TAKING BETS

My poetry prompt for NaPoWriMo and Cheer Peppers is a flow painting. I see a storm beating on a small house in the upper right corner. Can you see it? I feel like it describes our current climate in the world today. Original for sale on Hastywords Art. The chaos comes And then it goes Poured out like Liquid…

ASSAULT ON SE TEXAS -by Don Ortolano

I received this email last Friday and wanted to share what my friend wrote.  It reminds me of C.S. Lewis’s THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, which is among my favorite written work. As my friend was in Texas enduring Harvey’s violence I was sitting here in Oklahoma wishing I could help somehow.  Other than writing a few…

EBONY CARPETS

WRITTEN BY TWINDADDY AND HASTYWORDS In the distance there are angry storms Approaching slow and steady, raging They are rolling out plush ebony carpets Upon a bright and sunny sky, infecting   Negative forces and energies build, waiting Dark promises of a looming deluge, raining Irritabilities doing their best to block light The sun’s piercing…

FINDING SPRINGTIME

Written by PassionWriting and HastyWords The storms blow hard The wind slaps my face The darkness is a haze As I struggle to find my way   Icy fingers play piano down my back Distracting me from my priorities From finding my way out of this storm That packs me frozen in a bed of…