The Frozen Lake
by M. M. (12 years old) Chapter 1 Millie woke up to the sounds of chilling, icy breezes. She knew winter was coming, but on the small piece of land […]
Pathe to Death
by Deanna Foster ‘Pathe to Death’ stared at Trix on the grey piece of wood. Drawings of skulls, and other warning symbols, surrounded the words. She wouldn’t walk down the […]
Old Lady Kisses
They took my friend Joy away today, zipped up in a red body bag. I’ll not forget that last unglamorous moment we shared. Instead, I’ll remember seeing her last month […]
Transformation
Broken, blackened branches,sculpted by fire –Nova Scotian bonsai. by Lynn Reicker
Snow Day
Outside, the drifting snow accumulates on pine trees reaching toward a goose-grey sky. I watch a solitary Blue Jay fly where fading light at dusk illuminates the tracks a deer […]
The Gift of Words
Of all the gifts in my life, I think the greatest one has been the gift of reading. I didn’t acquire the gift early or easily. My mother and my […]
Snow Day
by Elizabeth Williams I sit, staring at my computer screen. Upstairs, my 10-year-old daughter shrieks, “I hate you!” Her brother rumbles a reply. He’s 13, and his newly deep voice […]
Mama’s Repose
Whenever I seemy stonesa three,I pause—to know,to sigh, to be.In all I have done,or not, or failed—in allof this,my three prevailed.My three who workedtheir way to me,to crack the calm,the […]
Joy
You can’t witness pure, unadulterated, innocent joy without some of the sparkle lightening your own load. It had been a long winter of non-stop nausea, but it wasn’t until the […]
The Forest Of Eyes
A long path opens before me, a dark and twisted path with no end. This was my decision. This was my choice. I said what I said. It’s better if […]