THE HASTY TRADITION

DPChallenge – Power of Names I love traditions. I love to keep them and l love to create them. I think sometimes that my entire day is planned around tradition. Some people might call them routines but if you stick with a routine long enough it becomes tradition. My family didn’t really have a strong…

TRIGGER WARNING

My new duet partner is a clever one.  Our duet started with an email titled The Hastily Agreed Twiisted Collaboration.  And the next day the poem below was written.  I happen to love it and I hope all you wonderful readers do too! Written by Twiistd and HastyWords ♦ The words you speak I expected…

UNNOTICED

My fictional poem below is inspired by a true story where a woman was found in her home after being dead for six years.  HOW?  They said nobody noticed due to automatic bill pay.  WHAT?  Saddens me greatly.  I am sorry… you were unnoticed. She never left her home Neighbors mowed her yard I thought…

LEAVE IT TO BEAVER KILLED THE MAGIC

It was bound to happen eventually. “Mom?” I was getting ready for a party when my 9 year old sauntered in slowly trying not to smile as if she had a secret. “I know you don’t want me to grow up so fast but…” she said as she tried to contain what seemed like embarrassment. …

HOW I SELF PUBLISHED

DAILY PROMPT: RIGHT TO BRAG Ok I have been promising a post about how to self publish.  I am terrible at writing instructions and I suspect it is because I rarely read instructions.  There are many different ways to self publish but I am going to summarize what I did and what I learned.  Check…

DREADED BATTLE

I wrote this poem with a new duet partner.  This partner has been super patient while I took a small break to get my act together.  Check out the partner here. Written by Fatima Naeem and HastyWords ♦ With aching fingers I searched And scavenged the area around me For the water beneath the sand…

ONE TEXT

Depression watched her sitting in the dark stairwell smearing her cheeks with snot and mascara.  Nights for her were always like this; they slept she wept.  He had been seducing her for months and she never failed to meet him here.  Tonight, he would kiss her until she had no breath left and he would…

SYMPHONY

I am excited about my new duet partner.  Sometimes people come into your life and you think, “there is a reason for this”.  I had this thought as we wrote the duet below.  I think we are going to have some fun writing together.  I also found out she has published a few books I…

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

I don’t know Merry well enough to write a post as beautifully as TwinDaddy did. I did however write a short poem and hope that we as a community of bloggers can help another who is in need. Please read this post for details on how you can help. When there is no place else…