story. Reprinted with permission. (Cynthia Jeub is now known as Artemis Stardust.) Once upon a time there was a tea maker. They were a very ordinary tea maker, but they did have one unusual skill: they were very good atContinueContinue reading “The Tea Maker and the Lighthouse Keeper”
Eleanor Skelton 