Monthly Archives: March 2016

Forward Motion

A step backward is a step forward
If you face the other way,
And the forward of tomorrow
May be the reverse of yesterday.
Or forward may be sideways
If you make a partial turn.
Yet the only way we move ahead
Is to choose and hope and learn.
For if I stop that motion,
All that I can stop is me.
And once I choose not to choose,
All those forwards cease to be.


6 Word Short Story: Ideal v. Real

Shouldn’t be doesn’t always mean isn’t.


Remember the Hangman

Remember the Hangman
Who came into town?
And, one by one,
Mowed the people down?
If we watch another
Do the same,
Aren’t we equally
To blame?


Reborn

Deep, strong, and steady,
A breath guides the glowing glass
Into its new form.


A Broken Promise

A broken promise
Festers, lingers in the mind
Like an open sore.


Driving Questions

Arbitrary or art,
Physics or fate –
Does it hold us, bound,
Or drive us to create?
Dare we wait ’til tomorrow
When tomorrows won’t wait?
How can we know if
Tomorrow’s too late?


Rainstorm

Water dripping down
From skies all awash with gray:
Pity the earthworms.


Writing: a Cinquain

Writing
wonderful, horrid
drains, inspires, baffles
brings joy almost always
Life


Drifting Thoughts

Shape poem the thought begins yet somehow drifts further and further away from its goal, b who can even remember what that was or has any idea of where it will end? Em T. Wytte

It’s been said that my thought patterns are like overlapping circles of lightning… I’m not entirely sure what that means.


Wait for It…

            Hi!
            You may have noticed that posting times have been odd or that the novels weren’t updated last week (or maybe not, which means you haven’t been reading, *cue depression*). Seriously, though, my schedule is going to be very strange this week, which mean the posting schedule is going to be even more erratic than usual. Like today, posts may be later in the day or even still count as today only because I posted them before I went to sleep (hey – that’s still my day).
            When you’re waiting for a story to continue, I know that delays or uncertain schedules can be frustrating, so I’m going to *try* to do an extra update of Deathwalker and Wind Town (either a longer word count or an extra post) this week to make up for missing last week. I can’t promise that I will because, hey, crazy schedule, but I’m going to try.
            Also, as we round the curve into the final few months of my writing challenge, does anyone have any requests for what this blog should be after the year’s challenge ends? I will definitely continue to post writing here, but I won’t have to stick to the same rules once I complete the full year. I could set up a new challenge, make the rules of this one less rigid, or any number of things. So if there’s anything specific you really like or want to see more of as the blog continues, this would be a good time to chime in.
            Welp, that’s it. Thanks for your patience and for reading my random writing (yay, alliteration!). Now, it’s time to get back to work!